Quinten Bafort

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.

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

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

This study models how polyploidy facilitates gene flow between diploid species by acting as a bridge, showing that increased recombination can enhance allele sorting and overcome species barriers.