Glacial vicariance and oceanic circulation shape population structure of the coastal legume Derris trifoliata in the Indo-West Pacific

Banerjee AK, Feng H, Guo W, Harms NE, Xie H, Liang X, Xing F, Lin Y, Shao H, Guo Z, Ng WL, Huang Y

American Journal of Botany, 2022

Deciphering the global phylogeography of a coastal shrub (Scaevola taccada) reveals the influence of multiple forces on contemporary population structure

Banerjee AK, Wu H, Guo W, Ng WL, Li W, Ma Y, Feng H, Huang Y

Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 2022

Expression level dominance and homeolog expression bias upon cold stress in the F1 hybrid between the invasive Sphagneticola trilobata and the native S. calendulacea in South China, and implications for its invasiveness

Wu W, Guo W, Ni G, Wang L, Zhang H, Ng WL

Frontiers in Genetics, 2022

Out of chaos: Phylogenomics of Asian Sonerileae

Zhou QJ, Dai JH, Lin CW, Ng WL, Do TV, Wai JS, Michelangeli FA, Reginato M, Zhou RC, Liu Y

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2022

Contrasting phylogeographic patterns in Lumnitzera mangroves across the Indo-West Pacific

Guo W, Banerjee AK, Wu H, Ng WL, Feng H, Qiao S, Liu Y, Huang Y

Frontiers in Plant Science, vol. 12, 2021

Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) populations in the Malay Peninsula based on mitochondrial DNA control region

Lim QL, Yong SYC, Ng WL, Ismail A, Rovie-Ryan JJ, Rosli N, Annavi G

Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 30, 2021

Chloroplast DNA phylogeography of the Holly mangrove Acanthus ilicifolius in the Indo-West Pacific

Guo W, Banerjee AK, Ng WL, Yuan Y, Li W, Huang Y

Hydrobiologia, vol. 847, 2020

Comparison of eight complete chloroplast genomes of the endangered Aquilaria tree species (Thymelaeaceae) and their phylogenetic relationships

Hishamuddin MS, Lee SY, Ng WL, Ramlee SI, Lamasudin DU, Mohamed R

Scientific Reports, vol. 10, 2020

Molecular sexing and preliminary assessment of population sex ratio of the endangered Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) in Peninsular Malaysia

Lim QL, Tan YL, Ng WL, Yong SYC, Ismail A, Rovie-Ryan JJ, Rosli N, Annavi G

Scientific Reports, vol. 10(1), 2020

Flourishing Rhizophora mangrove hybrids on Pulau Burung, Port Dickson

Ng WL

Conservation Malaysia, vol. 32, 2020

Molecular confirmation of natural hybridisation between Melastoma sanguineum and M. malabathricum (Melastomataceae)

Ng WL, Huang G, Wu W, Zhou Q, Liu Y, Zhou R

Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore, vol. 72(1), 2020

Characterisation of the flowers of Indo-West Pacific Rhizophora mangroves in Peninsular Malaysia

Ng WL, Teoh HW, Heng WX, Pung QE, Ng CY, Ng PL

Malayan Nature Journal, vol. 72(4), 2020

Cross-amplification of microsatellite markers across agarwood-producing species of the Aquilarieae tribe (Thymelaeaceae)

Pern YC, Lee SY, Ng WL, Mohamed R

3 Biotech, vol. 10, 2020

Mangrove avifauna in Malaysia: what research in the past 40 years tells us?

