Publications

Implementation of different relationship estimate methodologies in breeding value prediction in kiwiberry (Actinidia arguta). Mertten D, Baldwin S, Cheng CH, McCallum J, Thomson S, Ashton DT, McKenzie CM, Lenhard M, Datson PM.Mol Breed. 2023 Oct 18;43(10):75. doi: 10.1007/s11032-023-01419-8. eCollection 2023 Oct.PMID: 37868140 Free PMC article.

The gain of function mutation blf13 in the barley orthologue of the rice growth regulator NARROW LEAF1 is associated with increased leaf width. Jöst M, Soltani O, Kappel C, Janiak A, Chmielewska B, Szurman-Zubrzycka M, McKim SM, Lenhard M. J Exp Bot. 2023 Oct 14:erad403. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erad403. Online ahead of print.PMID: 37837419

Testing the effect of individual scent compounds on pollinator attraction in nature using quasi-isogenic Capsella lines. Xiong YZ, Kappel C, Hagemann L, Jantzen F, Wozniak N, Sicard A, Huang SQ, Lenhard M.Am J Bot. 2023 Oct;110(10):e16237. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.16237. Epub 2023 Oct 16.PMID: 37661924

Genomic and epigenomic determinants of heat stress-induced transcriptional memory in Arabidopsis. Kappel C, Friedrich T, Oberkofler V, Jiang L, Crawford T, Lenhard M, Bäurle I.Genome Biol. 2023 May 30;24(1):129. doi: 10.1186/s13059-023-02970-5.PMID: 37254211 Free PMC article.

Pollen-stigma incompatibility within and between species: Tread lightly, sedate the dogs, and don't wake the guards! Tran TC, Lenhard M.Dev Cell. 2023 Mar 13;58(5):335-337. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2023.02.010.PMID: 36917929

Poly(A) polymerase 1 contributes to competence acquisition of pollen tubes growing through the style in Arabidopsis thaliana. Ramming A, Kappel C, Kanaoka MM, Higashiyama T, Lenhard M. Plant J. 2023 May;114(3):651-667. doi: 10.1111/tpj.16162. Epub 2023 Mar 16.PMID: 36811355

MYB24 orchestrates terpene and flavonol metabolism as light responses to anthocyanin depletion in variegated grape berries. Zhang C, Dai Z, Ferrier T, Orduña L, Santiago A, Peris A, Wong DCJ, Kappel C, Savoi S, Loyola R, Amato A, Kozak B, Li M, Liang A, Carrasco D, Meyer-Regueiro C, Espinoza C, Hilbert G, Figueroa-Balderas R, Cantu D, Arroyo-Garcia R, Arce-Johnson P, Claudel P, Errandonea D, Rodríguez-Concepción M, Duchêne E, Huang SC, Castellarin SD, Tornielli GB, Barrieu F, Matus JT.Plant Cell. 2023 Nov 30;35(12):4238-4265. doi: 10.1093/plcell/koad228.PMID: 37648264

Histone retention preserves epigenetic marks during heat stress-induced transcriptional memory in plants. Pratx L, Wendering P, Kappel C, Nikoloski Z, Bäurle I.EMBO J. 2023 Dec 11;42(24):e113595. doi: 10.15252/embj.2023113595. Epub 2023 Nov 8.PMID: 37937667 

Subgenome dominance shapes novel gene evolution in the decaploid pitcher plant Nepenthes gracilis. Saul F, Scharmann M, Wakatake T, Rajaraman S, Marques A, Freund M, Bringmann G, Channon L, Becker D, Carroll E, Low YW, Lindqvist C, Gilbert KJ, Renner T, Masuda S, Richter M, Vogg G, Shirasu K, Michael TP, Hedrich R, Albert VA, Fukushima K.Nat Plants. 2023 Dec;9(12):2000-2015. doi: 10.1038/s41477-023-01562-2. Epub 2023 Nov 23.PMID: 37996654

