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Michelle C. Stitzer

As seen in: Nature, PLOS, BioRxiv, Cell Press
Interested in transposable elements. NSF postdoc at Cornell. @PopBioUCD alum. she/her.
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Extensive genome evolution distinguishes maize within a stable tribe of grasses

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By Michelle C. Stitzer, Arun S Seetharam, Armin Scheben, Sheng-Kai Hsu
| BioRxiv
Abstract Over the last 20 million years, the Andropogoneae tribe of grasses has evolved to dominate 17% of global land area. Domestication of these grasses in the last 10,000 years has yielded our most productive crops, including maize, sugarcane, and sorghum.
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Muller's Ratchet in Action: The Erosion of Sexual Reproduction Genes in Domesticated Cassava (Manihot esculenta)

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By Michelle C. Stitzer, Aimee J Schulz, Evan M Long, Brandon Monier
| BioRxiv
Abstract Centuries of clonal propagation in cassava (Manihot esculenta) have engaged Muller's Ratchet, leading to the accumulation of deleterious mutations due to the absence of sexual recombination. This has resulted in both inbreeding depression affecting yield and a significant decrease in reproductive performance, creating hurdles for contemporary breeding programs.
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Combined analysis of transposable elements and structural variation in maize genomes reveals genome contraction outpaces expansion

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By Manisha Munasinghe, Andrew D. Read, Michelle C. Stitzer, Baoxing Song
| PLOS
Citation: Munasinghe M, Read A, Stitzer MC, Song B, Menard CC, Ma KY, et al. (2023) Combined analysis of transposable elements and structural variation in maize genomes reveals genome contraction outpaces expansion. PLoS Genet 19(12): e1011086. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011086 Editor: Clémentine VITTE, Institut national de la recherche agronomique, FRANCE Received: April 11, 2023; Accepted: November 28, 2023; Published: December 22, 2023 Copyright: © 2023 Munasinghe et al.
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