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Martin Mascher is affiliated with the Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with an emphasis on plant science and molecular biology. They have contributed significantly to the study of genetics, ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, agronomy, and crop science.

Their scientific work centers on topics including:

  • Wheat and barley genetics and pathology
  • Plant disease resistance and genetics
  • Genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals
  • Chromosomal and genetic variations
  • Genetics and plant breeding
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism

Martin Mascher has published research extensively in several journals and venues, with a notable presence in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Nature Communications
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Some of the recent publications involving Martin Mascher include:

  • "Multiple wheat genomes reveal global variation in modern breeding," 2020, Nature
  • "The barley pan-genome reveals the hidden legacy of mutation breeding," 2020, Nature
  • "Optical maps refine the bread wheat Triticum aestivum cv. Chinese Spring genome assembly," 2021, The Plant Journal
  • "Long-read sequence assembly: a technical evaluation in barley," 2021, The Plant Cell
  • "Population genomic analysis of Aegilops tauschii identifies targets for bread wheat improvement," 2021, Nature Biotechnology

Collaborations form an important part of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Nils Stein
  • Axel Himmelbach
  • M. Spannagl
  • Klaus Mayer
  • Murukarthick Jayakodi

Best Publications

  • Shifting the limits in wheat research and breeding using a fully annotated reference genome

    Rudi Appels;Rudi Appels;Kellye Eversole;Nils Stein;Nils Stein

  • A chromosome-based draft sequence of the hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) genome

    Klaus F. X. Mayer;Jane Rogers;Jaroslav Doležel

  • MISA-web: a web server for microsatellite prediction.

    Sebastian Beier;Thomas Thiel;Thomas Münch;Uwe Scholz

  • A physical, genetic and functional sequence assembly of the barley genome

    Klaus F.X. Mayer;Robbie Waugh;Peter Langridge;Timothy J. Close

  • A chromosome conformation capture ordered sequence of the barley genome

    Martin Mascher;Heidrun Gundlach;Axel Himmelbach;Sebastian Beier

  • Multiple wheat genomes reveal global variation in modern breeding.

    Sean Walkowiak;Sean Walkowiak;Liangliang Gao;Cecile Monat;Georg Haberer

  • Wild emmer genome architecture and diversity elucidate wheat evolution and domestication

    Raz Avni;Moran Nave;Omer Barad;Kobi Baruch

  • Durum wheat genome highlights past domestication signatures and future improvement targets

    Marco Maccaferri;Marco Maccaferri;Neil S. Harris;Sven O. Twardziok;Raj K. Pasam

  • The barley pan-genome reveals the hidden legacy of mutation breeding.

    Murukarthick Jayakodi;Sudharsan Padmarasu;Georg Haberer;Venkata Suresh Bonthala

  • Optical maps refine the bread wheat Triticum aestivum cv. Chinese Spring genome assembly.

    Tingting Zhu;Le Wang;Hélène Rimbert;Juan C Rodriguez

  • Genebank genomics highlights the diversity of a global barley collection

    Sara G Milner;Matthias Jost;Matthias Jost;Shin Taketa;Elena Rey Mazón

  • Long-read sequence assembly: a technical evaluation in barley

    Martin Mascher;Thomas Wicker;Jerry Jenkins;Christopher Plott

  • Evolution of the Grain Dispersal System in Barley

    Mohammad Pourkheirandish;Goetz Hensel;Benjamin Kilian;Natesan Senthil

  • Exome sequencing of geographically diverse barley landraces and wild relatives gives insights into environmental adaptation

    Joanne Russell;Martin Mascher;Ian K Dawson;Stylianos Kyriakidis

  • Anchoring and ordering NGS contig assemblies by population sequencing (POPSEQ)

    Martin Mascher;Gary J. Muehlbauer;Daniel S. Rokhsar;Daniel S. Rokhsar;Jarrod Chapman

  • A whole-genome shotgun approach for assembling and anchoring the hexaploid bread wheat genome

    Jarrod A Chapman;Martin Mascher;Aydın Buluç;Kerrie Barry

  • Barley whole exome capture: a tool for genomic research in the genus Hordeum and beyond.

    Martin Mascher;Todd A. Richmond;Daniel J. Gerhardt;Axel Himmelbach

  • CRISPR-Cas9 targeted mutagenesis leads to simultaneous modification of different homoeologous gene copies in polyploid oilseed rape (Brassica napus)

    Janina Braatz;Hans Joachim Harloff;Martin Mascher;Nils Stein

  • Towards a whole-genome sequence for rye (Secale cereale L.).

    Eva Bauer;Thomas Schmutzer;Ivan Barilar;Martin Mascher

  • A whole-genome shotgun approach for assembling and anchoring the hexaploid bread wheat genome

    Martin Mascher

Frequent Co-Authors

Nils Stein
Nils Stein University of Western Australia
Axel Himmelbach
Axel Himmelbach Leibniz Association
Uwe Scholz
Uwe Scholz Leibniz Association
Robbie Waugh
Robbie Waugh James Hutton Institute
Klaus F. X. Mayer
Klaus F. X. Mayer Technical University of Munich
Manuel Spannagl
Manuel Spannagl Helmholtz Zentrum München
Heidrun Gundlach
Heidrun Gundlach Helmholtz Zentrum München
Gary J. Muehlbauer
Gary J. Muehlbauer University of Minnesota
Jesse Poland
Jesse Poland King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Thorsten Schnurbusch
Thorsten Schnurbusch Leibniz Association

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