Incomplete reprogramming of cell-specific epigenetic marks during asexual reproduction leads to heritable phenotypic variation in plants
Wibowo et al. bioRxiv 2018/02/19/267955
Plants differ from animals in their capability to easily regenerate fertile adult individuals from terminally differentiated cells. This unique … Read the rest
The rate and potential relevance of new mutations in a colonizing plant lineage
We used a unique natural “experiment” to measure long-time substitution rates
Exposito-Alonso et al.
PLoS Genetics, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007155
A consequence of an increasingly interconnected world is the spread
High contiguity Arabidopsis thaliana genome assembly with a single nanopore flow cell
Both PacBio and Oxford Nanopore produce impressive assemblies
Todd P. Michael, Florian Jupe, Felix Bemm, S. Timothy Motley, Justin P. Sandoval, Christa Lanz, Olivier Loudet, Detlef Weigel &
Arabidopsis thaliana populations support long-term maintenance and parallel expansions of related Pseudomonas pathogens
With Kemen and Neher labs, we describe the natural dynamics of the A. thaliana/Pseudomonas pathsystem over several years and locations
Talia L Karasov, Juliana Almario, Claudia Friedemann, … Read the rest
Now out in Nature Genetics
Genomes of 13 domesticated and wild rice relatives highlight genetic conservation, turnover and innovation across the genus Oryza
The genus Oryza is a model system for the study of
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Seminar at UC San Diego at the Minisymposium of the “Food & Fuel for the 21st Century” group.
Detlef discussed collaborative work with Pepe Gutierrez-Marcos, led by Anjar Wibowo and Claude Becker, … Read the rest
Department of Molecular Biology
Max Planck Institute for
Biology Tübingen
D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
