Michael J. Passalacqua

The paper shows a neofunctionalized gene in Solanaceae plants became a flowering antagonist, influencing adaptation across species and environments.

This study uses single-cell RNA-seq to identify stem cell regulators in maize and Arabidopsis, revealing genes linked to yield traits and shoot development.

The paper uses pan-genomics and genome editing in Solanum to show that paralog diversification hinders genotype-phenotype predictability in crop domestication.

The paper investigates convergent evolution of plant prickles, finding that mutations in a cytokinin gene repeatedly cause prickle loss across species.

This paper shows that using coexpression helps integrate scRNA-seq data across different plant species by identifying non-orthologous gene pairs with similar expression patterns.