Kevin A. Bird

The paper identifies non-random associations among genes in the Arabidopsis thaliana dispensable genome, revealing modular structure and functional coupling.

The paper catalogs structural and sequence variation in the pennycress pangenome, revealing contrasting evolutionary modes across genomic regions and highlighting the utility of pangenomic resources for crop development.

The paper examines subgenome dynamics in sour cherry, finding expression bias and homoeologous exchange events across different accessions and developmental stages.

The paper investigates the evolution of glucosinolate structural modification enzymes in Brassicaceae, revealing convergent evolution and enantiomer-specific ecological impacts.

The paper introduces a network-based method to analyze human genetic variation beyond continental groups, revealing complex relationships and challenging traditional clustering approaches.

The paper sequenced twelve Camelina sativa genomes to study pangenomic variation in an allohexaploid species, finding minimal gene presence-absence variation but subgenome-specific gene content.

The paper investigates convergent evolution of histone reader domains fused to MSH6 across eukaryotes, showing evidence of natural selection and links to genome size and mutation rate heterogeneity.

The paper examines the relationship between between-group and within-group heritability in hereditarianism, showing its lack of evolutionary content and mathematical flaws.

The paper links rosette-stage gene expression in Brassica napus to field-grown plant yield traits by analyzing individual plants in the field.

This study completes the Triangle of U by sequencing the genome of Brassica carinata, revealing genomic features and gene family expansions linked to its agronomic traits.

The paper uses genomic prediction to identify biological processes influencing free amino acid traits in Arabidopsis seeds, revealing new trait-pathway associations and improving predictive ability for specific amino acids.

This study identifies and characterizes R-genes in octoploid strawberry and related species, revealing insights into disease resistance genetics and introducing new resources for research.