Julian M. Hibberd

The paper maps transcript abundance, protein sequence, and morphology in Flaveria to study C4 photosynthesis evolution, finding coordinated changes and an evolutionary jump.

The paper models spatial carbon assimilation in C3 mesophyll cells to evaluate the efficiency of a C4 photosynthesis cycle and identifies parameter ranges where it outperforms C3 photosynthesis.

The paper identifies novel molecular signatures of C4 photosynthesis by analyzing transcriptomes from eighteen independent origins of C4 plants, revealing shared and new metabolic pathways and gene expression responses to low CO2.