= Chunying Kang
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<Chunying Kang> is a researcher in <plant> <developmental biology> and <genetics>, particularly the regulation of <strawberry> organ development. Her institutional research profile describes using genetic and molecular approaches to investigate the formation of <flowers>, <fruits> and other <plant> structures.<Chunying Kang research profile at Huazhong Agricultural University>[Research summary and named publication record]{ref}
In a 2013 study, <Chunying Kang> and collaborators used <RNA sequencing> to profile five fruit tissue types across five developmental stages in <Fragaria vesca>. Separating the <achenes> and <receptacle (botany)> made it possible to investigate <gene expression> in distinct developmental compartments.<Genome-scale transcriptomic insights into early-stage fruit development in woodland strawberry Fragaria vesca by Chunying Kang and others>[Abstract and study design: five tissue types, five stages and separate fruit parts]{ref}
The illuminating feature is the choice of what to sample. A whole <strawberry> combines several tissues whose proportions change as it grows. An apparent increase in a whole-fruit RNA measurement might therefore reflect more of a particular <tissue>, a change within its <cells>, or both. Dissection and staged sampling help separate these explanations; the resulting expression patterns supply candidates for functional experiments.
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