Sota Fujii

Stigmatic papilla cells recover nonself pollen acceptance after self-pollen recognition

The paper shows that self-pollen recognition in Arabidopsis temporarily delays nonself pollen hydration and germination in papilla cells, with actin reorganization playing a role.

Evolution of transposons as controlling elements

This study shows that transposases can act as transcriptional regulators and evolved into transcription factors through loss of catalytic activity.

Evaluating Evo 2 for plant variant effect prediction

This paper evaluates Evo 2's ability to predict variant effects in plant genes using Arabidopsis thaliana data, showing it can identify functionally impactful variants.

A pistil peptide toxin-pollen antidote system for reproductive barrier

The paper identifies a toxin-antidote system in Arabidopsis thaliana where a pistil peptide inhibits pollen tube growth and a pollen protein counteracts this effect, contributing to reproductive barriers.

Chromosome-scale genome assembly of Malcolmia littorea using long-read sequencing and single-pollen genotyping technologies

This study presents a chromosome-scale genome assembly of Malcolmia littorea using long-read sequencing and single-pollen genotyping, revealing a genome twice the size of Arabidopsis thaliana.