Aktuelle wissenschaftliche Publikationen

2026

Burns, R., Glushkevich, A., Kulkarni, A., Kolesnikova, U. K., Kolar, F., Scott, A. D., & Novikova, P. Y. (2026). Diploid origins and early genome stabilization in the allotetraploid Arabidopsis suecica. New Phytologist, 249(1), 524-538. doi:10.1111/nph.70689. open access

Kuhl, M., Wu, P.-Y., Shrestha, A., Engelhorn, J., Mukherjee, S., Hartwig, T., & Stich, B. (2026). Methylome differences among barley inbreds and their association with genomic, transcriptomic, and phenotypic variation. Journal of Experimental Botany 77(2):411-430,  doi:10.1093/jxb/eraf422. open access

Neto, C., Theeuwen, T. J. M., Flood, P. J., Unger, P., Goektay, M., Aarts, M. G. M., & Hancock, A. M. (2026). Uncovering adaptation with a new Arabidopsis thaliana multiparent intercross population. Genetics, 232(2): iyaf227. doi:10.1093/genetics/iyaf227. open access

Prior, M. J., Weidauer, D., Locci, F., Liao, J.-Y., Kuwata, K., Deng, C., Ye, H. B., Cai, Q., Bezrutczyk, M., Zhao, C., Jonikas, M. C., Pilot, G., Jin, H., Parker, J. E., Frommer, W. B., & Kim, J.-Y. (2026). The Arabidopsis neutral amino acid transporter UmamiT20 confers Botrytis cinerea susceptibility. Journal of Experimental Botany 77(4) 1003-1012. doi:10.1093/jxb/eraf496. open access

Rahnamae, N., Metzger, L., Hoerdemann, L., Korfmann, K., Khan, A. S., Oezoglan, Y., Dent, C. I., Amar, S., Wijfjes, R. Y., Ali, T., Schmitz, G., Stich, B., Tellier, A., & de Meaux, J. (2026). Contemporary hybridization among Arabis floodplain species creates opportunities for adaptation. New Phytologist, 249, 1542-1557. doi:10.1111/nph.70779.  open access

Sashidhar, N. and Coupland, G. (2026) In perennial Arabis alpina, CONSTANS and FLOWERING LOCUS T have common and distinct effects on flowering and inflorescence architecture. New Phytologist, doi: 10.1111/nph.70994. open access

Skodra, C., Michailidis, M., Raptis, P., Giannoutsou, E., Adamakis, I.-D.-S., Kontomina, E.-A., Samiotaki, M., Bazakos, C., Tanou, G., & Molassiotis, A. (2026). Silicon-induced tissue-specific reprogramming of the ripening transition in kiwifruit. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 232: 113983. doi:10.1016/j.postharvbio.2025.113983.

Wang Y, Zahn IE, Heidemann B, Fuentes RR, Underwood CJ. (2026) Synthetic Apomeiosis in Tomato via the Mutagenesis of SlSPO11-1, SlREC8, and SlTAM to Engineer Mitosis Instead of Meiosis. Methods Mol Biol. 2987:255-273. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-5001-1_17. open access

Yarkhunova-Kreye Y, Hancock AM. (2026) Finding the genetic basis of adaptation: reducing complexity to improve trait mapping. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 19;97:102432. doi: 10.1016/j.gde.2025.102432. open access

Zappone, D., Schroder, P. M., Petrik, I., Dong, X., Schaufele, R., Schneeberger, K., Novak, O., & Schwechheimer, C. (2026). B-GATA factors are required for nitrogen-responsive growth in Physcomitrium patens and Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist, doi:10.1111/nph.70887. open access

Zedek, F., Bures, P., Elliott, T. L., Escudero, M., Lucek, K., & Marques, A. (2026). Chromosome size as a robust predictor of recombination rate: insights from holocentric and monocentric systems. Genetics, iyaf247. doi:10.1093/genetics/iyaf247.

2025

Ahern, A.; Thompson, T. B.; Oliveri, H.; Lorthois, S.; Goriely, A.; Modelling the coupling between cerebrovascular pathology and amyloid beta spreading in Alzheimer’s disease. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 481:  20240548, doi: 10.1098/rspa.2024.0548. open access

Albernaz, V. B., Mata-Sucre, Y., Sader, M. A., Rodriguez, P. E., Targueta, C., Antunes, A. M., Pinto, R. B., Marques, A., Rocha, D. M. S. D. A., Souza, G., & Soares, T. N. (2025). Integrative systematics of the Brazilian tree "sucupira": morphological, cytogenetic and genomic boundaries of Pterodon emarginatus Vogel and P. pubescens (Benth.) Benth. (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae). Systematics and Biodiversity, 23(1): 2474979. doi:10.1080/14772000.2025.2474979.

Almeida, C., & Marques, A. (2025). Giant mitogenomes in Rhynchospora are a result of nuclear gene and retrotransposon insertions in intergenic spaces. Annals of Botany, mcaf098. doi:10.1093/aob/mcaf098. open access

Amrhein, A., Zhang, M., Hacquard, S., Heintz-Buschart, A., & Wippel, K. (2025). Pseudomonas intra-genus competition determines the protective function of synthetic bacterial communities in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLOS Biology, 23(7): e3002882. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3002882. open access

Barbosa, L. H. S., Amorim, L., Ribeiro, R. V., Neumann, U., Timmers, T., Andersen, T. G., Sposito, M. B., & Appezzato-da-Gloria, B. (2025). Late Leaf Rust Monocyclic Components and Primary Metabolism of Raspberry Plants Facing Water Deficit. Plant Pathology. doi:10.1111/ppa.70050. open access

Barbosa, L. H. S., Neumann, U., Timmers, T., Andersen, T. G., & Appezzato-da-Glória, B. (2025). Histopathology of Aculeastrum americanum on Rubus idaeus and insights into the chloroplast-pathogen interaction. Frontiers in Plant Science, 16: 1630100. doi:10.3389/fpls.2025.1630100. open access

Bartels, D., Giarola, V., & Chandler, J. W. (2025). Unravelling the molecular network of desiccation tolerance in resurrection plants started with the model plant Craterostigma plantagineum. Planta, 262(2): 37. doi:10.1007/s00425-025-04752-8. open access

Benitez-Benitez, C., Mohan, A. V., Sanchez-Villegas, R., Gomez-Ramos, I., Valdes-Florido, A., Lucek, K., Slovak, M., Kolar, F., Leitch, I. J., Luceno, M., Larridon, I., Carta, A., Cusco-Borras, J., Maguilla, E., Montero-Ramirez, A., Meirmans, P. G., Scott, A. D., Martin-Bravo, S., & Escudero, M. (2025). Bridging micro and macroevolution: insights from chromosomal dynamics in plants. Frontiers in Plant Science, 16: 1606450. doi:10.3389/fpls.2025.1606450. open access

Biancucci, M., Chirivi, D., Baldini, A., Badenhorst, E., Dobetti, F., Khahani, B., Formentin, E., Eguen, T., Turck, F., Moore, J. P., Tavakol, E., Wenkel, S., Lo Schiavo, F., Ezquer, I., Brambilla, V., Horner, D., Chiara, M., Perrella, G., Betti, C., & Fornara, F. (2025). Mutations in HEADING DATE 1 affect transcription and cell wall composition in rice. Plant Physiology, 197(4): kiaf120. doi:10.1093/plphys/kiaf120. open access

Brazel, A. J., Manoj, N., Turck, F., & Ó’Maoiléidigh, D. (2025). Measuring CO2 assimilation of Arabidopsis thaliana whole plants and seedlings. Plant Science, 350: 112295. doi:10.1016/j.plantsci.2024.112295.

Calabria, J., Wang, L., Rast-Somssich, M. I., Chen, H.-W., Watt, M., Persson, S., Andersen, T. G., Idnurm, A., & Somssich, M. (2025). Resolving spatially distinct phytohormone response zones in Arabidopsis thaliana roots colonized by Fusarium oxysporum. Journal of Experimental Botany, erae516. doi:10.1093/jxb/erae516. open access

Carrillo-Carrasco, V. P., Hernandez-Garcia, J., Girou, C., Grubor, I., Keller, J., Lim, E., Schmidt, V., Sorensen, I., Vosolsobe, S., Buschmann, H., Delaux, P.-M., Domozych, D., Holzinger, A., Nakagami, H., Nishiyama, T., Petrasek, J., Renault, H., Rensing, S. A., Rose, J. K. C., Sekimoto, H., Delwiche, C. D., Weijers, D., & de Vries, J. (2025). A roadmap to developing unified streptophyte algal model systems. Current Biology, 35(14), R725-R738. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.05.023. open access

Celestini, S., Duchoslav, M., Nezamivand-Chegini, M., Gerchen, J., Sramkova, G., Wijfjes, R., Krejcova, A., Kuzmanovic, N., Spaniel, S., Schneeberger, K., Yant, L., & Kolar, F. (2025). Genomic basis of adaptation to serpentine soil in two Alyssum species shows convergence with Arabidopsis across 20 million years of divergence. Annals of Botany, mcaf141. doi:10.1093/aob/mcaf141. open access

Chesneau, G.; Herpell, J.; Wolf, S. M.; Perin, S.; Hacquard, S.; (2025) MetaFlowTrain: a highly parallelized and modular fluidic system for studying exometabolite-mediated inter-organismal interactions. Nature Communcations 16: 3310, doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-58530-x. open access

Chesneau, G., Herpell, J., Garrido Oter, R., & Hacquard, S. (2025). From synthetic communities to synthetic ecosystems: exploring causalities in plant-microbe-environment interactions. New Phytologist, 245(2), 496-502. doi:10.1111/nph.20250.open access

Chrysostomakis, I., Mozer, A., Di-Nizo, C. B., Fischer, D., Sargheini, N., von der Mark, L., Huettel, B., Astrin, J. J., Topfer, T., & Bohne, A. (2025). A high-quality reference genome for the Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) enables investigations of cell cultures as a genomic resource for endangered species. GigaScience, 14: giaf106. doi:10.1093/gigascience/giaf106. open access

Clark, F. K., Weissbart, G., Wang, X., Harline, K., Li, C., Formosa-Jordan, P., and Roeder, A. H. K. (2025). A common pathway controls cell size in the sepal and leaf epidermis leading to a non-random pattern of giant cells. PLOS Biology, 23, e3003469. open access

Copeland, C., Schulze-Lefert, P., & Ma, K.-W. (2025). Potential and challenges for application of microbiomes in agriculture. The Plant Cell, 37(8): koaf185. doi:10.1093/plcell/koaf185. open access

De Muyt, A., Lee, S., Khanal, S., Dal Toe, L., Adam, C., Mercier, R., Borde, V., Hunter, N., & Robert, T. (2025). HEIP1 orchestrates pro-crossover protein activity during mammalian meiosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122(43): e2515747122. doi:10.1073/pnas.2515747122. open access

Durand, S., Lian, Q., Solier, V., Fernandes, J. B., & Mercier, R. (2025). MutLγ enforces meiotic crossovers in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nucleic Acids Research, 53(5): gkaf157. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf157. open access

Engelhorn, J., Snodgrass, SJ., Kok, A., Seetharam, A.S., Schneider, M., Kiwit, T., Singh, A., Banf, M., Khaipho-Burch, M., Runcie, D.E., Camargo, V.S., Torres-Rodriguez, J.V., Sun, G., Stam, M., Fiorani, F., Schnable, J.C., Bass, H.W., Hufford, M.B., Stich, B., Frommer, W.B., Ross-Ibarra, J., Hartwig, T. (2025). Genetic variation at transcription factor binding sites largely explains phenotypic heritability in maize. Nature Genetics (2025), doi: 10.1038/s41588-025-02246-7. open access

Fan, R., Feng, L., Liu, Y., Tang, Q., Zhao, Y., Li, Y., Gong, S., Lin, R., Huang, S., Qi, T., Förderer, A., Yang, L., Wang, Y., Chai, J., Schulze-Lefert, P., He, H., & Shen, Q.-H. (2025). An NLR receptor confers broad-spectrum resistance to diversified powdery mildew sublineages in wheat and barley. Plant Biotechnology Journal, doi: doi:10.1111/pbi.70038. open access

Gao, H., Ding, N., Wu, Y., Yu, D., Zhou, S-Z., Stolze, SC., Vincent, C., Rodríguez Maroto, G., de los Reyes, P., Harzen, A., Cerise, M., da Silveira Falavigna, V., Li, E., Timmers, T., Neumann, U., Nakagami, H., Hu, J-Y., Chai, J. and Coupland, G. (2025) Florigen activation complex forms via multifaceted assembly in Arabidopsis. Nature. doi 10.1038/s41586-025-09704-6. open access

Garrido Oter, R. (2025). A nitrogen-fixing bacterium forms symbioses on land and at sea. Nature Microbiology, 10(10), 2363-2364. doi:10.1038/s41564-025-02131-3.

Gonzalo, A., & Fernandes, J. B. (2025). Deciphering how dog roses with an odd chromosome copy number sexually reproduce. Nature, 643(8070), 42-43. doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02048-1.

Guan, R., & Garrido Oter, R. (2025). Integrated diversity and network analyses reveal drivers of microbiome dynamics. mSystems, 10(10): e0056425. doi:10.1128/msystems.00564-25. open access

Hancock, A. M., Portalier, S., Fulgione, A., Stetter, M. G., & de Meaux, J. (2025). The Molecular Basis of Adaptation to Climatic Factors and Range Change in Plants. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 56(1), 597-621. doi:10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102723-053810.

Heidemann, B., Primetis, E., Zahn, I., & Underwood, C. J. (2025). To infinity and beyond: recent progress, bottlenecks, and potential of clonal seeds by apomixis. The Plant Journal, 121(4): e70054. doi:10.1111/tpj.70054. open access

Herklotz, V., Zhang, M., Nascimento, T., Kalfusová, R.3, Lunerová, J., Fuchs, J., Harpke, D., Huettel, B., Pfordt, U., Wissemann, V., Kovařík, A., Marques, A., Ritz, C.M. (2025) Bimodal centromeres in pentaploid dogroses shed light on their unique meiosis. Nature 643, 148–157. doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-09171-z. open access

Hong, K., Nakano, M., Tang, Y., Jeanguenin, L., Kang, W., Wang, Y., Zuo, L., Li, P., He, J., Jiang, W., Huang, R., Matsui, H., Wang, Y., Nakagami, H., Li, B., Li, X., Xie, K., Fukushima, K., Guo, L., Han, X., Katagiri, F., Hattori, M., & Tsuda, K. (2025). Emergence of isochorismate- based salicylic acid biosynthesis within Brassicales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122(29): e2506170122. doi:10.1073/pnas.2506170122. open access

Huang, S., Wang, J., Song, R., Jia, A., Xiao, Y., Sun, Y., Wang, L., Mahr, D., Wu, Z., Han, Z., Li, X., Parker, J. E., & Chai, J. (2025) Balanced plant helper NLR activation by a modified host protein complex. Nature 639:447-455, doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-08521-7.

Johnston-Monje, D., & Martinez, J. I. (2025). Seed Surface Sterilization Can Alter Root Microbiomes, Increase Endophyte Diversity and Enhance Plant Growth. Applied Sciences, 15(17): 9545. doi:10.3390/app15179545. open access

Joshi, M., Duchen, P., Kapopoulou, A., & Laurent, S. (2025). Natural Selection in Transcription Factor-DNA Interaction Motifs: A Comparative and Population Genomics Perspective. Genome Biology and Evolution, 17(11): evaf212. doi:10.1093/gbe/evaf212. open access

Kadiyala, U., Sprinzak, D., Monk, N. A.M., Taylor, S. E., Verd, B., Sonnen, K. F., Moon, L., Roeder^, A. H.K., Perez-Carrasco, R. and Formosa-Jordan^, P. (2025) From genes to patterns: five key dynamical systems concepts to decode developmental regulatory mechanisms. Development 152: dev204617, doi: 10.1242/dev.204617. open access

Kang, W., Nakano, M., Fukumoto, K., Hirata, R., Zhai, P., Du, Y., Hong, K., Ziegler, J., Tsuda, Y., Becker, D., Nambara, E., Nakano, R. T., Miyashima, S., Mine, A., Han, X., & Tsuda, K. (2025). Evolutionary trade-off between stomatal defense and gas exchange in Brassicaceae. Current Biology, 35(23), 5779-5792.e6. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2025.10.037.

Kassianides, C.; Goriely, A.; Oliveri, H.; The multiscale mechanics of axon durotaxis. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 200: 106134, doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2025.106134. open access

Koprivova, A., Berka, M., Berková, V., Ristova, D., Tuerksoy, G. M., Schwier, M., Westhoff, P., Cerny, M., & Kopriva, S. (2025). Multilevel Analysis of Response to Plant Growth Promoting and Pathogenic Bacteria in Arabidopsis Roots. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. doi:10.1094/MPMI-09-25-0125-R. open access

Kraege, A., Chavarro-Carrero, E., Schnell, E., Heilmann-Heimbach, S., Becker, K., Koehrer, K., Huettel, B., Sargheini, N., Schiffer, P., Waldvogel, A.-M., Thomma, B. P. H. J., & Rovenich, H. (2025). High quality genome assembly and annotation (v1) of the eukaryotic freshwater microalga Coccomyxa elongata SAG 216-3b. G3-Genes - Genomes - Genetics, 15(2): jkae294. doi:10.1093/g3journal/jkae294. open access

Kramer, J., Zuebert, C., Huettel, B., Kube, M., & Hoelzle, L. E. (2025). The complete genome of Mycoplasmoides cavipharyngis strain 117C, a close relative of hemotrophic mycoplasma. Microbiology Resource Announcements, e00556-24. doi:10.1128/mra.00556-24. open access

Kraska, L., Melia, J. M., Nakano, R. T., Molina, D., Formosa-Jordan, P., Ragni, L., & Andersen, T. G. (2025). MYB68 regulates radial endodermal differentiation and suberin patterning. Cell Reports, 44(6), doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115794 . open access

Lawson, A. W., Flores-Ibarra, S., Cao, Y., An, C., Neumann, U., Gunkel, M., Saur, I. M. L., Chai, J., Behrmann, E., & Schulze-Lefert, P. (2025) The barley MLA13-AVR_A13 heterodimer reveals principles for immunoreceptor recognition of RNase-like powdery mildew effectors. Embo Journal, doi: 10.1038/s44318-025-00373-9. open access

Lawson, A. W., Macha, A., Neumann, U., Gunkel, M., Chai, J., Behrmann, E., & Schulze-Lefert, P. (2025). Purifying recombinant proteins from Nicotiana benthamiana for structural studies. Nature Protocols. doi:10.1038/s41596-025-01249-2. open access

Leng, Y., Kümmel, F., Zhao, M., Molnár, I., Doležel, J., Logemann, E., Koechner, P., Xi, P., Yang, S., Moscou, M. J., Fiedler, J. D., Du, Y., Steuernagel, B., Meinhardt, S., Steffenson, B. J., Schulze-Lefert, P.,  Zhong, S. 2025. A barley MLA immune receptor is activated by a fungal nonribosomal peptide effector for disease susceptibility. New Phytologist 245: 1197-1215, doi: 10.1111/nph.20289. open access

Li, T., Wang, C., Pan, J., Tabusam, J., Li, Y., Yao, J., Chen, W., Wang, Y., Gao, W., Rong, J., Ahmad, Z., Houben, A., Zhu, S., Jin, S., & Zhang, Y. (2025). Exploring potential strategies for haploid induction based on double fertilization in plants. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 23(9), 4000-4016. doi:10.1111/pbi.70197. open access

Liu, Y., Wang, J., Zuo, C., Fan, W., Yuan, C., Zeng, J., Yu, H., Tong, Z., Sui, X., Xu, Y., Zhu, M., Tao, X., Chen, J., Kuang, H., Novikova, P. Y., & Huang, C. (2025). Identification of a gene conferring broad-spectrum orthotospovirus resistance in Solanaceae. Science Advances, 11(25): eadw4333. doi:10.1126/sciadv.adw4333. open access

Loo, E. P. I., Huguet-Tapia, J. C., Selvaraj, M., Stiebner, M., Killing, B., Buchholzer, M., Schepler-Luu, V., Hartwig, T., Valdez Gutierrez, S. P., Rast-Somssich, M. I., Szurek, B., Tohme, J., Charraviaga, P., White, F., Yang, B., & Frommer, W. B. (2025). Removal of Transgenes and Evaluation of Yield Penalties in Genome Edited Bacterial Blight Resistant Rice Varieties. Plant Biotechnology Journal. doi:10.1111/pbi.70332. open access

Mahiwal, S., Andersen, T. G., & Shen, D. (2025). Establishment and functions of the Casparian strip. Molecular Plant, 18(8), 1249-1252. doi:10.1016/j.molp.2025.07.001.

Marques, A., & Drinnenberg, I. A. (2025). Same but different: Centromere regulations in holocentric insects and plants. Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 93: 102484. doi:10.1016/j.ceb.2025.102484.

