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Carlos Alonso-Blanco is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and is active in research related to plant sciences and genetics. Their work spans several intersecting domains within agricultural and biological sciences, with notable contributions to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's research has been published in several venues, including Nature, BMC Evolutionary Biology, The Plant Cell, and Plant Cell & Environment. Frequent venues for their work also include bioRxiv and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

Recent publications by Carlos Alonso-Blanco include:

  • "Cycles of satellite and transposon evolution in Arabidopsis centromeres" (2023, Nature)
  • "An oxygen-sensing mechanism for angiosperm adaptation to altitude" (2022, Nature)
  • "Ecological, genetic and evolutionary drivers of regional genetic differentiation in Arabidopsis thaliana" (2020, BMC Evolutionary Biology)
  • "MYB transcription factors drive evolutionary innovations in Arabidopsis fruit trichome patterning" (2021, The Plant Cell)
  • "Differential environmental and genomic architectures shape the natural diversity for trichome patterning and morphology in different Arabidopsis organs" (2022, Plant Cell & Environment)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Carlos Alonso-Blanco include:

  • Belén Méndez-Vigo
  • F. Xavier Picó
  • Arnald Marcer
  • Noelia Arteaga
  • Alberto Fuster-Pons

The main fields of study for this scientist are Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields of focus include:

  • Plant Science
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling

Key research topics addressed by Carlos Alonso-Blanco are:

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Virus Research Studies

Best Publications

  • 1,135 Genomes Reveal the Global Pattern of Polymorphism in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Carlos Alonso-Blanco;Jorge Andrade;Claude Becker;Felix Bemm

  • Whole-genome sequencing of multiple Arabidopsis thaliana populations

    Jun Cao;Korbinian Schneeberger;Stephan Ossowski;Stephan Ossowski;Torsten Günther

  • Naturally occurring genetic variation in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Maarten Koornneef;Carlos Alonso-Blanco;Dick Vreugdenhil

  • The late flowering phenotype of fwa mutants is caused by gain-of-function epigenetic alleles of a homeodomain gene.

    Wim J.J Soppe;Steven E Jacobsen;Carlos Alonso-Blanco;James P Jackson

  • GENETIC CONTROL OF FLOWERING TIME IN ARABIDOPSIS

    Maarten Koornneef;Carlos Alonso-Blanco;and Anton J. M. Peeters;Wim Soppe

  • Naturally occurring variation in Arabidopsis: an underexploited resource for plant genetics.

    Carlos Alonso-Blanco;Maarten Koornneef

  • What Has Natural Variation Taught Us about Plant Development, Physiology, and Adaptation?

    Carlos Alonso-Blanco;Mark G.M. Aarts;Leonie Bentsink;Joost J.B. Keurentjes

  • Analysis of natural allelic variation at seed dormancy loci of Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Carlos Alonso-Blanco;Leónie Bentsink;Corrie J Hanhart;Hetty Blankestijn-de Vries

  • Regulation of flowering time by FVE, a retinoblastoma-associated protein.

    Israel Ausín;Carlos Alonso-Blanco;José Antonio Jarillo;Leonor Ruiz-García

  • Development of an AFLP based linkage map of Ler, Col and Cvi Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes and construction of a Ler/Cvi recombinant inbred line population

    C. Alonso-Blanco;A.J.M. Peeters;M. Koornneef;C. Lister

  • A QTL for flowering time in Arabidopsis reveals a novel allele of CRY2

    Salah El-Din El-Assal;Carlos Alonso-Blanco;Carlos Alonso-Blanco;Anton J.M. Peeters;Anton J.M. Peeters;Vered Raz;Vered Raz

  • PEP1 regulates perennial flowering in Arabis alpina

    Renhou Wang;Sara Farrona;Coral Vincent;Anika Joecker

  • Site and plant species are important determinants of the Methylobacterium community composition in the plant phyllosphere

    Claudia Knief;Claudia Knief;Alban Nicolas Ramette;Lisa Frances;Carlos Alonso-Blanco

  • ERECTA receptor-like kinase and heterotrimeric G protein from Arabidopsis are required for resistance to the necrotrophic fungus Plectosphaerella cucumerina

    Francisco Llorente;Carlos Alonso-Blanco;Clara Sánchez-Rodriguez;Lucía Jorda

  • Cytogenetics for the model system Arabidopsis thaliana

    Paul Fransz;Sue Armstrong;Carlos Alonso‐blanco;Thilo C. Fischer

  • Natural allelic variation at seed size loci in relation to other life history traits of Arabidopsis thaliana

    C. Alonso-Blanco;H. Blankestijn-de Vries;C.J. Hanhart;M. Koornneef

  • Genetic Interactions Among Late-Flowering Mutants of Arabidopsis

    M. Koornneef;C. Alonso-Blanco;H. Blankestijn-de Vries;C.J. Hanhart

  • Development of a Near-Isogenic Line Population of Arabidopsis thaliana and Comparison of Mapping Power With a Recombinant Inbred Line Population

    Joost J. B. Keurentjes;Leónie Bentsink;Carlos Alonso-Blanco;Corrie J. Hanhart

  • Analysis of Natural Allelic Variation at Flowering Time Loci in the Landsberg erecta and Cape Verde Islands Ecotypes of Arabidopsis thaliana

    Carlos Alonso-Blanco;Salah El-Din El-Assal;George Coupland;Maarten Koornneef

  • High-resolution physical mapping in Arabidopsis thaliana and tomato by fluorescence in situ hybridization to extended DNA fibres

    P.F. Fransz;C. Alonso-Blanco;T.B. Liharska;A.J.M. Peeters

Frequent Co-Authors

Maarten Koornneef
Maarten Koornneef Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
José M. Martínez-Zapater
José M. Martínez-Zapater Spanish National Research Council
Leónie Bentsink
Leónie Bentsink Wageningen University & Research
Anton J. M. Peeters
Anton J. M. Peeters Utrecht University
Detlef Weigel
Detlef Weigel Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
Dick Vreugdenhil
Dick Vreugdenhil Wageningen University & Research
George Coupland
George Coupland Max Planck Society
Fernando García-Arenal
Fernando García-Arenal Technical University of Madrid
Korbinian Schneeberger
Korbinian Schneeberger Max Planck Society
Javier Paz-Ares
Javier Paz-Ares Spanish National Research Council

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