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Matthew B. Hufford

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · US
Area of research
Genetics · Plant Science
Research interest
Research interests include Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Genetics and Plant Breeding, and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.
h-index
38
citations
9,749
works
137
NIH funding
primary concept
Biology
email

Recent publications

Genetic variation at transcription factor binding sites largely explains phenotypic heritability in maize
Nature Genetics 2025cited by 24position: middledoi
Extensive genome evolution distinguishes maize within a stable tribe of grasses
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2025cited by 18position: lastdoi
MaizeCODE reveals bi-directionally expressed enhancers that harbor molecular signatures of maize domestication
Nature Communications 2024cited by 15position: middledoi
Unraveling Prevalence and Effects of Deleterious Mutations in Maize Elite Lines across Decades of Modern Breeding
Molecular Biology and Evolution 2023cited by 23position: middledoi
Genetic variation at transcription factor binding sites largely explains phenotypic heritability in maize
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2023cited by 20position: middledoi
An adaptive teosinte <i>mexicana</i> introgression modulates phosphatidylcholine levels and is associated with maize flowering time
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2022cited by 46position: middledoi
De novo assembly, annotation, and comparative analysis of 26 diverse maize genomes
Science 2021cited by 722position: firstdoi
Genomic variation within the maize stiff‐stalk heterotic germplasm pool
The Plant Genome 2021cited by 26position: middledoi
Genome-wide selection and genetic improvement during modern maize breeding
Nature Genetics 2020cited by 353position: middledoi
Gapless assembly of maize chromosomes using long-read technologies
Genome biology 2020cited by 143position: middledoi
Benchmarking transposable element annotation methods for creation of a streamlined, comprehensive pipeline
Genome biology 2019cited by 1,475position: lastdoi
Evidence for a Unique DNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase in Cereal Crops
Molecular Biology and Evolution 2018cited by 26position: middledoi
Independent Molecular Basis of Convergent Highland Adaptation in Maize
Genetics 2015cited by 88position: middledoi
Comparative population genomics of maize domestication and improvement
Nature Genetics 2012cited by 1,023position: firstdoi
Maize HapMap2 identifies extant variation from a genome in flux
Nature Genetics 2012cited by 653position: middledoi

Grants

EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP): Iowa State University - Training the next Generation of Biologists to Drive Basic Discovery and Build the Bioeconomy
NSF2500333$1,590,0002025–2028PIRePORTER
US-Mexico planning visit and workshop to assess the genomic basis of local adaptation in maize
NSF1404974$34,6502014–2016PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Arun S. Seetharam · Australian Genome Research Facility6 papers (2018–2025)Jeffrey Ross‐Ibarra · University of California System5 papers (2012–2025)Doreen Ware · United States Department of Agriculture4 papers (2012–2024)Kapeel Chougule · Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory3 papers (2019–2024)Candice N. Hirsch · University of Minnesota3 papers (2019–2021)Shujun Ou · University of Nottingham3 papers (2019–2021) · 2 papers (2023–2025) · 2 papers (2023–2025)Edward S. Buckler · Agricultural Research Service2 papers (2012–2015)Michael Banf · Université Claude Bernard Lyon 12 papers (2023–2025)Hank W. Bass · Florida State University2 papers (2023–2025)Julia Engelhorn · University of Warwick2 papers (2023–2025)Shawn M. Kaeppler · University of Wisconsin System2 papers (2012–2021)Samantha J. Snodgrass · Grinnell College2 papers (2023–2025) · 2 papers (2023–2025)James C. Schnable · University of California, Berkeley2 papers (2023–2025)Merritt Khaipho-Burch · Cornell University2 papers (2023–2025)Thomas Hartwig · Purdue University West Lafayette2 papers (2023–2025) · 2 papers (2023–2025)Jeffrey C. Glaubitz · Cornell University2 papers (2012–2015)