Bradlee D. Nelms

Constitutive and tissue-specific target site preferences of the maize Mutator transposon

The paper maps maize Mutator transposon insertion preferences across tissues, showing most hotspots are constitutive but some show tissue-specific variation.

A distributive germline restricts the spread of new mutations

The paper shows that multiple early-diverged cell lineages in maize germline reduce mutation recurrence without changing the mutation rate.

FX-Cell: a method for single-cell RNA sequencing on difficult-to-digest and cryopreserved plant samples

FX-Cell enables scRNA-seq on difficult-to-digest and cryopreserved plant samples, allowing high-quality cell atlases and acute wounding response analysis.

Nanorate sequencing reveals the Arabidopsis somatic mutation landscape

This study uses nanorate sequencing to analyze somatic mutations in Arabidopsis shoots, finding a higher mutation rate and distinct mutational signatures compared to germline mutations.

Quantitative and sensitive sequencing of somatic mutations induced by a maize transposon

The paper quantifies de novo mutations from maize Mutator transposons across tissues, revealing tissue-specific patterns and reinterpreting genetic experiments.

Potent pollen gene regulation by DNA glycosylases in maize

The paper identifies 58 DNG target genes in maize pollen that are silenced in plant body tissues but expressed in pollen, revealing their role in pollen viability and function.