Rafael Della Coletta

This paper improves simulation accuracy for digital breeding by integrating GWAS-derived genetic architecture into trait simulations, achieving high concordance with empirical data.

A multi-genome analysis of maize reveals previously unknown variation in gene content, genome structure, and methylation.

The paper analyzes gene expression in maize hybrids and inbreds to show that single-parent expression is genotype- and tissue-specific, with implications for heterosis.