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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1994 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1980 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Michael Freeling is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a specific focus on Plant Science and Molecular Biology subfields.

Their work covers several main topics including chromosomal and genetic variations, genomics and phylogenetic studies, plant disease resistance and genetics, plant molecular biology research, plant reproductive biology, and plant nutrient uptake and metabolism.

Freeling has contributed to numerous research articles published in notable scientific venues. These include the journal bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Genome Biology, Genome Research, and Bioinformatics.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Freeling include:

  • Impacts of allopolyploidization and structural variation on intraspecific diversification in Brassica rapa, 2021, Genome Biology
  • Abundant expression of maternal siRNAs is a conserved feature of seed development, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The contributions from the progenitor genomes of the mesopolyploid Brassiceae are evolutionarily distinct but functionally compatible, 2021, Genome Research
  • qTeller: a tool for comparative multi-genomic gene expression analysis, 2021, Bioinformatics
  • Ovule siRNAs methylate protein-coding genes in trans, 2022, The Plant Cell

Frequent collaborators in their research include Jianli Liang, Jian Wu, Xiaowu Wang, Kang Zhang, and Lingkui Zhang.

Michael Freeling's recognition includes membership in the National Academy of Sciences appointed in 1994 and being named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1980.

Best Publications

  • The Sorghum bicolor genome and the diversification of grasses

    Andrew H. Paterson;John E. Bowers;Rémy Bruggmann;Inna Dubchak

  • The genome of the mesopolyploid crop species Brassica rapa

    Xiaowu Wang;Hanzhong Wang;Jun Wang;Jun Wang;Jun Wang

  • The banana (Musa acuminata) genome and the evolution of monocotyledonous plants

    Angélique D'hont;Jean Marc Aury;Franc Christophe Baurens

  • The draft genome of the transgenic tropical fruit tree papaya (Carica papaya Linnaeus)

    Ray Ming;Shaobin Hou;Yun Feng;Qingyi Yu

  • The maize handbook

    Michael Freeling;Virginia Walbot

  • Bias in Plant Gene Content Following Different Sorts of Duplication: Tandem, Whole-Genome, Segmental, or by Transposition

    Michael Freeling

  • The anaerobic proteins of maize.

    Martin M. Sachs;Michael Freeling;Ronald Okimoto

  • Differentiation of the maize subgenomes by genome dominance and both ancient and ongoing gene loss

    James C. Schnable;Nathan M. Springer;Michael Freeling

  • Origin and evolution of the octoploid strawberry genome.

    Patrick P. Edger;Thomas J. Poorten;Robert VanBuren;Michael A. Hardigan

  • The pineapple genome and the evolution of CAM photosynthesis

    Ray Ming;Ray Ming;Robert VanBuren;Robert VanBuren;Robert VanBuren;Ching Man Wai;Ching Man Wai;Haibao Tang;Haibao Tang

  • How to usefully compare homologous plant genes and chromosomes as DNA sequences.

    Eric Lyons;Michael Freeling

  • Gene-balanced duplications, like tetraploidy, provide predictable drive to increase morphological complexity

    Michael Freeling;Brian C. Thomas

  • Following tetraploidy in an Arabidopsis ancestor, genes were removed preferentially from one homeolog leaving clusters enriched in dose-sensitive genes

    Brian C. Thomas;Brent Pedersen;Michael Freeling

  • Finding and Comparing Syntenic Regions among Arabidopsis and the Outgroups Papaya, Poplar, and Grape: CoGe with Rosids

    Eric Lyons;Brent Pedersen;Josh Kane;Maqsudul Alam

  • Grasses as a single genetic system: genome composition, collinearity and compatibility

    Jeffrey L. Bennetzin;Michael Freeling

  • The Maize rough sheath2 Gene and Leaf Development Programs in Monocot and Dicot Plants

    Miltos Tsiantis;Richard Schneeberger;John F. Golz;Michael Freeling

  • Cytoplasmic acidosis as a determinant of flooding intolerance in plants

    Justin K. M. Roberts;Judy Callis;Oleg Jardetzky;Virginia Walbot

  • Single-molecule sequencing of the desiccation-tolerant grass Oropetium thomaeum.

    Robert VanBuren;Doug Bryant;Patrick P. Edger;Patrick P. Edger;Haibao Tang;Haibao Tang

  • liguleless1 encodes a nuclear-localized protein required for induction of ligules and auricles during maize leaf organogenesis.

    M A Moreno;L C Harper;R W Krueger;S L Dellaporta

  • Extensive gene content variation in the Brachypodium distachyon pan-genome correlates with population structure

    Sean P. Gordon;Bruno Contreras-Moreira;Daniel P. Woods;Daniel P. Woods;David L. Des Marais;David L. Des Marais

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Lyons
Eric Lyons University of Arizona
Damon Lisch
Damon Lisch Purdue University West Lafayette
Haibao Tang
Haibao Tang Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Sarah Hake
Sarah Hake University of California, Berkeley
J. Chris Pires
J. Chris Pires Colorado State University
Patrick P. Edger
Patrick P. Edger Michigan State University
Xiaowu Wang
Xiaowu Wang Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore
Andrew H. Paterson
Andrew H. Paterson University of Georgia
Xiyin Wang
Xiyin Wang North China University of Science and Technology
Blake C. Meyers
Blake C. Meyers University of California, Davis

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