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- Yan XB, Guo YX, Zhou H, Lu BR, Wang K. Isozyme variability among Elymus species indigenous to the Tibetan and Inner Mongolian Plateaus. Grassland Science, 2007, 53 (2): 52-57.
- Yan XB, Guo YX, Zhao C, Liu FY, Lu BR. Intra-population genetic diversity of two wheatgrass species along altitude gradient on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: its implication for conservation and utilization. Conservation Genetics, 2009, 10(2): 359-367.
- Yan XB, Guo YX, Zhao C, Liu FY, Liu QL, Lu BR. Population structure affected by excess gene flow in self-pollinating Elymus nutans and E. burchan-buddae (Triticeae: Poaceae). Population Ecology, 2010, 52: 233-241.
- Ma DT, Guo YX, Hou FJ, Zhai XY, Wang W, Tian M, Wang CZ, Yan XB*. Plant genetic diversity and grazing management on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: A case study of a dominant native wheatgrass (Elymus nutans). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 2014, 56: 16-23.
- Guo YX, Wang CZ, Yan XB*, Wang RY, Liu SS, Tian M. Markers associated with altitude and ecological factors in hexaploid Campeiostachys nutans (Griseb.) J. L. Yang, B. R. Baum et C. Yen and tetraploid Roegeneria nutans (Keng) Keng. Genetic Resource and Crop Evolution, 2014, 61(2): 511–521.
- Liu QL, Zhang R, Yan XB*. Characterization of 27 molecular markers linked to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) resistance genes in Elymus shandongensis (Triticeae, Poaceae). Vegetos, 2014, 27 (1) : 174-180.
- Zhai XY, Guo YX, Hou FJ, Yang Liu, Ma DT, Wang W, Yan XB*. Population genetic structure and germplasm conservation of Stipa purpurea on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau under grazing. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 2015, 62: 51-57.
- Kevinevin B. Jensenensen, XB Yan* (共同第一作者), Steve R. Larson, Richard R.-C. Wang, Josephoseph G. Robinsobins. Agronomic and genetic diversity in intermediate wheatgrass [Thinopyrum intermedium (Host) Barkworth & D. R. Dewey] (Poaceae: Triticeae). Plant Breeding, 2016, 135(6): 751-758.
- Zhang JX, Wang ML, Guo ZP, Guan YZ, Guo YX*, Yan XB*. Variations in morphological traits of bermudagrass and relationship with soil and climate along latitudinal gradients. Hereditas, 2018, 155(1): 31.