Haplotype-resolved genome assembly provides insights into the evolution of S-locus supergene in distylous Nymphoides indica. Yang J, Xue H, Li Z, Zhang Y, Shi T, He X, Barrett SCH, Wang Q, Chen J.New Phytol. 2023 Dec;240(5):2058-2071. doi: 10.1111/nph.19264. Epub 2023 Sep 17.PMID: 37717220

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutations of FANTASTIC FOUR gene family for creating early flowering mutants in tomato. Shang L, Tao J, Song J, Wang Y, Zhang X, Ge P, Li F, Dong H, Gai W, Grierson D, Ye Z, Zhang Y.Plant Biotechnol J. 2023 Nov 9. doi: 10.1111/pbi.14223. Online ahead of print.PMID: 37942846 Free article.

Multiple-model GWAS identifies optimal allelic combinations of quantitative trait loci for malic acid in tomato. Gai W, Yang F, Yuan L, Ul Haq S, Wang Y, Wang Y, Shang L, Li F, Ge P, Dong H, Tao J, Wang F, Zhang X, Zhang Y.Hortic Res. 2023 Feb 14;10(4):uhad021. doi: 10.1093/hr/uhad021. eCollection 2023 Apr.PMID: 37035859 Free PMC article.

Analysis of Xylem Cells by Nucleus-Based Transcriptomics and Chromatin Profiling. Shi D, Luzzietti L, Nodine M, Greb T.Methods Mol Biol. 2024;2722:67-78. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3477-6_5.PMID: 37897600

OBERON3 and SUPPRESSOR OF MAX2 1-LIKE proteins form a regulatory module driving phloem development. Wallner ES, Tonn N, Shi D, Luzzietti L, Wanke F, Hunziker P, Xu Y, Jung I, Lopéz-Salmerón V, Gebert M, Wenzl C, Lohmann JU, Harter K, Greb T.Nat Commun. 2023 Apr 14;14(1):2128. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37790-5.PMID: 37059727 

Cell Fate Decisions Within the Vascular Cambium–Initiating Wood and Bast Formation. Haas AS, Shi D, Greb T. (2022). Frontiers in Plant Science doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.864422

Comparative Genomics Elucidates the Origin of a Supergene Controlling Floral Heteromorphism. Potente G, Léveillé-Bourret É, Yousefi N, Choudhury RR, Keller B, Diop SI, Duijsings D, Pirovano W, Lenhard M, Szövényi P, Conti E.Mol Biol Evol. 2022 Feb 3;39(2):msac035. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msac035.

Control of cambium initiation and activity in Arabidopsis by the transcriptional regulator AHL15. Rahimi A, Karami O, Lestari AD, de Werk T, Amakorová P, Shi D, Novák O, Greb T, Offringa R. (2022) Current Biology, doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.02.060

Female self-incompatibility type in heterostylous Primula is determined by the brassinosteroid-inactivating cytochrome P450 CYP734A50. Huu CN, Plaschil S, Himmelbach A, Kappel C, Lenhard M.Curr Biol. 2022 Feb 7;32(3):671-676.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.11.046. Epub 2021 Dec 13.

Strigo-D2—a bio-sensor for monitoring spatio-temporal strigolactone signaling patterns in intact plants. Song C, Zhao J, Guichard M, Shi D, Grossmann G, Schmitt C, Jouannet V, Greb T. (2022).Plant Physiology, doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiab504

A neutral model for the loss of recombination on sex chromosomes. Jeffries DL, Gerchen JF, Scharmann M, Pannell JR.Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2021 Aug 30;376(1832):20200096. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0096. Epub 2021 Jul 12.PMID: 34247504

Evolutionary footprints of a cold relic in a rapidly warming world. Wolf E, Gaquerel E, Scharmann M, Yant L, Koch MA.Elife. 2021 Dec 21;10:e71572. doi: 10.7554/eLife.71572.PMID: 34930524

Female self-incompativility type in heterostylous Primula is determined by the brassinosteroid-inactivating cytochrome P450 CYP734A50. Huu, C.N., Himmelbach, A., Kappel, C., Lenhard, M.; Curr. Biol. 2021 Dec 7: S0960-9822(21)01605-5, doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.11.046, PIMD: 34906354

Heteromeric HSFA2/HSFA3 complexes drive trainscriptional memory after heat stress in Arabidopsis. Friedrich, T., Oberkofler, V., Trindade, I., Altmann, S., Brzezinka, K., Lämke, J., Gorka, M., Kappel, C., Sokolowska, E., Skizycz, A., Graf, A., Bäurle, I.; Nat. Commun. 2021 Jun 8, 12(1): 3426; doi: 10.1038/s1467-021-23786-6; PMID: 34103516

High rates of evolution preceded shifts to sex-biased gene expression in Leucadendron, the most sequally dimorphic angiosperms. Scharmann M, Rebelo AG, Pannell JR.Elife. 2021 Nov 2;10:e67485. doi: 10.7554/eLife.67485.PMID: 34726596

Introgression is widespread in the radiation of carnivorous Nepenthes pitcher plants. Scharmann M, Wistuba A, Widmer A.Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2021 Oct;163:107214. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107214. Epub 2021 May 28.PMID: 34052438

Multi-omics approach reveals the contribution of KLU to leaf longevity and drought tolerance. Jiang, L., Yoshida, T., Stiegert, S., Jing, Y., Alseekh, S., Lenhard, M. Perez-Alfocea, F., Fernie, A.R.; Plant Physiol. 2021 Mar 15; 185(2):352-368; doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiaa034; PMID: 33721894

Phylogeography of a widely distributed plant species reveals cryptic genetic lineages with parallel phenotypic responses to warming and drought conditions. Kahl, S.M., Kappel, C., Joshi, J., Lenhard, M.; Ecol. Evol. 2021 Sept 9, 11 (20): 13986-14002; doi: 10.1002/ece3.8103. eCollection 2021 Oct: PIMD: 34707833

Population Genomics of the "Arcanum" Species Group in Wild Tomatoes: Evidence for Separate Origins of Two Self-Compatible Lineages. Florez-Rueda AM, Scharmann M, Roth M, Städler T.Front Plant Sci. 2021 Mar 19;12:624442. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.624442. eCollection 2021.PMID: 33815438

A Similar Genetic Architecture Underlies the Convergent Evolution of the Selfing Syndrome in Capsella. The Plant Cell, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00551; Natalia Joanna Woźniak, Christian Kappel, Cindy Marona, Lothar Altschmied, Barbara Neuffer, Adrien Sicard

Adaptive reduction of male gamete number in the selfing plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Nature Communications, doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16679-7; Tsuchimatsu, T., Kakui, H., Yamazaki, M., Marona, C., Tsutsui, H., Hedhly, A., Meng, D., Sato, Y., Städler, T., Grossniklaus, U., Kanaoka, M.M., Lenhard, M., Nordborg, M., Shimizu, K.K. (2020)

Establishment of the Embryonic Shoot Meristem Involves Activation of Two Classes of Genes with Opposing Functions for Meristem Activities. Int J Mol Sci, doi: 10.3390/ijms21165864; Aida, M., Tsubakimoto, Y., Shimizu, S., Ogisu, H., Kamiya, M., Iwamoto, R., Takeda, S., Karim, M.R., Mizutani, M., Lenhard, M., Tasaka, M. (2020)

Fairy circles in Namibia are assembled from genetically distinct grasses. Communications Biology, doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-01431-0; Kappel, C., Illing, N., Huu, C.N., Barger, N.N., Cramer, M.D., Lenhard, M., Midgley, J.J. (2020)

Mapping-by-Sequencing via MutMap Identifies a Mutation in ZmCLE7Underlying Fasciation in a Newly Developed EMS Mutant Population in an Elite Tropical Maize Inbred. Genes, doi: 10.3390/genes11030281; Tran, Q.H., Bui, N.H., Kappel, C., Dau, N.T.N., Nguyen, L.T., Tran, T.T., Khanh, T.D., Trung, K.H., Lenhard, M., Vi, S.L. (2020)

Say it with double flowers. Journal of Experimental Botany, doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraa109; Abdirashid, H., Lenhard, M. (2020)

Supergene evolution via stepwise duplications and neofunctionalization of a floral-organ identity gene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2006296117; Huu, C.N., Keller, B., Conti, E., Kappel, C., Lenhard, M. (2020).

Suppression of class I compensated cell enlargement by xs2 mutation is mediated by salicylic acid signaling. PLoS Genetics, doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008873; Fujikura, U., Ezaki, K., Horiguchi, G., Seo, M., Kanno, Y., Kamiya, Y., Lenhard, M., Tsukaya, H. (2020)

A high-throughput amplicon-based method for estimating outcrossing rates. Jantzen F, Wozniak N, Kappel C, Sicard A, Lenhard M. Plant Methods. 2019 May 18;15:47. doi: 10.1186/s13007-019-0433-9. eCollection 2019.

Auxin regulates endosperm cellularization in Arabidopsis. Batista RA, Figueiredo DD, Santos-González J, Köhler C. Genes Dev. 2019 Apr 1;33(7-8):466-476. doi: 10.1101/gad.316554.118.

Plant Biology: Learning to Love Yourself. Bartholomäus L, Lenhard M. Curr Biol. 2019 Jul 22;29(14):R695-R697. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.015.

Proteomic and metabolomic profiling underlines the stage- and time-dependent effects of high temperature on grape berry metabolism. Lecourieux D, Kappel C, Claverol S, Pieri P, Feil R, Lunn JE, Bonneu M, Wang L, Gomès E, Delrot S, Lecourieux F. J Integr Plant Biol. 2019 Dec 12. doi: 10.1111/jipb.12894.

Regulatory Diversification of INDEHISCENT in the Capsella Genus Directs Variation in Fruit Morphology. Yang Dong, Friederike Jantzen, Nicola Stacey, Łukasz Łangowski, Laila Moubayidin, Jan Šimura, Karin Ljung, Lars Østergaard, Volume 29, Issue 6, 18 March 2019, Pages 1038-1046.e4

Retracing the molecular basis and evolutionary history of the loss of benzaldehyde emission in the genus Capsella. Jantzen F, Lynch JH, Kappel C, Höfflin J, Skaliter O, Wozniak N, Sicard A, Sas C, Adebesin F, Ravid J, Vainstein A, Hilker M, Dudareva N, Lenhard M. New Phytol. 2019 Nov;224(3):1349-1360. doi: 10.1111/nph.16103. Epub 2019 Sep 13.

The MADS-box transcription factor PHERES1 controls imprinting in the endosperm by binding to domesticated transposons. Batista RA, Moreno-Romero J, Qiu Y, van Boven J, Santos-González J, Figueiredo DD, Köhler C. Elife. 2019 Dec 2;8. pii: e50541. doi: 10.7554/eLife.50541.

The poly(A) polymerase PAPS1 interacts with the RNA-directed DNA-methylation pathway in sporophyte and pollen development. Zhang Y, Ramming A, Heinke L, Altschmied L, Slotkin RK, Becker JD, Kappel C, Lenhard M. Plant J. 2019 Aug;99(4):655-672. doi: 10.1111/tpj.14348. Epub 2019 May 30.

Sicard A, Lenhard M. (2018), Capsella. Curr Biol. 2018 Sep 10;28(17):R920-R921. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.033. PMID: 30205057

Bollier N, Sicard A, Leblond J, Latrasse D, Gonzalez N, Gévaudant F, Benhamed M, Raynaud C, Lenhard M, Chevalier C, Hernould M, Delmas F. (2018) At-MINI ZINC FINGER2 and Sl-INHIBITOR OF MERISTEM ACTIVITY, a Conserved Missing Link in the Regulation of Floral Meristem Termination in Arabidopsis and Tomato. Plant Cell. 2018 Jan;30(1):83-100. doi: 10.1105/tpc.17.00653. Epub 2018 Jan 3. PMID: 29298836

Fujikura U, Jing R, Hanada A, Takebayashi Y, Sakakibara H, Yamaguchi S, Kappel C, Lenhard M. (2018) Variation in Splicing Efficiency Underlies Morphological Evolution in Capsella. Dev Cell. 2018 Jan 22;44(2):192-203.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.11.022. Epub 2017 Dec 21. PMID: 29275992

Fritz MA, Rosa S, Sicard A. (2018) Mechanisms Underlying the Environmentally Induced Plasticity of Leaf Morphology. Front Genet. 2018 Oct 24;9:478. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00478. eCollection 2018. Review. PMID: 30405690

Bollier N, Sicard A, Gonzalez N, Chevalier C, Hernould M, Delmas F. (2018) Induced ovule-to-flower switch by interfering with SlIMA activity in tomato. Plant Signal Behav. 2018;13(6):e1473687. doi: 10.1080/15592324.2018.1473687. Epub 2018 Jun 26. PMID: 29944450

Streubel S, Fritz MA, Teltow M, Kappel C, Sicard A. (2018) Successive duplication-divergence mechanisms at the RCO locus contributed to leaf shape diversity in the Brassicaceae. Development. 2018 Apr 24;145(8). pii: dev164301. doi: 10.1242/dev.164301. PMID: 29691226

Figueiredo DD, Köhler C. (2018) Auxin: a molecular trigger of seed development. Genes Dev. 2018 Apr 1;32(7-8):479-490. doi: 10.1101/gad.312546.118. Review. PMID: 29692356 

Cannarozzi, G., Chanyalew, S., Assefa, K., Bekele, A., Blösch, R., Weichert, A., Klauser,D., Plaza-Wüthrich, S.,Esfeld, K., Jöst, M. … Tadele, Z. (2018). Technology generation to dissemination: lessons learned from the tef improvement project. Euphytica, 214(2), 31.

Fujikura, U., Jing, R., Hanada, A., Takebayashi, Y., Sakakibara, H., Yamaguchi, S., Kappel, C., Lenhard, M. (2017). Variation in splicing efficiency underlies morphological evolution in Capsella. Developmental Cell.

Lenhard, M. (2017) Plant Development: Keeping on the Straight and Narrow and Flat. Current Biology, doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.10.030

Kramer, E.M., Lenhard, M. (2017) Shape and form in plant development. Semin Cell Dev Biol, doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.11.004

Kappel, C., Huu, C.N., Lenhard, M. (2017). A short story gets longer: Recent insights into the molecular basis of heterostyly. Journal of Experimental Botany, doi: 10.1093/jxb/erx387

Zhang, Y., Lenhard, M. (2017). Exiting already: Molecular control of cell-proliferation arrest in leaves. Molecular Plant; doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2017.05.004

Sicard, A., Kappel, C., Lee, Y.-W., Wozniak, N., Marona, C., Stinchcombe, J.R., Wright, S.I., Lenhard, M. (2016). Standing genetic variation in a tissue-specific enhancer underlies selfing-syndrome evolution in Capsella. PNAS; doi: 10.1073/pnas.1613394113

Sas, C., Müller, F., Kappel, C., Kent, T.V., Wright, S.I., Hilker, M., Lenhard, M. (2016). Repeated inactivation of the first committed enzyme underlies the loss of benzaldehyde emission after the selfing transition in Capsella. Current Biology; doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.026

Eldridge, T., Langowski, L., Stacey, N., Jantzen, F., Moubayidin, L., Sicard, A., Kennaway, R., Lenhard, M., Coen, E.S., Ostergaard, L. (2016). Fruit-shape diversity in the Brassicaceae is generated by varying patterns of anisotropy. Development 143: 3394-3406; doi: 10.1242/dev.135327

Huu, C.N., Kappel, C., Keller, B., Sicard, A., Takebayashi, Y., Breuninger, H., Nowak, M.D., Bäurle, I., Himmelbach, A., Burkart, M., Ebbing-Lohaus, T., Sakakibara, H., Altschmied, L., Conti, E., Lenhard, M. (2016). Presence versus absence of CYP734A50 underlies the style-length dimorphism in primroses. eLife, doi: 10.7554/eLife.17956

Czesnick, H., Lenhard, M. (2016). Antagonistic control of flowering time by functionally specialized poly(A) polymerases in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal, doi: 10.1111/tpj.13280

Jöst, M., Hensel, G., Kappel, C., Druka, A., Sicard, A., Hohmann, U., Beier, S., Himmelbach, A., Waugh, R., Kumlehn, J., Stein, N., Lenhard, M. (2016). The INDETERMINATE DOMAIN protein BROAD LEAF1 limits barley leaf width by restricting lateral proliferation. Current Biology, doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.047

Kappel, C., Trost, G., Czesnick, H., Ramming, A., Kolbe, B., Vi, S.L., Bispo, C., Becker, J.D., de Moor, C., Lenhard, M. (2015). Genome-wide analysis of PAPS1-dependent polyadenylation identifies novel roles for functionally specialized poly(A) polymerases in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLOS Genetics, doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005474

Sicard, A., Kappel, C., Josephs, E.B., Lee, Y.W., Marona, C., Stinchcombe, J.R., Wright, S.I., Lenhard, M. (2015). Divergent sorting of a balanced ancestral polymorphism underlies the establishment of gene-flow barriers in Capsella. Nature Communications, doi: 10.1038/ncomms8960

Czesnick, H., Lenhard, M. (2015). Size Control in Plants—Lessons from Leaves and Flowers. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology,  doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a019190

Johnson, K.L., Ramm, S., Kappel, C., Ward, S., Leyser, O., Sakamoto, T., Kurata, T., Bevan, M.W., Lenhard, M. (2015). The Tinkerbell (Tink) Mutation Identifies the Dual-Specificity MAPK Phosphatase INDOLE-3-BUTYRIC ACID-RESPONSE5 (IBR5) as a Novel Regulator of Organ Size in Arabidopsis. PLOS One, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131103

Nowak, M.D., Russo, G., Schlapbach, R., Nguyen Huu, C., Lenhard, M., Conti, E. (2015). The draft genome of Primula veris yields insights into the molecular basis of heterostyly. Genome Biology, doi: 10.1186/s13059-014-0567-z

Sicard, A., Thamm, A., Marona, C., Lee, Y.W., Wahl, V., Stinchcombe, J., Wright, S.I., Kappel, C., Lenhard M. (2014). Repeated Evolutionary Changes of Leaf Morphology Caused by Mutations to a Homeobox Gene. Current Biology, doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.06.061

Fujikura, U., Elsaesser, L., Breuninger, H., Sánchez-Rodríguez, C., Ivakov, A., Laux, T., Findlay, K., Persson, S., Lenhard, M. (2014). Atkinesin-13A Modulates Cell-Wall Synthesis and Cell Expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana via the THESEUS1 Pathway. PLOS Genetics, doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004627

Hepworth, J., Lenhard, M. (2014). Regulation of plant lateral-organ growth by modulating cell number and size. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2013.11.005

Trost, G., Vi, S.L., Czesnick, H., Lange, P., Holton, N., Giavalisco, P., Zipfel, C., Kappel, C., Lenhard, M. (2014). Arabidopsis poly(A) polymerase PAPS1 limits founder-cell recruitment to organ primordia and suppresses the salicylic acid-independent immune response downstream of EDS1/PAD4. The Plant Journal, doi: 10.1111/tpj.12421

Kierzkowski, D., Lenhard, M., Smith, R., Kuhlemeier, C. (2013). Interaction between Meristem Tissue Layers Controls Phyllotaxis. Developmental Cell, doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2013.08.017

