A Comprehensive Epidermal Map from a Poplar Single-Cell Shoot Atlas Reveals New Trichome-Specific Genes
Anita Giabardo, Joshua C. Wood, Saurabh Prakash Pandey, Julia Brose, Sierra S. Cloud, John P. Hamilton, Alexander Heise, Rakesh Loya, Ziliang Luo, Kathrine Mailloux, Brieanne Vaillancourt, Daniela L. Weber Wyneken, Robert J. Schmitz, Breeanna Rae Urbanowicz, Chung‐Jui Tsai, C. Robin Buell
The paper presents a single-cell RNA-seq atlas of poplar shoots, identifies epidermal subclusters, and discovers new trichome-specific genes through integration with bulk transcriptome data.
bioRxiv · Jul 3, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology