Quinten Bafort

Highly repeatable phenotypic consequences of whole genome duplication in Spirodela polyrhiza

This study shows that whole genome duplication in Spirodela polyrhiza leads to highly repeatable and deterministic phenotypic outcomes, with ploidy explaining more phenotypic variation than genetic background.

Expanding the toolkit for ploidy manipulation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

This paper develops a method to engineer ploidy levels in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii using antibiotic markers and demonstrates the creation of diploids, triploids, and tetraploids.

Asymmetric genome merging leads to gene expression novelty through nucleo-cytoplasmic disruptions and transcriptomic shock in Chlamydomonas triploids

This study investigates gene expression changes in Chlamydomonas triploids resulting from asymmetric genome merging, finding expression dominance, proteostasis restoration, and enhanced fitness.