
{"id":1215,"date":"2022-07-19T15:03:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T15:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/?page_id=1215"},"modified":"2025-07-29T19:59:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T19:59:01","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"RESEARCH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>We use <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">crop wild relatives <\/span>as our study systems to understand molecular basis and evolution of complex trait variation important in human health, agriculture, and climate adaptation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">STUDY SYSTEMS<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wild Soybean (<em>Glycine soja<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Wild_Soybean_2-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1700\" data-id=\"1222\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Wild_Soybean_2-scaled.jpg?resize=2560%2C1700\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Wild_Soybean_2-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Wild_Soybean_2-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Wild_Soybean_2-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Wild_Soybean_2-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Wild_Soybean_2-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1020&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Wild_Soybean_2-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1360&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Wild_Soybean_1-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1700\" data-id=\"1221\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Wild_Soybean_1-scaled.jpg?resize=2560%2C1700\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Wild_Soybean_1-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Wild_Soybean_1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Wild_Soybean_1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Wild_Soybean_1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Wild_Soybean_1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1020&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Wild_Soybean_1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1360&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/wild_soybean_Pic.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2135\" height=\"1530\" data-id=\"1216\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/wild_soybean_Pic.jpg?resize=2135%2C1530\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/wild_soybean_Pic.jpg?w=2135&amp;ssl=1 2135w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/wild_soybean_Pic.jpg?resize=300%2C215&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/wild_soybean_Pic.jpg?resize=1024%2C734&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/wild_soybean_Pic.jpg?resize=768%2C550&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/wild_soybean_Pic.jpg?resize=1536%2C1101&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/wild_soybean_Pic.jpg?resize=2048%2C1468&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wild Sand Bean (<em>Strophostyles helvola<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/SandBean1-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1696\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/SandBean1-768x1024.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/SandBean1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/SandBean1-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/SandBean1-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/SandBean1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/SandBean1-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/Sandbean2-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1698\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/Sandbean2-768x1024.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/Sandbean2-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/Sandbean2-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/Sandbean2-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/Sandbean2-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/Sandbean2-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/SandBean6-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"711\" data-id=\"1227\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/SandBean6-1024x711.jpg?resize=1024%2C711&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/SandBean6-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C711&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/SandBean6-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C208&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/SandBean6-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C534&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/SandBean6-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1067&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/SandBean6-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1423&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wild Sweet Potato <\/strong> (<strong>Morning glories<\/strong> )<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Beach_Morning_Glory_2-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"529\" data-id=\"1230\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Beach_Morning_Glory_2-1024x529.jpg?resize=1024%2C529&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Beach_Morning_Glory_2-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C529&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Beach_Morning_Glory_2-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C155&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Beach_Morning_Glory_2-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C397&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Beach_Morning_Glory_2-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C794&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Beach_Morning_Glory_2-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1059&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/white_beach_Morning-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"598\" data-id=\"1231\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/white_beach_Morning-1024x598.jpg?resize=1024%2C598&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/white_beach_Morning-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C598&amp;ssl=1 1024w, 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width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" data-id=\"1229\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Beach_Morning_glory-1024x574.jpg?resize=1024%2C574&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Beach_Morning_glory-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C574&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Beach_Morning_glory-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Beach_Morning_glory-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/07\/Beach_Morning_glory-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C861&amp;ssl=1 1536w, 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agriculture, and climate adaptation. STUDY SYSTEMS Wild Soybean (Glycine soja) Wild Sand Bean (Strophostyles helvola) Wild Sweet Potato (Morning glories ) Picture credit to Dr. Jenny Xiang, Dr. Yan Luo, Ms. Catherine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":563,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1215","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2H7lK-jB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/563"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1215"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1699,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1215\/revisions\/1699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}