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Rijan R. Dhakal

Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterORCID 0000-0002-9625-3584Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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PanvaR: An R package for fine-mapping and visualizing results from genome-wide association studies

Collin Luebbert, Rijan R. Dhakal, Philip Ozersky, Scott Lee, Todd C. Mockler, Ivan R. Baxter

PanvaR integrates GWAS and fine-mapping in one tool, providing LD analysis, SNP effect predictions, and candidate gene lists with visualizations.

bioRxiv · Jul 20, 2026 · PreprintGenomics

A haplotype-resolved, chromosome-scale genome assembly for the southern live oak, Quercus virginiana

Laramie M. Akozbek, Zachary Meharg, Jillian Abendroth-McGhee, Tosin Akinsipe, Rijan R. Dhakal, Nicholas S. Gladstone, Zahida Hassan Pervaiz, Sejal Patel, Giovani Rossi, Claudia Ann Rutland, Caroline Bendickson, Adam J. Kranz, Ellen O. Martinson, Scott P. Egan, Frank Alex Feltus, , Alex Harkess

The paper presents a chromosome-scale, haplotype-resolved genome assembly for Quercus virginiana, contributing to genomic resources for studying hybridization and structural genomic changes in oaks.

G3 Genes Genomes Genetics · Feb 2, 2026Peer-reviewedGenomics

Chromosome Numbers and Reproductive Life Cycles in Green Plants: A phylo-transcriptomic perspective

Rijan R. Dhakal, Alex Harkess, Paul G. Wolf

This study investigates the relationship between heterosporous reproduction and chromosome number reduction in green plants using phylo-transcriptomic analyses and gene family evolution models.

Plant Direct · Jan 1, 2025Peer-reviewedBioinformatics