Maike E. Stam

The paper identifies genetic variants at transcription factor binding sites that explain a large portion of phenotypic heritability in maize under different water conditions.

This study uses pollen sequencing to analyze recombination patterns in tomato hybrids, identifying coldspots and their association with transposable elements and gene complexes, and proposes strategies to overcome recombination barriers.

This study shows that mutations in RdDM pathway genes reduce histone methylation rather than DNA methylation at the maize b1 enhancer, suggesting RNA-directed histone methylation as a key mechanism in paramutation.

The paper integrates genomic, epigenomic, and transcriptomic data to model enhancer-driven gene regulatory networks in maize tissues, identifying tissue-specific transcription factor families and transposable element contributions.