• Ancient DNA reveals the timing and persistence of organellar genetic bottlenecks over 3,000 years of sunflower domestication and improvement 

      Wales, Nathan; Akman, Melis; Watson, Ray H B; Sánchez Barreiro, Fatima; Smith, Bruce D; Gremillion, Kristen J; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Blackman, Benjamin K (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Here, we report a comprehensive paleogenomic study of archaeological and ethnographic sunflower remains that provides significant new insights into the process of domestication of this important crop. DNA from both ancient ...
    • Metagenomic analysis of historical herbarium specimens reveals a postmortem microbial community 

      Bieker, Vanessa Carina; Sánchez Barreiro, Fatima; Rasmussen, Jacob Agerbo; Brunier, Marie; Wales, Nathan; Martin, Michael David (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Advances in DNA extraction and next-generation sequencing have made a vast number of historical herbarium specimens available for genomic investigation. These specimens contain not only genomic information from the individual ...
    • Uncovering the genomic basis of an extraordinary plant invasion 

      Bieker, Vanessa Carina; Battlay, Paul; Petersen, Bent; Sun, Xin; Wilson, Jonathan; Brealey, Jaelle C.; Bretagnolle, François; Nurkowski, Kristin; Lee, Chris; Sánchez Barreiro, Fatima; Owens, Gregory; Lee, Jacqueline; Kellner, Fabian Laszlo; van Boheeman, Lotte; Gopalakrishnan, Shyam; Gaudeul, Myriam; Mueller-Schaerer, Heinz; Lommen, Suzanne; Karrer, Gerhard; Chauvel, Bruno; Sun, Yan; Konstantinovic, Bojan; Dalén, Love; Poczai, Péter; Rieseberg, Loren H.; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Hodgins, Kathryn A.; Martin, Michael David (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Invasive species are a key driver of the global biodiversity crisis, but the drivers of invasiveness, including the role of pathogens, remain debated. We investigated the genomic basis of invasiveness in Ambrosia artemisiifolia ...