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Benjamin L. Gutierrez

Agricultural Research ServiceORCID 0000-0002-9706-7521Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Genomics· 2 Genetics· 1 Plant Biology· 1

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Organism:plant (other)· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 3 Research Focus:genome assembly· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1

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Alex HarkessiD· 3 shared Christopher GottschalkiD· 3 shared Alan E. YoccaiD· 2 shared Ben N. MansfeldiD· 2 shared Erik Burchard· 2 shared Shujun OuiD· 2 shared Steve van NockeriD· 2 shared Breyn EvansiD· 1 shared

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Plant BiologybioRxivPreprintNov 12, 2025

A High-throughput Sequencing Screen to Identify Apomixis in Plants

Charity Z. Goeckeritz, Václav Polcar, Benjamin L. Gutierrez…·Alex Harkess

The paper develops a short-read skim-seq method to identify apomictic genotypes in plants, finding 17 new apomictic genotypes in Malus species.

DOI 10.1101/2025.11.12.688100

plant (other)DNA methylation

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GeneticsPostharvest Biology and TechnologyPeer-reviewedMar 18, 2025

Genome-Wide Associations within Diverse Wild Apple Germplasm for Postharvest Blue Mold Resistance to Penicillium expansum

Lauren Whitt, John S. Bennett, Tamara D. Collum…·Christopher Gottschalk

The paper identifies SNPs associated with postharvest blue mold resistance in wild apple germplasm using genomic sequencing and association mapping.

6 citations

whole-genome sequencingstatistical model

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintNov 16, 2023

Genome of the North American wild apple species Malus angustifolia

Ben N. Mansfeld, Shujun Ou, Erik Burchard…·Christopher Gottschalk

The paper reports the genome assembly and annotation of Malus angustifolia, identifies SNPs and structural variants, and explores phylogenetic relationships with Eurasian Malus species.

4 citations

plant (other)whole-genome sequencing

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintMar 22, 2023

A haplotype resolved chromosome-scale assembly of North American wild apple Malus fusca and comparative genomics of the fire blight Mfu10 locus.

Ben N. Mansfeld, Alan E. Yocca, Shujun Ou…·Christopher Gottschalk

This paper presents a high-quality, haplotype-resolved genome assembly of Malus fusca and identifies structural variants and a fire blight resistance locus.

DOI 10.1101/2023.03.22.533842

plant (other)whole-genome sequencing

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