研究方向
主要以樺木屬(Betula L.)為研究對象，利用分子標記(Molecular markers)以及下一代測序技術(Next generation sequencing, NGS)研究物種之間的自然雜交(Natural hybridisation)、基因滲入(Introgression)以及譜系地理(Phylogeography)等。
代表性研究論文：
| Zohren J.,Wang N., Kardailsky I., Borrell J.S., Joecker A., Nichols R.A. & Buggs R.J.A. (2016) Unidirectional diploid-tetraploid introgression among British birch trees with shifting ranges shown by RAD markers.Molecular EcologyDOI: 10.1111/mec.13644. |
| Wang N., McAllister H.,Bartlett P. & Buggs R.J.A. (2016) Molecular phylogeny and genome size evolution of the genusBetulaL. (Betulaceae).Annals of Botany117: 1023u20131035. |
| Wang N., Borrell J.S., Bodles W.J.A., Kuttapitiya A., Nichols R.A. & Buggs R.J.A. (2014) Molecular footprints of the Holocene retreat of dwarf birch in Britain.Molecular Ecology23: 2771u20132782.Wang N., Borrell J.S. & Buggs R.J.A. (2014) Is the Atkinson discriminant function a reliable method for distinguishing betweenBetula pendulaandB. pubescens?New Journal of Botany4: 90u201394. |
| Wang N., Thomson M., Bodles W.J.A., Crawford R.M.M., Hunt H.V., Featherstone A.W., Pellicer J. & Buggs R.J.A. (2013) Genome sequence of dwarf birch (Betula nana) and cross-species RAD markers.Molecular Ecology11: 3098u20133111. |
| Wang N., Jacques F.M.B., Milne R.I., Sun B.L., Zhang C.Q. & Yang J.B. (2012) Phylogeny and a revised classification of the Chinese species ofNyssa(Nyssaceae) based on morphological and molecular data.Taxon61: 344u2013354. |