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Laura Toppino

Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agrariaORCID 0000-0002-8664-1233Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Genomics· 1 Plant Biology· 1

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1

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Jaime ProhensiD· 2 shared Andrea ArronesiD· 1 shared Andrea SolanaiD· 1 shared David E. AlonsoiD· 1 shared Emmanuel OmondiiD· 1 shared Ezio PortisiD· 1 shared Giovanni GiulianoiD· 1 shared Giuseppe Leonardo RotinoiD· 1 shared

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CRISPR/Cas12a-mediated allele engineering of SmAPRR2 and SmGLK2 reveals complementary control of fruit peel and flesh chlorophyll pigmentation in eggplant

Marina Martínez-López, Andrea Solana, Andrea Arrones, Laura Toppino, Santiago Vilanova, Mariola Plazas, Jaime Prohens, Pietro Gramazio

This study uses CRISPR/Cas12a to engineer alleles of SmAPRR2 and SmGLK2 in eggplant, revealing their complementary roles in controlling chlorophyll pigmentation in fruit peel and flesh.

bioRxiv · Jul 29, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology

Association analyses reveal both anthropic and environmental selective events during eggplant domestication

Emmanuel Omondi, Lorenzo Barchi, Luciana Gaccione, Ezio Portis, Laura Toppino, Maria Rosaria Tassone, David E. Alonso, Jaime Prohens, Giuseppe Leonardo Rotino, Roland Schafleitner, Maarten van Zonneveld, Giovanni Giuliano

This study identifies anthropic and environmental selective events during eggplant domestication using genome-wide association and genotype-environment association analyses.

The Plant Journal · Feb 1, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics