Raúl Y. Wijfjes

Contemporary hybridization among Arabis floodplain species creates opportunities for adaptation

The paper investigates hybridization between Arabis nemorensis and A. sagittata, identifying QTLs associated with phenotypic traits and hybrid fitness, revealing both challenges and opportunities for adaptation.

Genomic basis of adaptation to serpentine soil in two Alyssum species shows convergence with Arabidopsis across 20 million years of divergence

This study identifies convergent genetic adaptations to serpentine soil in two Alyssum species and compares them to Arabidopsis arenosa to find shared pathways.

Species wide inventory of Arabidopsis thaliana organellar variation reveals ample phenotypic variation for photosynthetic performance

The paper identifies organellar genetic variation in Arabidopsis thaliana and shows its impact on photosynthesis through cybrid analysis and high-throughput phenotyping.

Steep logarithmic increase of genetic variation in natural Arabidopsis thaliana accessions across geographic scales

The paper compares genetic variation across different geographic scales in Arabidopsis thaliana, finding that local populations contain a significant proportion of continental variation and a logarithmic relationship between genetic and geographic distance.

The genome sequence of Hirschfeldia incana, a species with high photosynthetic light-use efficiency

The paper presents a reference genome assembly of Hirschfeldia incana, showing its high photosynthetic efficiency compared to related Brassicaceae species and identifying genomic features potentially contributing to this trait.

Reciprocal cybrids reveal how organellar genomes affect plant phenotypes

This study uses cybrids to show that plasmotype variation affects plant phenotypes through additive and epistatic interactions, with epistasis explaining more variance than additivity.

Hecaton: reliably detecting copy number variation in plant genomes using short read sequencing data

Hecaton detects copy number variation in plant genomes using short read sequencing data, outperforming existing methods and accurately identifying dispersed duplications.