Bernd Weißhaar

A sublethal drought and rewatering time course reveals intricate patterning of responses in the annual Arabidopsis thaliana

The paper uses phenotyping and transcriptomics to study drought responses in Arabidopsis thaliana, revealing multiple overlapping transcriptional programs that interact with aging.

Many transcription factor families have evolutionarily conserved binding motifs in plants

The paper identifies conserved transcription factor binding motifs across plant species and shows their conservation over 450 million years.

Repeat turnover meets stable chromosomes: repetitive DNA sequences mark speciation and gene pool boundaries in sugar beet and wild beets

The paper investigates how repetitive DNA sequences contribute to chromosomal differentiation and speciation in sugar beet and wild beets, identifying repeat emergence and loss patterns across gene pools.

Transcription factors operate on a limited vocabulary of binding motifs in Arabidopsis thaliana

The paper identifies core transcription factor binding motifs in Arabidopsis thaliana and shows that motif competition within TF families influences gene expression.

Pangenome of cultivated beet and crop wild relatives reveals parental relationships of a tetraploid wild beet

The paper constructs a pangenome of cultivated beet and wild relatives to identify genomic regions with beneficial traits and resolve the parental relationships of a tetraploid wild beet.

Three R2R3-MYB transcription factors from banana (Musa spp.) activate structural anthocyanin biosynthesis genes as part of an MBW complex

A fully phased interspecific grapevine rootstock genome sequence representing V. riparia and V. cinerea and allele-aware annotation of the phylloxera resistance locus Rdv1

The paper presents a fully phased genome sequence of the phylloxera-resistant grapevine rootstock Borner and identifies candidate resistance genes in the Rdv1 locus.

Mapping-by-sequencing reveals genomic regions associated with seed quality parameters in Brassica napus

This study identifies genomic regions associated with seed quality traits in Brassica napus using mapping-by-sequencing, revealing new intervals and potential causal genes for seed glucosinolate, protein, and oil content.

Complete pan-plastome sequences enable high resolution phylogenetic classification of sugar beet and closely related crop wild relatives

The paper sequences and assembles complete plastome genomes from 18 beet species to resolve their phylogenetic relationships with high resolution.

Functional characterisation of banana (Musa spp.) 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases involved in flavonoid biosynthesis

This study identifies and functionally characterizes 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase genes in banana involved in flavonoid biosynthesis, showing their ability to complement Arabidopsis mutants.

Transcriptomic analysis of temporal shifts in berry development between two grapevine cultivars of the Pinot family reveals potential genes controlling ripening time

The paper identifies DEGs between two Pinot grapevine cultivars with different ripening times and proposes candidate genes for ripening time control.

Reference-based QUantification Of gene Dispensability (QUOD)

The paper introduces QUOD, a method to quantify gene dispensability across genomes, validated using Arabidopsis thaliana data, showing dispensable genes are associated with defense and antimicrobial functions.

High contiguity de novo genome sequence assembly of Trifoliate yam (Dioscorea dumetorum) using long read sequencing

The paper assembles and annotates the genome of Trifoliate yam (Dioscorea dumetorum) using long-read sequencing, achieving high contiguity and predicting gene models.

A Partially Phase-Separated Genome Sequence Assembly of the Vitis Rootstock 'Börner' (Vitis riparia x Vitis cinerea) and its Exploitation for Marker Development and Targeted Mapping

The paper develops a genome assembly for the grapevine rootstock 'Börner' and uses it to identify markers for mapping a resistance locus against downy mildew.

Genome sequencing of Musa acuminata Dwarf Cavendish reveals a duplication of a large segment of chromosome 2

The paper compares the genome of Musa acuminata Dwarf Cavendish to the Pahang reference genome, identifying a unique large duplication on chromosome 2 and determining its triploid ploidy.

25 years of propagation in suspension cell culture results in substantial alterations of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome

The paper reports genome sequencing and analysis of an Arabidopsis thaliana suspension cell culture line, revealing genome size reduction and differences in sequence variants compared to the reference.

Characterization of genes and alleles involved in the control of flowering time in grapevine

The paper identifies allele combinations in candidate genes associated with early flowering in grapevine and analyzes their expression during development.

A Chromosome-level Sequence Assembly Reveals the Structure of the Arabidopsis thaliana Nd-1 Genome and its Gene Set

The paper presents a chromosome-arm level assembly of the Arabidopsis thaliana Nd-1 genome, revealing genomic rearrangements and gene set differences compared to the Col-0 reference.