Tony Heitkam

The paper identifies non-autonomous LTR retrotransposons in sugar beet without prior sequence information, revealing a large, previously overlooked diversity in these elements.

The paper identifies chromosomal and genetic variability in saffron crocus cultivars, revealing regional somaclonal lineages despite clonal origin.

TEtrimmer automates TE curation by integrating alignment and classification methods, improving intact TE identification across six organisms.

This study analyzes repetitive DNAs in eleven Hydnoraceae genomes, revealing distinct repeat profiles between genera and suggesting their role in genome evolution.

This study evaluates four chromosome fixation methods for preparing high-quality mitotic chromosome spreads in Crocus species, finding ice water pretreatment most effective for FISH analysis.

The paper analyzes repeatome divergence in six hortensia species to trace Hydrangea evolution and domestication, identifying species-specific satellite DNAs as cytogenetic markers.

The paper develops a method to generate high-fidelity repeat consensus sequences from short reads by combining read clustering and genome assembly, showing robust results across multiple use cases.

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.

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.

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

ECCsplorer detects extrachromosomal circular DNA from next-generation sequencing data using a bioinformatics pipeline, identifying eccDNA candidates across various organisms and datasets.