Area of research
Genetics · Plant Science
Research interest
Research interests include Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.
Cross-species modeling of plant genomes at single-nucleotide resolution using a pretrained DNA language model
Extensive genome evolution distinguishes maize within a stable tribe of grasses
Arabidopsis and maize terminator strength is determined by GC content, polyadenylation motifs and cleavage probability
Modeling 0.6 million genes for the rational design of functional <i>cis</i> -regulatory variants and de novo design of <i>cis-</i> regulatory sequences
Phylogenomic discovery of deleterious mutations facilitates hybrid potato breeding
Genetic modification can improve crop yields — but stop overselling it
New whole-genome alignment tools are needed for tapping into plant diversity
Utilizing evolutionary conservation to detect deleterious mutations and improve genomic prediction in cassava
Cross-species predictive modeling reveals conserved drought responses between maize and sorghum
The Practical Haplotype Graph, a platform for storing and using pangenomes for imputation
An adaptive teosinte <i>mexicana</i> introgression modulates phosphatidylcholine levels and is associated with maize flowering time
Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-Food Systems Transformation
Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-Food Systems Transformation
Pan‐genome and multi‐parental framework for high‐resolution trait dissection in melon ( <i>Cucumis melo</i> )
QTL mapping and genomic analyses of earliness and fruit ripening traits in a melon recombinant inbred lines population supported by<i>de novo</i>assembly of their parental genomes
Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles Tailored to Distinct Agri-Food Systems
Synthetic promoter designs enabled by a comprehensive analysis of plant core promoters
Somatic variations led to the selection of acidic and acidless orange cultivars
Using high-throughput multiple optical phenotyping to decipher the genetic architecture of maize drought tolerance
Comparative evolutionary genetics of deleterious load in sorghum and maize
AnchorWave: Sensitive alignment of genomes with high sequence diversity, extensive structural polymorphism, and whole-genome duplication
The importance of dominance and genotype-by-environment interactions on grain yield variation in a large-scale public cooperative maize experiment
Machine learning-enabled phenotyping for GWAS and TWAS of WUE traits in 869 field-grown sorghum accessions
Utility of Climatic Information via Combining Ability Models to Improve Genomic Prediction for Yield Within the Genomes to Fields Maize Project
Phenotyping stomatal closure by thermal imaging for GWAS and TWAS of water use efficiency-related genes
Predicting phenotypes from genetic, environment, management, and historical data using CNNs
Development of the Wheat Practical Haplotype Graph database as a resource for genotyping data storage and genotype imputation
Underground heterosis for yield improvement in melon
Development of the Wheat Practical Haplotype Graph Database as a Resource for Genotyping Data Storage and Genotype Imputation
Reconstructing the maize leaf regulatory network using ChIP-seq data of 104 transcription factors
RESEARCH-PGR: PanAnd - Harnessing convergence and constraint to predict adaptations to abiotic stress for maize and sorghum
Biology of Rare Alleles in Maize and Its Wild Relatives
BREAD: Platform, Pipeline, and Analytical Tools for Next Generation Genotyping to Serve Breeding Efforts in Africa
Genetic Architecture of Maize and Teosinte
High Density Scoreable Markers for Maize Trait Dissection