Causal mutations for two guppy color variants identified
by Kottler et al.
Published in Genetics on May 11, 2013, by Kottler et al.:
Pigment pattern formation in the guppy, Poecilia reticulata, involves the Kita and Csf1ra receptor tyrosine kinases.
Males of the guppy (Poecilia reticulata) vary tremendously in
The genomic consequences of rapid mating system evolution
Slotte et al.
Just out in Nature Genetics:
Slotte et al.
The Capsella rubella genome and the genomic consequences of rapid mating system evolution
The shift from outcrossing to selfing is common in flowering plants1, 2, but the genomic … Read the rest
Commentary: Sixty years of genome biology
Sixty years after Watson and Crick published the double helix model of DNA’s structure
Thirteen members of Genome Biology‘s Editorial Board, including Detlef Weigel, comment in Genome Biology on key advances in the field of genome biology subsequent to … Read the rest
EMBO | EMBL Symposium on Evolution & Ecology starts today
New Model Systems for Linking Evolution and Ecology
Organized by D. Tautz & D. Weigel
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Wednesday 1 May – Saturday 4 May 2013
A major obstacle in linking evolution and ecology has been that for … Read the rest
WeigelWorld most highly cited plant biology lab in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
According to a just published publication analysis in the Laborjournal, WeigelWorld is by the far the most highly cited plant biology lab in German speaking countries. 74 articles published in 2007-2010 were cited a total of 4,440 times, with … Read the rest
“Whodunnit” of Irish potato famine solved
Weigelworld teamed up with colleagues from Germany, the UK and the US to reveal that a unique strain of potato blight they call HERB-1 triggered the Irish potato famine of the mid-nineteenth century.
It is the first time scientists have … Read the rest
Detlef Weigel at Keystone Conference on Plant Immunity
Detlef Weigel will present the work of this team on natural variation in the plant immune system at the Keystone Conference on Plant Immunity in Big Sky, Montana, April 7-12, 2013.
The Plant Immune System at the Nexus of Trade-offs … Read the rest
In Science: A sugar derivative regulating flowering
Just out in Science: New paper from Markus Schmid’s group and collaborators at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology in Golm:
Accompanied by … Read the rest
In PLoS Genetics:
Intraspecific variation in TEs and their effects
By Xi Wang, Detlef Weigel and Lisa Smith: Transposon Variants and Their Effects on Gene Expression in Arabidopsis
Abstract
Transposable elements (TEs) make up the majority of many plant genomes. Their transcription and … Read the rest
In EMBO J:
In EMBO Journal (Open Access)
Circadian clock adjustment to plant iron status depends on chloroplast and phytochrome function
Patrice A Salomé, Michele Oliva, Detlef Weigel and Ute Krämer
Plant chloroplasts are not only the main cellular location for storage of … Read the rest
In Plant Phys:
Tissue-specific silencing by miRNA* In Plant Physiology:
Tissue-specific silencing of Arabidopsis thaliana SUVH8 by miR171a star
Pablo Manavella, Daniel Koenig, Ignacio Rubio-Somoza, Hernán A Burbano, Claude Becker, and Detlef Weigel
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are produced from double stranded precursors, from which … Read the rest
EMBO Symposium: New Models for Evolution & Ecology
New Model Systems for Linking Evolution and Ecology Organized by D. Tautz & D. Weigel
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Wednesday 1 May – Saturday 4 May 2013
Registration for this event is now live.
A major obstacle in linking evolution and … Read the rest
In Genome Biology: Review on plant epialleles
Plant epialleles
Detlef Weigel and Vincent Colot review the role of epialleles in plant biology and evolution
Genome Biology 2012, 13:249… Read the rest
Detlef Weigel plenary lecture at IPMB 2012 in Jeju
“Origin and consequences of genetic and epigenetic variation in Arabidopsis thaliana”
Detlef Weigel is giving a plenary lecture at the International Plant Molecular Biology (IPMB) Congress 2012 in Jeju, Korea, today.… Read the rest
Congratulations to Dr. Norman Warthmann!
Norman Warthmann defended his PhD thesis today: “Finding the Causal Genes: Developing Tools for Natural Variation Research”
He passed with a magna cum laude. Congratulations, Norman!… Read the rest
In Cell: fast-forward genetics miRNA screen
Just published: Using fast-forward genetics methods pioneered in the Weigel lab for rapid identification of a new regualtor of miRNA biogenesis.
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Review on epigenetic variation published Epigenetic variation: origin and transgenerational inheritance.
In Current Opinion in Plant Biology
Epigenetic variation: origin and transgenerational inheritance.
Becker C, Weigel D.
Recent studies have revealed that epigenetic variation in plant populations exceeds genetic diversity and that it is influenced by the environment. Nevertheless, epigenetic differences … Read the rest
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Congratulations, Dr. Anusha Srikanth!
Today she defended her thesis!
Anusha Srikanth, PhD student in the Schmid group, today defended her thesis, “Dissection of the role of FT and FD in the regulation of flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana”. Congratulations, Anusha!… Read the rest
Launching eLife, Part 1 Editorial in eLife
Read our editorial in new top-flight journal eLife, on publishing our first articles.… Read the rest