Syafiqa AWN, Puan CL, Ong SP, Ng WL, Al-Kautsar HAR, Nurhaidah J, Mohamed Z

Malayan Nature Journal, vol. 72(4), 2020

Combining ecological niche modeling with genetic lineage information to predict potential distribution of Mikania micrantha Kunth in South and Southeast Asia under predicted climate change

Banerjee AK, Mukherjee A, Guo W, Ng WL, Huang Y

Global Ecology & Conservation, vol. 20, 2019

Hybridization of Bornean Melastoma: implications for conservation of endemic plants in Southeast Asia

Cai Y, Wang F, Tan G, Hu Z, Wang Y, Ng WL, Wu W, Liu Y, Zhou R

Botany Letters, vol. 2, 2019

Discovery of novel genic-SSR markers from transcriptome dataset of an important non-human primate, Macaca fascicularis

Chang W, Ee Uli J, Ng WL, Rovie-Ryan J, Tan SG, Yong SYC

Scientific Reports, vol. 9, 2019

The chloroplast genome of Paeonia decomposita (Paeoniaceae), an endangered wild tree peony from Sichuan, China

Chen Y, Zhou Q, Sun L, Ng WL, Zhou R, Wu W

Conservation Genetics Resources, vol. 11, 2019

The complete chloroplast genome of the lipstick tree, Bixa orellana (Bixaceae)

Dai S, Li X, Ni J, Ruan L, Zhou R, Ng WL

Mitochondrial DNA Part B, vol. 4(1), 2019

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Chengal (Neobalanocarpus heimii, Dipterocarpaceae), a durable tropical hardwood

Lee SY, Ng WL, Hishamuddin MS, Mohamed R

Mitochondrial DNA Part B, vol. 4(1), 2019

A revisit to a low-cost method for the isolation of microsatellite markers: the case of the endangered Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus)

Lim QL, Ismail NA, Arumugam R, Ng WL, Yong SYC, Ismail A, Rovie-Ryan JJ, Rosli N, Annavi G

Malayan Nature Journal, vol. 71(4), 2019

Molecular sexing and preliminary assessment of population sex ratio of the endangered Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) in Peninsular Malaysia

Lim QL, Tan YL, Ng WL, Yong SYC, Ismail A, Rovie-Ryan JJ, Rosli N, Annavi G

Scientific Reports, vol. 10, 2019

Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of an important Southeast Asian medicinal plant, Eurycoma longifolia (Simaroubaceae)

Ng WL, Lee SY, Yeap SK

Mitochondrial DNA Part B, vol. 4(1), 2019

Genome-wide comparison of gene expression in two Melastoma species and their F1 hybrid sheds light on differential adaptation and rapid radiation within the genus

Ng WL, Wu W, Zou P, Zhou R

AoB Plants, vol. 11, 2019

The chloroplast genome of Chunia bucklandioides (Hamamelidaceae), a rare tree endemic to Hainan, China

Zhou Q, Chen Y, Dai J, Wang F, Wu W, Fan Q, Zhou R, Ng WL

Conservation Genetics Resources, vol. 11, 2019

Analyses of plastome sequences improve phylogenetic resolution and provide new insight into the evolutionary history of Asian Sonerileae/Dissochaeteae

Zhou Q, Lin CW, Ng WL, Dai J, Denda T, Zhou R, Liu Y

Frontiers in Plant Science, vol. 10, 2019

Comparative transcriptome analysis of the invasive weed Mikania micrantha with its native congeners provides insights into genetic basis underlying successful invasion

Guo W, Liu Y, Ng WL, Liao PC, Huang BH, Li W, Li C, Shi X, Huang Y

BMC Genomics, vol. 19, 2018

Chloroplast phylogeography of a widely distributed mangrove species, Excoecaria agallocha, in the Indo-West Pacific region

Guo W, Ng WL, Wu H, Li W, Zhang L, Qiao S, Huang Y

Hydrobiologia, vol. 807(1), 2018

Differing phylogeographic patterns within the mangrove genus Xylocarpus (Meliaceae) in the Indo-West Pacific

Guo Z, Wu H, Guo W, Fang X, Ng WL, Shi X, Liu Y, Huang Z, Li W, Gan L, He S, Zhong C, Jian S, Gong X, Shi S, Huang Y

Journal of Biogeography, vol. 45(3), 2018

Differing phylogeographic patterns within the Indo‐West Pacific mangrove genus Xylocarpus (Meliaceae)

Guo Z, Wu H, Guo W, Fang X, Ng WL, Shi X, Liu Y, Huang Z, Li W, Gan L, He S, Zhong C, Jian S, Gong X, Shi S, Huang Y

