1.         Liu, Y.L., Su, H.D., Pang, J.L., Gao, Z., Wang X.J., Birchler, J.A., Han, F.P. 2015. Sequential de novo centromere formation and inactivation on a chromosomal fragment in maize. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 112(11):E1263-71

2.         Feng, C., Liu, Y.L., Su, H.D., Wang, H.F., Birchler, J.A., Han, F.P. 2015. Recent advances in plant centromere biology. Science China Life Sciences. 58(3): 240-245.

3.         Guo, X., Shi, Q.H., Wang, J., Hou, Y.L., Wang, Y.H., Han, F.P. 2015. Characterization and genome changes of new amphiploids from wheat wide hybridization." J Genet Genomics. In press.

4.         Guo X., Han F.P. 2014. Asymmetric epigenetic modification and elimination of rDNA sequences by polyploidization in wheat. Plant Cell. 26:1-18.

5.         Yuan J., Guo X., Hu J., Lv Z.L., Han F.P. 2014. Characterization of two CENH3 genes and their roles in wheat evolution. New Phytol. 206: 839-51.

6.         Zhang J, Zhang B, Su H.D., Birchler J.A., Han F.P. 2014. Molecular mechanisms of homologous chromoso me pairing and segregation in plants. J Genet Genomics. 41:117-123.

7.         Zhang B., Dong Q.H., Su H.D., Birchler J.A., Han F.P. 2014. Histone phosphorylation: its role during cell cycle and centromere identity in plants. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 143:144-149.

8.         Zhang J., Pawloski W. and Han F.P. 2013. Centromere pairing in early meiotic prophase requires active centromeres and precedes installation of the synaptonemal complex in maize. Plant Cell. 25(10): 3900-3909.

9.         Fu S, Lv Z, Gao Z, Wu H, Pang J, Zhang B, Dong Q, Guo X, Wang XJ, Birchler J and Han F. 2013. De novo centromere formation on a chromosome fragment in maize. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 110:6033-6036.

10.     Zhang B, Lv Z, Pang J, Liu Y, Guo X, Fu S, Li J, Dong Q, Wu H, Gao Z, Wang XJ and Han F. 2013. A functional centromere after loss of centromeric and gain of ectopic sequences. Plant Cell. 25: 1979-1989.

11.     Zhang H, Bian Y, Gou X, Zhu B, Xu C, Qi B, Li N, Rustgi S, Zhou H, Han F, Jiang J, Wettstein D and Liu B. 2013. Persistent whole-chromosome aneuploidy is generally associated with nascent allohexaploid wheat. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 110:3447-52.

12.     Fu S.L., Lv Z.L., Guo X., Zhang X.Q. and Han F.P. 2013. Alteration of terminal heterochromatin and chromosome rearrangements in derivatives of wheat-rye hybrids. J Genet Genomics. 40:413-20.

13.     Birchler J and Han F. 2013. Centromere epigenetics in plants. J Genet Genomics. 40: 201-204.

14.     Gao Z, Han F, Danilova T, Lamb JC, Albert PS, Birchler J. 2013. Labeling meiotic chromosomes in maize with fluorescence in situ hybridization. Methods Mol Biol. 990:35-43.

15.     Masonbrink R., Fu S.L., Han F and Birchler J. 2013. Heritable loss of replication control of a minichromosome derived from the B chromosome of Maize. Genetics. 193: 77-84.

16.     Dong Q and Han F. 2012. Phosphorylation of H2A is associated with centromere function and maintenance in meiosis. Plant J. 71:800-809.

17.     Yu C, Han F, Zhang J, Birchler J and Peterson T. 2012. A transgenic system for generation of transposon Ac/Ds-induced chromosome rearrangements in rice. Theor Appl Genet. 125: 1449-1462.

18.     Qi B, Huang W, Zhu B, Zhong X, Guo J, Zhao N, Xu C, Zhang H, Pang J, Han F and Liu B. 2012. Global transgenerational gene expression dynamics in two newly synthesized allohexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum) lines. BMC Biology. 26; 10:3.

19.     Fu S, Lv Z, Qi B, Guo X, Li J, Liu B and Han F. 2012. Molecular cytogenetic characterization of wheat-Thinopyrum elongatum addition, substitution and translocation lines with a novel source of resistance to wheat Fusarium Head Blight. J Genet Genomics. 39: 103-110.

20.     Fu S, Gao Z, Birchler J and Han F. 2012. Dicentric chromosome formation and epigenetics of centromere formation in plants. J Genet Genomics. 39: 125-130.

21.     Gao Z, Fu S, Dong Q, Han F and Birchler J. 2011. Inactivation of a centromere during the formation of a translocation in maize. Chromosome Research. 19: 755-761.

22.     Koo D, Han F, Birchler J and Jiang J. 2011. Distinct DNA methylation patterns associated with active and inactive centromeres of the maize B chromosome. Genome Res. 21: 908-914.

