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Manica Balant

Institut Botànic de BarcelonaORCID 0000-0002-4316-8511Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Developmental Biology· 1 Genomics· 1 Plant Biology· 1

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Organism:C. elegans· 2 Assay:imaging· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:dimensionality reduction· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1

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Daniel H. ChitwoodiD· 2 shared Daniel VitalesiD· 2 shared Teresa GarnatjeiD· 2 shared Aidan Deneen· 1 shared Airy GrasiD· 1 shared Alexandra PapamichailiD· 1 shared Alexey P. SereginiD· 1 shared Aman Y. HusbandsiD· 1 shared

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Plant BiologyApplications in Plant SciencesPeer-reviewedMar 1, 2026

Procrustean pseudo-landmark methods in Python to measure massive quantities of leaf shape data

Asia T. Hightower, Svea Hall, Ricardo Andres Urquidi Camacho…·Daniel H. Chitwood

The paper introduces a Python-based method using pseudo-landmarks and Procrustes analysis to compare leaf shapes across species and development, showing shape transitions and genetic correlations.

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imagingstatistical model

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GenomicsPlants People PlanetPeer-reviewedJun 2, 2025

Integrating target capture with whole genome sequencing of recent and natural history collections to explain the phylogeography of wild-growing and cultivated Cannabis

Manica Balant, Daniel Vitales, Zhiqiang Wang…·Lisa Pokorny

This study uses Hyb-Seq to analyze Cannabis genetic structure, identifying three main genetic groups and their geographic origins.

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C. eleganswhole-genome sequencing

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Developmental BiologyNew PhytologistPeer-reviewedMay 17, 2024

Intra-leaf modeling of Cannabis leaflet shape produces leaf models that predict genetic and developmental identities

Manica Balant, Teresa Garnatje, Daniel Vitales…·Daniel H. Chitwood

This paper introduces a method to model Cannabis leaf shape using pseudo-landmarks, enabling accurate prediction of genetic and developmental traits.

10 citations

C. elegansimaging

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