Journal of Biogeography, vol. 45(3), 2018

Multi-locus analyses indicate that Melastoma dendrisetosum, an endemic and endangered shrub in Hainan, is a distinct species

Huang G, Liu Y, Wu W, Ng WL, Zhang R, Fan Q, Zhou R

Systematic Botany, vol. 43(1), 2018

Inter-simple sequence repeat markers reveal genetic relatedness between natural Aquilaria populations in Peninsular Malaysia

Lee SY, Ng WL, Lamasudin DU, Mohamed R

Chiang Mai Journal of Science, vol. 45(3), 2018

The chloroplast genome of Aquilaria malaccensis (Thymelaeaceae), an important and threatened agarwood-producing tree species

Lee SY, Ng WL, Mohamed R

Mitochondrial DNA Part B, vol. 3(2), 2018

Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Camellia ptilophylla (Theaceae), a natural caffeine-free tea plant endemic to China

Li W, Xing F, Ng WL, Zhou Y, Guo W, Huang Y, Shi X

Mitochondrial DNA Part B, vol. 3(1), 2018

Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome sequence of Sphagneticola calendulacea (Asteraceae)

Ng WL, Zhou Y, Zhou R, Wu W

Mitochondrial DNA Part B, vol. 3(2), 2018

Morphometric sexing of Little Spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra) in Peninsular Malaysia

Puan CL, Ng WL, Yong SYC, Norehan AJ

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, vol. 41(1), 2018

Intersexual and interspecific morphometric variations in three sympatric babbler species from Peninsular Malaysia

Puan CL, Norehan AJ, Ng WL, Yong SYC

Malayan Nature Journal, vol. 70(1), 2018

Assessment of the genetic variation of Malaysian durian varieties using inter-simple sequence repeat markers and chloroplast DNA sequences

Siew GY, Ng WL, Salleh MF, Tan SW, Ky H, Mohammed Alitheen NB, Tan SG, Yeap SK

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, vol. 41(1), 2018

Genetic variation and DNA fingerprinting of durian types in Malaysia using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers

Siew GY, Ng WL, Tan SW, Alitheen NB, Tan SG, Yeap SK

PeerJ, vol. 6, 2018

High cryptic species diversity revealed by genome-wide polymorphisms of a wild banana relative, Musa itinerans, and its conservation implications in subtropical China

Wu W, Ng WL, Li WM, Ge XJ, Yang JX

BMC Plant Biology, vol. 18, 2018

Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome sequence of Tigridiopalma magnifica (Melastomataceae)

Zhou Q, Ng WL, Wu W, Zhou R, Liu Y

Conservation Genetics Resources, vol. 10(3), 2018

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Sphagneticola trilobata (Asteraceae)

Zhou Y, Ng WL, Zhou R, Wu W

Mitochondrial DNA Part B, vol. 3(2), 2018

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Barthea barthei (Melastomataceae), a shrub endemic to southern China

He X, Zhou Y, Cai Y, Chen Z, Wu W, Zhou R, Ng WL

Mitochondrial DNA Part B, vol. 2(2), 2017

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Melastoma candidum (Melastomataceae)

Ng WL, Cai Y, Wu W, Zhou R

Mitochondrial DNA Part B, vol. 2(1), 2017

Natural hybridization in mangroves – An overview

Ragavan P, Zhou R, Ng WL, Rana TS, Mageswaran T, Mohan PM, Saxena A

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 185(2), 2017

The origin, diversification and adaptation of a major mangrove clade (Rhizophoreae) revealed by whole-genome sequencing

Xu S, He Z, Zhang Z, Guo Z, Guo W, Lyu H, Li J, Yang M, Du Z, Huang Y, Zhou R, Zhong C, Boufford DE, Lerdau M, Wu C-I, Duke NC, International Mangrove Consortium, Shi S

National Science Review, vol. 4, 2017

Molecular evidence for natural hybridization between two Melastoma species endemic to Hainan and their widespread congeners

Zhou Q, Cai Y, Ng WL, Wu W, Dai S, Wang F, Zhou R

Biodiversity Science, vol. 25(6), 2017

Similar morphologies but different origins: hybrid status of two more semi-creeping taxa of Melastoma

Zou P, Ng WL, Wu W, Dai S, Ning Z, Wang S, Liu Y, Fan Q, Zhou R

Frontiers in Plant Science, vol. 8, 2017

DNA barcoding of the endangered Aquilaria (Thymelaeaceae) and its application in species authentication of agarwood products traded in the market

Lee SY, Ng WL, Mahat MN, Nazre M, Mohamed R

PLOS ONE, vol. 11(4), 2016

Rapid species identification of highly degraded agarwood products from Aquilaria using real-time PCR

Lee SY, Ng WL, Mohamed R

Conservation Genetics Resources, vol. 8(4), 2016

Multiplex PCR assays for species discrimination of Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf. and C. nardus (L.) Rendle, two common ‘serai’ (lemongrass) species in Peninsular Malaysia

Ng WL, Yeap SK, Nur Syazana MAB, Wan Nurfatin WMJ, Tan SG

Sains Malaysiana, vol. 45(3), 2016

The Malay Peninsula as a barrier to gene flow in an Asian horseshoe crab species, Carcinoscorpius rotundica Latreille

Adibah AB, Ng WL, Tan SG

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, vol. 60, 2015

Levels and patterns of genetic variation in an Asian horseshoe crab species, Tachypleus gigas Muller, from the Malay Peninsula

Liew PL, Ng WL, Tan SG

Marine Biology Research, vol. 11(8), 2015

Closely related and sympatric but not all the same: genetic variation of Indo-West Pacific Rhizophora mangroves across the Malay Peninsula

Ng WL, Onishi Y, Inomata N, Teshima KM, Chan HT, Baba S, Changtragoon S, Siregar IZ, Szmidt AE

Conservation Genetics, vol. 16(1), 2015

Inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers: are we doing it right?

Ng WL, Tan SG

ASM Science Journal, vol. 9(1), 2015

Molecular genetic variation and structure of Southeast Asian crocodile (Tomistoma schlegelii): comparative potentials of SSRs versus ISSRs

Shafiei-Astani B, Ong HKA, Valdiani A, Tan SG, Yong SYC, Ahmady F, Alitheen NB, Ng WL, Kaur T

Gene, vol. 571(1), 2015

Introgressive hybridization in two Indo-West Pacific mangrove sister species, Rhizophora mucronata and R. stylosa

Ng WL, Szmidt AE

Aquatic Botany, vol. 120, 2014

Extremely low nucleotide polymorphism in Pinus krempfii Lecomte, a unique flat needle pine endemic to Vietnam

Wang B, Mahani MK, Ng WL, Kusumi J, Phi HH, Inomata N, Wang X, Szmidt AE

Ecology and Evolution, vol. 4(11), 2014

Molecular identification of natural mangrove hybrids of Rhizophora in Peninsular Malaysia

Ng WL, Chan HT, Szmidt AE

Tree Genetics & Genomes, vol. 9(5), 2013

A simple and inexpensive molecular assay for species identification of Indo-West Pacific Rhizophora mangroves for conservation and management

Ng WL, Szmidt AE

Conservation Genetics Resources, vol. 5(4), 2013

Survey of Rhizophora stylosa populations in Peninsular Malaysia

Ng WL, Chan HT

ISME/GLOMIS Electronic Journal, vol. 10(2), 2012

Further observations on a natural Rhizophora hybrid population in Malaysia

Ng WL, Chan HT

ISME/GLOMIS Electronic Journal, vol. 10(1), 2012

Morphometric sex determination of Milky and Painted Storks in captivity.

Ong HKA, Chinna K, Khoo SK, Ng WL, Wong BY, Chow KL, Chong LK, Pillai K, Vellayan S

Zoo Biology, vol. 31(2), 2012