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Stephen L. Dellaporta

Stephen L. Dellaporta

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
47
Citations
24468
World Ranking
2704
National Ranking
1310

Overview

Stephen L. Dellaporta is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on the subfields of Plant Science and Genetics.

The scientist's work contributes to several main topics, including:

  • Berry genetics and cultivation research
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Genetics and Plant Breeding
  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Powdery Mildew Fungal Diseases

Stephen L. Dellaporta has published research papers in various scholarly venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Genetics

Notable recent publications include:

  • Social network analysis of the genealogy of strawberry: retracing the wild roots of heirloom and modern cultivars, 2021, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Prioritized candidate causal haplotype blocks in plant genome-wide association studies, 2022, PLoS Genetics
  • Corrigendum to: "Social network analysis of the genealogy of strawberry: retracing the wild roots of heirloom and modern cultivars", 2021, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Social Network Analysis of the Genealogy of Strawberry: Retracing the Wild Roots of Heirloom and Modern Cultivars, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Causal Haplotype Block Identification in Plant Genome-Wide Association Studies, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaboration plays a role in the scientist's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Dominique D. A. Pincot
  • Mirko Ledda
  • Mitchell J. Feldmann
  • Michael A. Hardigan
  • Thomas J. Poorten

Best Publications

  • A plant DNA minipreparation: Version II

    Stephen L. Dellaporta;Jonathan Wood;James B. Hicks

  • Maize yellow stripe1 encodes a membrane protein directly involved in Fe(III) uptake.

    Catherine Curie;Zivile Panaviene;Clarisse Loulergue;Stephen L. Dellaporta

  • The Trichoplax genome and the nature of placozoans

    Mansi Srivastava;Emina Begovic;Emina Begovic;Jarrod Chapman;Nicholas H. Putnam;Nicholas H. Putnam

  • Lc, a member of the maize R gene family responsible for tissue-specific anthocyanin production, encodes a protein similar to transcriptional activators and contains the myc-homology region.

    Steven R. Ludwig;Ledare F. Habera;Stephen L. Dellaporta;Susan R. Wessler

  • A guard-cell-specific MYB transcription factor regulates stomatal movements and plant drought tolerance.

    Eleonora Cominelli;Massimo Galbiati;Alain Vavasseur;Lucio Conti

  • Demethylation-Induced Developmental Pleiotropy in Arabidopsis

    Michael J. Ronemus;Massimo Galbiati;Christine Ticknor;Jychian Chen

  • The SDR (short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase and related enzymes) nomenclature initiative

    Bengt Persson;Yvonne Kallberg;Yvonne Kallberg;James E. Bray;Elspeth Bruford

  • Sex determination gene TASSELSEED2 of maize encodes a short-chain alcohol dehydrogenase required for stage-specific floral organ abortion

    Allson DeLong;Alejandro Calderon-Urrea;Stephen L. Dellaporta

  • Sex determination in flowering plants.

    Stephen L. Dellaporta;Alejandro Calderon-Urrea

  • tasselseed1 is a lipoxygenase affecting jasmonic acid signaling in sex determination of maize.

    Iván F. Acosta;Hélène Laparra;Sandra P. Romero;Eric Schmelz

  • Mitochondrial genome of Trichoplax adhaerens supports Placozoa as the basal lower metazoan phylum

    Stephen L. Dellaporta;Anthony Xu;Sven Sagasser;Wolfgang Jakob

  • Concatenated analysis sheds light on early metazoan evolution and fuels a modern "urmetazoon" hypothesis.

    Bernd Schierwater;Michael Eitel;Wolfgang Jakob;Hans-Jürgen Osigus

  • Transposition of Ac from the P locus of maize into unreplicated chromosomal sites

    Jychian Chen;Irwin M. Greenblatt;Stephen L. Dellaporta

  • The sex determination process in maize.

    Stephen L. Dellaporta;Alejandro Calderon-Urrea

  • Cell death and cell protection genes determine the fate of pistils in maize.

    A. Calderon-Urrea;S.L. Dellaporta

  • Molecular Cloning of the Maize R-nj Allele by Transposon Tagging with Ac

    Stephen L. Dellaporta;Irwin Greenblatt;Jerry L. Kermicle;James B. Hicks

  • Liposome-mediated delivery of tobacco mosaic virus RNA into tobacco protoplasts: A sensitive assay for monitoring liposome-protoplast interactions.

    Robert T. Fraley;Stephen L. Dellaporta;Demetrios Papahadjopoulos

  • Axial patterning and diversification in the cnidaria predate the Hox system.

    Kai Kamm;Bernd Schierwater;Bernd Schierwater;Wolfgang Jakob;Stephen L. Dellaporta

  • Transposon-mediated chromosomal rearrangements and gene duplications in the formation of the maize R-r complex.

    E L Walker;T P Robbins;T E Bureau;J Kermicle

  • Comparative Genomics of Large Mitochondria in Placozoans

    Ana Y Signorovitch;Leo W Buss;Stephen L Dellaporta

Frequent Co-Authors

Leo W. Buss
Leo W. Buss Yale University
Bernd Schierwater
Bernd Schierwater University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
Fadi G. Lakkis
Fadi G. Lakkis University of Pittsburgh
Elsbeth L. Walker
Elsbeth L. Walker University of Massachusetts Amherst
Daniel S. Rokhsar
Daniel S. Rokhsar University of California, Berkeley
Hongyu Zhao
Hongyu Zhao Yale University
Joe Tohme
Joe Tohme Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
Susan R. Wessler
Susan R. Wessler University of California, Riverside
Chiara Tonelli
Chiara Tonelli University of Milan
Jane Grimwood
Jane Grimwood HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology

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