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Kaitlin Higgins

Iowa State UniversityORCID 0000-0001-7759-4386Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:zebrafish· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Plant BiologyThe Plant JournalPeer-reviewedJun 30, 2025

MDR1 DNA glycosylase regulates the expression of genomically imprinted genes and helitrons

Kaitlin Higgins, Jonathan Isaiah Gent, Sarah N. Anderson

This study shows that MDR1 DNA glycosylase regulates maternally expressed imprinted genes and TEs in endosperm by demethylation, with two-thirds of MEGs showing DNG-dependent regulation.

2 citations

bulk RNA-seqstatistical model

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Plant BiologyG3 Genes Genomes GeneticsPeer-reviewedFeb 13, 2025

Conservation of imprinted expression across genotypes is correlated with consistency of imprinting across endosperm development in maize

Kaitlin Higgins, Vital Nyabashi, Sarah N. Anderson

The paper analyzes imprinted gene expression across multiple time points and genotypes in maize endosperm, finding a correlation between imprinting consistency over time and conservation across genotypes.

6 citations

zebrafishbulk RNA-seq

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GeneticsThe Plant CellPeer-reviewedJul 1, 2022

The maize gene maternal derepression of r1 (mdr1) encodes a DNA glycosylase that demethylates DNA and reduces siRNA expression in endosperm

Jonathan Isaiah Gent, Kaitlin Higgins, Kyle W Swentowsky…·Sarah N. Anderson

This paper identifies MDR1 as a DNA glycosylase in maize that demethylates DNA and reduces siRNA expression in endosperm, challenging the role of demethylation in transposon repression and genomic imprinting.

30 citations

zebrafishDNA methylation

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