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Jeffrey L. Bennetzen

Jeffrey L. Bennetzen

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Genetics

D-Index
108
Citations
56480
World Ranking
562
National Ranking
280

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2004 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Jeffrey L. Bennetzen is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with focused contributions to Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Genetics.

The main topics of their scholarly work include:

  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
  • Bioenergy crop production and management
  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology

Bennetzen's recent notable publications include the following papers:

  • "A chickpea genetic variation map based on the sequencing of 3,366 genomes," published in 2021 in Nature
  • "5Gs for crop genetic improvement," published in 2020 in Current Opinion in Plant Biology
  • "Exceptional subgenome stability and functional divergence in the allotetraploid Ethiopian cereal teff," published in 2020 in Nature Communications
  • "Discovery and characterization of tannase genes in plants: roles in hydrolysis of tannins," published in 2020 in New Phytologist
  • "Chromosome-length genome assemblies of six legume species provide insights into genome organization, evolution, and agronomic traits for crop improvement," published in 2021 in Journal of Advanced Research

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Srinivasa R. Chaluvadi
  • Xuewen Wang
  • Rajeev K. Varshney
  • Katrien M. Devos
  • Naganeeswaran Sudalaimuthuasari

Bennetzen has contributed to publications predominantly appearing in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature
  • Journal of Advanced Research
  • Nature Genetics

Throughout their career, Bennetzen has received several honors including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2005, elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2004, and recognized as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2008.

Best Publications

  • The B73 Maize Genome: Complexity, Diversity, and Dynamics

    Patrick S. Schnable;Doreen Ware;Robert S. Fulton;Joshua C. Stein

  • A unified classification system for eukaryotic transposable elements

    Thomas Wicker;François Sabot;Aurélie Hua-Van;Jeffrey L. Bennetzen

  • The Physcomitrella Genome Reveals Evolutionary Insights into the Conquest of Land by Plants

    Stefan A. Rensing;Daniel Lang;Andreas D. Zimmer;Astrid Terry

  • Codon selection in yeast.

    J L Bennetzen;B D Hall

  • Nested Retrotransposons in the Intergenic Regions of the Maize Genome

    Phillip SanMiguel;Alexander Tikhonov;Young Kwan Jin;Natasha Motchoulskaia

  • The wheat VRN2 gene is a flowering repressor down-regulated by vernalization.

    Liuling Yan;Artem Loukoianov;Ann Blechl;Gabriela Tranquilli

  • The genome of woodland strawberry ( Fragaria vesca )

    Vladimir Shulaev;Daniel J. Sargent;Ross N. Crowhurst;Todd C. Mockler

  • The paleontology of intergene retrotransposons of maize

    Phillip SanMiguel;Brandon S. Gaut;Alexander Tikhonov;Yuko Nakajima

  • The genome of the pear (Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd.)

    Jun Wu;Zhiwen Wang;Zebin Shi;Shu Zhang

  • Reference genome sequence of the model plant Setaria

    Jeffrey L Bennetzen;Jeremy Schmutz;Hao Wang;Ryan Percifield;Ryan Percifield

  • Transposable element contributions to plant gene and genome evolution.

    Jeffrey L. Bennetzen

  • The Selaginella genome identifies genetic changes associated with the evolution of vascular plants.

    Jo Ann Banks;Tomoaki Nishiyama;Mitsuyasu Hasebe;Mitsuyasu Hasebe;John L. Bowman;John L. Bowman

  • Rapid recent growth and divergence of rice nuclear genomes

    Jianxin Ma;Jeffrey L. Bennetzen

  • Draft genome sequence of Camellia sinensis var. sinensis provides insights into the evolution of the tea genome and tea quality.

    Chaoling Wei;Hua Yang;Songbo Wang;Jian Zhao

  • Genome size reduction through illegitimate recombination counteracts genome expansion in Arabidopsis.

    Katrien M. Devos;James K.M. Brown;Jeffrey L. Bennetzen

  • Mechanisms of recent genome size variation in flowering plants.

    Jeffrey L. Bennetzen;Jianxin Ma;Katrien M. Devos

  • Promoter mutations of an essential gene for pollen development result in disease resistance in rice

    Zhaohui Chu;Meng Yuan;Jialing Yao;Xiaojia Ge

  • The primary structure of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene for alcohol dehydrogenase.

    J L Bennetzen;B D Hall

  • Evidence that a Recent Increase in Maize Genome Size was Caused by the Massive Amplification of Intergene Retrotransposons

    Phillip Sanmiguel;Jeffrey L. Bennetzen

  • Analyses of LTR-Retrotransposon Structures Reveal Recent and Rapid Genomic DNA Loss in Rice

    Jianxin Ma;Katrien M. Devos;Jeffrey L. Bennetzen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianxin Ma
Jianxin Ma Purdue University West Lafayette
Wusirika Ramakrishna
Wusirika Ramakrishna Central University of Punjab
Katrien M. Devos
Katrien M. Devos University of Georgia
Joachim Messing
Joachim Messing Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Rod A. Wing
Rod A. Wing University of Arizona
Scot H. Hulbert
Scot H. Hulbert Washington State University
Elizabeth A. Kellogg
Elizabeth A. Kellogg Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Ray Ming
Ray Ming University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Renyi Liu
Renyi Liu Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Yves Van de Peer
Yves Van de Peer Ghent University

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