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Gregory D. May is affiliated with the National Center for Genome Resources in the United States. Their research spans across the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Weed Control and Herbicide Applications
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction
  • Genetically Modified Organisms Research

Their subfields of study involve:

  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Epidemiology

Gregory D. May has published research in the following venues, reflecting a diverse publication record:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Genome biology
  • Communications Biology
  • BMC Genomics

Some recent papers by this scientist include:

  • "Plant Genome Editing and the Relevance of Off-Target Changes," 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • "Current status of community resources and priorities for weed genomics research," 2024, Genome biology
  • "Improved pearl millet genomes representing the global heterotic pool offer a framework for molecular breeding applications," 2023, Communications Biology
  • "Chromatin loop anchors contain core structural components of the gene expression machinery in maize," 2021, BMC Genomics
  • "The International Weed Genomics Consortium: Community Resources for Weed Genomics Research," 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Stéphane Deschamps
  • Gina Zastrow-Hayes
  • John Crow
  • Kevin Fengler
  • Víctor Llaca

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence of the palaeopolyploid soybean

    Jeremy Schmutz;Steven B. Cannon;Jessica Schlueter;Jessica Schlueter;Jianxin Ma

  • The Medicago genome provides insight into the evolution of rhizobial symbioses

    Nevin D Young;Frédéric Debellé;Frédéric Debellé;Giles E D Oldroyd;Rene Geurts

  • Next-generation sequencing technologies and their implications for crop genetics and breeding

    Rajeev K. Varshney;Rajeev K. Varshney;Spurthi N. Nayak;Gregory D. May;Scott A. Jackson

  • Draft genome sequence of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan), an orphan legume crop of resource-poor farmers

    Rajeev K Varshney;Rajeev K Varshney;Wenbin Chen;Yupeng Li;Arvind K Bharti

  • RNA-Seq Atlas of Glycine max: a guide to the soybean transcriptome.

    Andrew J. Severin;Jenna L. Woody;Yung Tsi Bolon;Bindu Joseph

  • Genome, epigenome and RNA sequences of monozygotic twins discordant for multiple sclerosis.

    Sergio E. Baranzini;Joann Mudge;Jennifer C. Van Velkinburgh;Pouya Khankhanian

  • Metabolic profiling of Medicago truncatula cell cultures reveals the effects of biotic and abiotic elicitors on metabolism

    Corey D. Broeckling;David V. Huhman;Mohamed A. Farag;Joel T. Smith

  • Generation of transgenic banana (musa acuminata) plants via agrobacterium-mediated transformation

    Gregory D. May;Rownak Afza;Hugh S. Mason;Alicja Wiecko

  • Tall fescue EST-SSR markers with transferability across several grass species

    Malay C. Saha;M. A. Rouf Mian;Imad Eujayl;John C. Zwonitzer

  • An integrated transcriptome atlas of the crop model Glycine max, and its use in comparative analyses in plants

    Marc Libault;Andrew Farmer;Trupti Joshi;Kaori Takahashi

  • Medicago truncatula EST-SSRs reveal cross-species genetic markers for Medicago spp.

    I. Eujayl;M. K. Sledge;L. Wang;G. D. May

  • The genome sequence of the most widely cultivated cacao type and its use to identify candidate genes regulating pod color

    Juan C Motamayor;Keithanne Mockaitis;Jeremy Schmutz;Niina Haiminen

  • Complete Transcriptome of the Soybean Root Hair Cell, a Single-Cell Model, and Its Alteration in Response to Bradyrhizobium japonicum Infection

    Marc Libault;Andrew Farmer;Laurent Brechenmacher;Jenny Drnevich

  • Genetics and functional genomics of legume nodulation.

    Gary Stacey;Marc Libault;Laurent Brechenmacher;Jinrong Wan

  • Sequencing Medicago truncatula expressed sequenced tags using 454 Life Sciences technology

    Foo Cheung;Brian J Haas;Susanne M D Goldberg;Gregory D May

  • Agrobacterium -mediated transformation of embryogenic cell suspensions of the banana cultivar Rasthali (AAB)

    T. R. Ganapathi;N. S. Higgs;P. J. Balint-Kurti;C. J. Arntzen

  • Large-scale transcriptome analysis in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), an orphan legume crop of the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa.

    Pavana J. Hiremath;Andrew Farmer;Steven B. Cannon;Steven B. Cannon;Jimmy Woodward

  • High-throughput SNP discovery through deep resequencing of a reduced representation library to anchor and orient scaffolds in the soybean whole genome sequence

    David L Hyten;Steven B Cannon;Qijian Song;Qijian Song;Nathan Weeks

  • Whole-genome nucleotide diversity, recombination, and linkage disequilibrium in the model legume Medicago truncatula

    Antoine Branca;Timothy D. Paape;Peng Zhou;Roman Briskine

  • Methyl jasmonate and yeast elicitor induce differential transcriptional and metabolic re-programming in cell suspension cultures of the model legume Medicago truncatula

    Hideyuki Suzuki;M. S. Srinivasa Reddy;Marina Naoumkina;Naveed Aziz

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Farmer
Andrew Farmer National Center for Genome Resources
Rajeev K. Varshney
Rajeev K. Varshney Murdoch University
Steven B. Cannon
Steven B. Cannon Agricultural Research Service
Joann Mudge
Joann Mudge National Center for Genome Resources
Henry T. Nguyen
Henry T. Nguyen University of Missouri
Scott A. Jackson
Scott A. Jackson University of Georgia
Carroll P. Vance
Carroll P. Vance University of Minnesota
Richard A. Dixon
Richard A. Dixon University of North Texas
Babu Valliyodan
Babu Valliyodan University of Missouri
Douglas R. Cook
Douglas R. Cook University of California, Davis

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