Vi, S.L., Trost, G., Lange, P., Czesnick, H., Rao, N., Lieber, D., Laux, T., Gray, W.M., Manley, J.L., Groth, D., Kappel, C., Lenhard, M. (2013). Target specificity among canonical nuclear poly(A) polymerases in plants modulates organ growth and pathogen response. PNAS, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1303967110

Tsukaya, H., Byrne, M.E., Horiguchi, G., Sugiyama, M., Van Lijsebettens, M., Lenhard, M (2012). How do ‚housekeeping‘ genes control organogenesis? – unexpected new findings on the role of housekeeping genes in cell and organ differentiation. Journal of Plant Research, doi: 10.1007/s10265-012-0518-2.

Powell, A.E., Lenhard, M. (2012) Control of Organ Size in Plants. Current Biology, doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.02.010.

Breuninger, H., Lenhard, M. (2012) Expression of the central growth regulator BIG BROTHER is regulated by multiple cis-elements. BMC Plant Biology, doi: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-41.

Sicard, A., Stacey, N., Hermann, K., Dessoly, J., Neuffer, B., Bäurle, I., Lenhard, M. (2011) Genetics, Evolution, and Adaptive Significance of the Selfing Syndrome in the Genus Capsella. Plant Cell, doi:10.1105/tpc.111.088237.

Lieber, D., Lora, J., Schrempp, S., Lenhard, M., Laux, T. (2011) Arabidopsis WIH1 and WIH2 Genes Act in the Transition from Somatic to Reproductive Cell Fate. Current Biology, doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.05.015.

Johnson K, Lenhard, M. (2011) Genetic control of plant organ growth. New Phytol, doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03737.x.

Sicard, A., and Lenhard, M. (2011) The selfing syndrome: a model for studying the genetic and evolutionary basis of morphological adaptation in plants. Annals of Botany, doi: 10.1093/aob/mcr023.

Breuninger, H., and Lenhard, M. (2010) Control of tissue and organ growth in plants. Current Topics in Developmental Biology, 91:185-220.

Stransfeld, L., Eriksson, S., Adamski, N.M., Breuninger, H., and Lenhard, M. (2010) KLUH/CYP78A5 promotes organ growth without affecting the size of the early primordium. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 5:982-984.

Graf, P., Dolzblasz, A., Würschum, T., Lenhard, M., Pfreundt, U., and Laux T. (2010) MGOUN1 encodes an Arabidopsis type Ib DNA topoisomerase required in stem cell regulation and to maintain developmentally regulated gene silencing. Plant Cell, 22:716-728.

Eriksson, S., Stransfeld, L., Adamski, N.M., Breuninger, H., and Lenhard, M. (2010) KLUH/CYP78A5-dependent growth signaling coordinates floral organ growth in Arabidopsis. Current Biology, 20:527-32.

Lohmann, D., Stacey, N., Breuninger, H., Jikumaru, Y., Müller, D., Sicard, A., Leyser, O., Yamaguchi, S., and Lenhard, M. (2010) SLOW MOTION is required for within-plant auxin homeostasis and normal timing of lateral organ initiation at the shoot meristem in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 22:335-48.

Adamski, N.M., Anastasiou, E., Eriksson, S., O’Neill, C.M., and Lenhard, M. (2009) Local maternal control of seed size by KLUH/CYP78A5-dependent growth signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 106:20115-20.

Anastasiou, E., and Lenhard, M. (2008) Control of plant organ size. In Plant Growth Signalling, L. Bögre & G. Beemster, eds., Springer Press.

Anastasiou, E., Kenz, S., Gerstung, M., MacLean, D., Timmer, J., Fleck, C., and Lenhard, M. (2007) Control of plant organ size by KLUH/CYP78A5-dependent intercellular signaling. Developmental Cell, 13:843-56.

Stransfeld, L., and Lenhard, M. (2007) Plant organ size control. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0003363).

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