Leonardo Perez de Souza

Exploring the diversity of the CO2-concentrating mechanism (CCM) in different C4 subtypes

The paper investigates C4 pathway fluxes in three C4 grass subtypes using 13CO2 pulse-chase experiments, revealing that both malate and aspartate contribute to the C4 cycle in all subtypes.

Genomic imprinting in an early-diverging angiosperm reveals ancient mechanisms for seed initiation in flowering plants

This study shows that post-fertilization auxin production is a conserved mechanism for seed initiation in angiosperms, emerging from a shift in control from maternal to paternal after angiosperm divergence from gymnosperms.

Modulating activity of the APC/C regulator SlSAMBA improves the sugar and antioxidant content of tomato fruits

This study shows that modulating SlSAMBA, an APC/C regulator in tomato, affects fruit growth, sugar content, and antioxidant levels.

MetPlast: an R package to evaluate Metabolic Plasticity using Information Theory statistical framework

MetPlast quantifies metabolic plasticity using Shannon entropy-based metrics and provides visualization tools, demonstrated on tomato domestication data.