Martignago, D., da Silveira Falavigna, V., Coupland, G., & Conti, L. (2025). Dancing molecules: group A bZIPs and PEBPs at the heart of plant development and stress responses. Journal of Experimental Botany, 26: eraf034. doi:10.1093/jxb/eraf034. open access

Martins, G., Oliveira dos Santos, J. D., Barros da Silva, F., Marques, A., Van-Lume, B., Souza, G., & Almeida, C. (2025). Can repeatomic similarity favour interspecific hybridization? Comparative analysis of repetitive elements among Spondias species (Anacardiaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, boaf053. doi:10.1093/botlinnean/boaf053. open access

Molina, D., Horvath, S., Zhang, X., Xiao, W., Ragab, N., Ripper, D., Kilian, J., Andersen, T. G., & Ragni, L. (2025). Members of the MYB68 subclade orchestrate cork differentiation by regulating stem cell proliferation and suberin deposition. Cell Reports, 44(8): 116048. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116048. open access

Mozer, A., Di-Nizo, C. B., Consul, A., Huettel, B., Jaeger, R., Akintayo, A., Erhardt, C., Fenner, L., Fischer, D., Forat, S., Gimnich, F., Grobe, P., Martin, S., Nathan, V., Saeed, A., von Der Mark, L., Woehle, C., Olek, K., Misof, B., & Astrin, J. J. (2025). FOGS: A SNPSTR Marker Database to Combat Wildlife Trafficking and a Cell Culture Bank for Ex-Situ Conservation. Molecular Ecology Resources, e14062. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.14062. open access

Nasiopoulou, E., Michailidis, M., Skodra, C., Adamakis, I.-D.-S., Samiotaki, M., Tanou, G., Bazakos, C., Dalakouras, A., & Molassiotis, A. (2025). The ethylene response factor ERF1A regulates UV-C-induced delayed ripening in peach fruit. Plant Physiology, 199(2): kiaf409. doi:10.1093/plphys/kiaf409. open access

Novak, V., Andeer, P. F., King, E., Calabria, J., Fitzpatrick, C., Kelm, J. M., Wippel, K., Kosina, S. M., Bowen, B. P., Daum, C., Zane, M., Yadav, A., Chen, M., Russ, D., Adams, C. A., Owens, T. K., Lee, B., Ding, Y., Sordo, Z., Chakraborty, R., Roux, S., Deutschbauer, A. M., Ushizima, D., Zengler, K., Arsova, B., Dangl, J. L., Schulze-Lefert, P., Watt, M., Vogel, J. P., Northen, T. R. (2025) Breaking the reproducibility barrier with standardized protocols for plant–microbiome research. PLoS Biol 23(9): e3003358. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003358. open access

Ogolowa, B. O., Brelsford, A., Fjeldsa, J., Fulgione, A., Hadjioannou, L., Henderson, E., Moyle, R. G., Moysi, M., Nwankwo, E., Rancilhac, L., Smith, T. B., von Holdt, B. M., & Kirschel, A. N. G. (2025). Plio-Pleistocene Climatic Fluctuations and Divergence With Gene Flow Drive Continent-Wide Diversification in an African Bird. Molecular Ecology, 34(10): e17770. doi:10.1111/mec.17770. open access

Oliveri, H., Cheddadi, I. (2025) Hydromechanical field theory of plant morphogenesis. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 196, 106035 (2025), doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2025.106035. open access

Ordon, J., Logemann, E., Maier, L.-P., Lee, T., Dahms, E., Oosterwijk, A., Flores-Uribe, J., Miyauchi, S., Paoli, L., Stolze, S. C., Nakagami, H., Felix, G., Garrido Oter, R., Ma, K.-W*., & Schulze-Lefert, P. *  (2025) Conserved immunomodulation and variation in host association by Xanthomonadales commensals in Arabidopsis root microbiota. Nature Plants, doi: 10.1038/s41477-025-01918-w. open access

Parker, M. T., Amar, S., Campoy, J. A., Krause, K., Tusso, S., Marek, M., Huettel, B., & Schneeberger, K. (2025). Scalable eQTL mapping using single-nucleus RNA-sequencing of recombined gametes from a small number of individuals. PLOS Biology, 23(4): e3003085. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3003085. open access

Parker, M. T., Fica, S. M., & Simpson, G. G. (2025). RNA splicing: a split consensus reveals two major 5′ splice site classes. Open Biology, 15(1): 240293. doi:10.1098/rsob.240293. open access

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