23.     Birchler, J, Gao, Z, Shanma A, Presting G and Han F. 2011. Epigenetic aspects of centromere function in plants. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 14: 217–222.

24.     Yin W, Birchler J and Han F. 2011. Maize centromeres: where sequences meets epigenetics. Frontiers in Biology. 6(2): 102-108.

25.     Zhao N, Xu L, Li M, Zhang H, Zhu B, Qi B, Xu C, Han F and Liu B. 2011.Chromosomal and genome wide molecular changes associated with initial stages of allohexaploidization in wheat can be transit and incidental. Genome. 54: 692-699.

26.     Zhao N, Zhu B, Li M, Wang L, Xu L, Zhang H, Zheng S, Qi B, Han F and Liu B. 2011. Extensive and heritable epigenetic remodeling and genetic stability accompany allohexaploidization of wheat. Genetics. 188: 499-510.

27.     Han F, Gao Z and Birchler J. 2009. Reactivation of an Inactive Centromere Reveals Epigenetic and Structural Components for Centromere Specification in Maize. The Plant Cell. 21: 1929-1939.

28.     Birchler J and Han F. 2009. Maize Centromeres: Structure, Function and Epigenetics. Annual Review of Genetics. 43: 287-303.

29.     Birchler J, Gao Z and Han F. 2009. Pairing in Plant: import is important. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 106: 19751-19752.

30.     Wolfgruber T, Sharma A, Schneider K, Albert P, Koo D, Shi J, Gao Z, Han F, Lee H, Xu R, Allison J, Birchler J, Jiang J, Dawe K and Presting G. 2009. Maize centromere structure and evolution: sequence analysis of centromeres 2 and 5 reveals a major role for retrotransposons. PloS Genetics. 5: e1000743.

31.     Vega J, Yu W, Han F, Kato A, Peters E and Birchler J. 2008. Placement of Cre-lox site-specific recombination cassette in the maize genome by Agrobacterium-mediated gene transformation with a BIBAC vector system. Plant Molecular Biology. 66: 587-598.

32.     Birchler J, Yu, W and Han F. 2008. Plant Engineered minichromosomes and artificial chromosome platforms. Cytogenet Genome Res. 120: 228-232.

33.     Birchler, J, Gao, Z and Han F. 2008. A tale of two centromeres? diversity of structure but conservation of function in plants and animals. Function & Integrative Genomics. 9:7-13.

34.     Lamb J, Meyer J, Corcoran B, Kato A, Han F and Birchler J. 2007. Distinct chromosomal distributions of highly repetitive sequences in maize. Chromosome Research. 15: 33-49.

35.     Lamb J, Han F, Yu W and Birchler J. 2007. Plant chromosomes from end to end: telomeres, heterochromatin and centromeres. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 10: 116-122.

36.     Han F, Gao Z, Yu W, and Birchler J. 2007. Minichromosome analysis of chromosome pairing, disjunction and cohesion in maize. The Plant Cell. 19：3853-3863.

37.     Han F, Lamb J, Yu W, Gao Z and Birchler J. 2007. Centromere function and nondisjunction are independent components of the maize B chromosome accumulation mechanism. The Plant Cell. 19: 524-533.

38.     Yu W, Lamb J, Han F and Birchler J. 2007. Cytological visualization of DNA transposons and their transposition pattern in somatic cells of maize. Genetics. 175: 31-39.

39.     Yu W, Han F, Vega J, Gao Z and Birchler J. 2007. Construction and behavior of engineered minichromosome in maize. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 104: 8924-8929.

40.     Yu W, Han F and Birchler J. 2007. Engineered minichromosomes in plant. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 18: 425-431.

41.     Han F, Lamb J and Birchler J. 2006. High frequency of centromere inactivation resulting in stable dicentric chromosomes of maize. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 103: 3238-3243.

42.     Yu W, Lamb J, Han F and Birchler J. 2006. Telomere-associated chromosomal truncation in maize. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 103: 17331-17336.

43.     Han F, Fedak G, Guo W and Liu B. 2005. Rapid and repeatable elimination of a parental genomic specific DNA (pGc1R-1a) in newly synthesized wheat allopolyploids. Genetics. 170: 1239-1245.

44.     Han F, Fedak G, Ouellet T, Dan H and Somers D. 2005. Mapping of genes expressed in Fusarium graminearum-infected heads of wheat cultivar ‘Frontana’. Genome. 48(1): 88-96.

45.     Han F, Liu B, Fedak G and Liu Z. 2004. Chromosomal variation, constitution of five partial amphiploids of wheat-Thinopyrum intermedium detected by GISH, seed storage protein marker and multicolor GISH. Theoretical Applied Genetics. 109: 1070-1076.

46.     Han F, Liu Z, Tan M, Hao S, Fedak G and Liu B. 2004. Mobilized endogenous retrotransposon Tos17 of rice by alien DNA introgression transposes into genes and causes heritable alteration in structure and cytosine methylation status of a flanking genomic region. Hereditas. 141: 243-251.