M. Purugganan

This study identifies transcribed intergenic regions in rice that function as regulatory elements, associated with gene expression and chromatin interactions.

This study examines selection on drought-induced gene expression plasticity in rice, finding that housekeeping genes are disfavored to switch off under drought, while selection acts polygenically on co-expressed gene modules.

The paper analyzes an ancient date palm leaf to determine the timing of gene flow from wild relatives to domesticated date palms, finding hybridization occurred at least 2,100 years ago.

This study investigates how ancient genetic variations drive adaptive radiation in Hawaiian Metrosideros, showing balancing selection on pre-existing haplotypes facilitates diversification despite limited genetic diversity.

The paper finds a negative correlation between telomere length and flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana, rice, and maize, suggesting a link between telomere dynamics and plant life history strategies.

The paper assembles high-quality genomes of two basmati rice varieties using nanopore sequencing and identifies structural variations, gene flow, and genetic groupings in circum-basmati rice.

This study investigates the role of divergent selection and gene flow in the incipient speciation of a riparian tree in Hawaii, finding genomic islands of divergence linked to regulatory genes and positive selection.

This study reanalyzes rice domestication data to show multiple origins but single domestication event with allele introgression.