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Wubishet A. Bekele

Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaORCID 0000-0002-6463-8180Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Organism:plant (other)· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1

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Anne FiebigiD· 2 shared Axel HimmelbachiD· 2 shared Brett ChapmaniD· 2 shared Chengdao LiiD· 2 shared Georg HabereriD· 2 shared Haifei HuiD· 2 shared Heidrun GundlachiD· 2 shared Klaus MayeriD· 2 shared

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A pangenome and pantranscriptome of hexaploid oat

Raz Avni, Nadia M. Kamal, Lidija Bitz, Eric N. Jellen, Wubishet A. Bekele, Tefera Tolera Angessa, Petri Auvinen, Oliver Bitz, Brian Boyle, Francisco José Canales, Craig H. Carlson, Brett Chapman, Harmeet Singh Chawla, Yutang Chen, Dario Copetti, , Martin Mascher

The paper presents a pangenome and pantranscriptome of hexaploid oat, describing gene expression diversity and structural genome variation across 33 accessions and six tissues.

Nature · Oct 29, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics

Adaptive diversification through structural variation in barley

Murukarthick Jayakodi, Qiongxian Lu, Hélène Pidon, M. Timothy Rabanus‐Wallace, Micha Bayer, Thomas M. Lux, Yu Guo, Benjamin Jaegle, Ana Badea, Wubishet A. Bekele, Gurcharn Singh Brar, Katarzyna Braune, Boyke Bunk, K. J. Chalmers, Brett Chapman, , Nils Stein

This study presents a barley pangenome revealing structural variation linked to traits like disease resistance and plant architecture, highlighting its role in adaptive evolution.

Nature · Nov 13, 2024Peer-reviewedPlant Biology

Identification of novel loci regulating dormancy in barley and association with hypoxia sensitivity

Lochlen G. H. Farquharson, Bahram Samanfar, Raja Ram Khanal, Wubishet A. Bekele, Elizabeth K. Brauer

This study identifies novel genetic loci associated with dormancy in barley and links hypoxia sensitivity to dormancy regulation.

bioRxiv · Jul 22, 2024 · PreprintPlant Biology