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Gerard Lazo
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Molecular Biology
Plant Science
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Evolutionary Studies
Genomics
Bioinformatics
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Gerard R. Lazo

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

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Geneticist with the Crop Improvement and Genetics Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, CA, USA.

Bioinformatics Computational Biology Genetics Genomics Plant Science

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Plant Biology

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

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Geneticist

United States Department of Agriculture
Crop Improvement and Genetics

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Edited 64
  • Reviewed 1

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June 24, 2022
Genomics enters the deep learning era
Etienne Routhier, Julien Mozziconacci
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13613 PubMed 35769139
January 3, 2022
Genome-wide identification and characterization of the CLASP_N gene family in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)
Meijun Ji, Kangtai Sun, Hui Fang, Zhimin Zhuang, Haodong Chen, Qi Chen, Ziyi Cao, Yiting Wang, Allah Ditta, Muhammad Kashif Riaz Khan, Kai Wang, Baohua Wang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12733 PubMed 35036102
December 23, 2021
Integrated transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of Tritipyrum provides insights into the molecular basis of salt tolerance
Rui Yang, Zhifen Yang, Ze Peng, Fang He, Luxi Shi, Yabing Dong, Mingjian Ren, Qingqin Zhang, Guangdong Geng, Suqin Zhang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12683 PubMed 35036157
December 15, 2021
Transcriptome analysis of ovary culture-induced embryogenesis in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
Ying Deng, Wenyuan Fu, Bing Tang, Lian Tao, Lu Zhang, Xia Zhou, Qingqing Wang, Ji Li, Jinfeng Chen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12145 PubMed 35003908
October 25, 2021
Salinity effects on water potential and the normalized difference vegetation index in four species of a saline semi-arid ecosystem
Hebert Hernán Soto Gonzáles, Ofelda Peñuelas-Rubio, Leandris Argentel-Martínez, Aurelio Leyva Ponce, María Hermelinda Herrera Andrade, Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Jorge González Aguilera, Paulo Eduardo Teodoro
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12297 PubMed 34754617
October 19, 2021
Identification and evaluation of the novel genes for transcript normalization during female gametophyte development in sugarcane
Maokai Yan, Xingyue Jin, Yanhui Liu, Huihuang Chen, Tao Ye, Zhimin Hou, Zhenxia Su, Yingzhi Chen, Mohammad Aslam, Yuan Qin, Xiaoping Niu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12298 PubMed 34721982
September 22, 2021
Transcriptome and structure analysis in root of Casuarina equisetifolia under NaCl treatment
Yujiao Wang, Jin Zhang, Zhenfei Qiu, Bingshan Zeng, Yong Zhang, Xiaoping Wang, Jun Chen, Chonglu Zhong, Rufang Deng, Chunjie Fan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12133 PubMed 34616610
July 23, 2021
Genome-wide identification of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) gene family under waterlogging stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum)
Changwei Shen, Jingping Yuan, Xingqi Ou, Xiujuan Ren, Xinhua Li
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11861 PubMed 34386306
May 19, 2021
K-mer-based machine learning method to classify LTR-retrotransposons in plant genomes
Simon Orozco-Arias, Mariana S. Candamil-Cortés, Paula A. Jaimes, Johan S. Piña, Reinel Tabares-Soto, Romain Guyot, Gustavo Isaza
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11456 PubMed 34055489
April 7, 2021
Transcriptomic dynamics changes related to anthocyanin accumulation in the fleshy roots of carmine radish (Raphanus sativus L.) characterized using RNA-Seq
Xia Song, Jian Gao, Hua Peng
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10978 PubMed 33868802
March 4, 2021
Comparative transcriptome and flavonoids components analysis reveal the structural genes responsible for the yellow seed coat color of Brassica rapa L.
Yanjing Ren, Ning Zhang, Ru Li, Xiaomin Ma, Lugang Zhang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10770 PubMed 33717670
March 3, 2021
Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveals the cold acclimation during chilling stress in sensitive and resistant passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) cultivars
Yanyan Wu, Weihua Huang, Qinglan Tian, Jieyun Liu, Xiuzhong Xia, Xinghai Yang, Haifei Mou
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10977 PubMed 33717701
February 12, 2021
RNA sequencing-based exploration of the effects of far-red light on lncRNAs involved in the shade-avoidance response of D. officinale
Hansheng Li, Wei Ye, Yaqian Wang, Xiaohui Chen, Yan Fang, Gang Sun
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10769 PubMed 33614278
February 9, 2021
Transcriptome analysis reveals the mechanism of improving erect-plant-type peanut yield by single-seeding precision sowing
Sha Yang, Jialei Zhang, Yun Geng, Zhaohui Tang, Jianguo Wang, Feng Guo, Jingjing Meng, Quan Wang, Shubo Wan, Xinguo Li
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10616 PubMed 33614263
January 21, 2021
Genome-wide identification and analysis of cystatin family genes in Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench)
Jie Li, Xinhao Liu, Qingmei Wang, Junyan Sun, Dexian He
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10617 PubMed 33552717
January 19, 2021
Genome-wide analysis of growth-regulating factors (GRFs) in Triticum aestivum
Wendi Huang, Yiqin He, Lei Yang, Chen Lu, Yongxing Zhu, Cai Sun, Dongfang Ma, Junliang Yin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10701 PubMed 33552727
October 30, 2020
Biases in genome reconstruction from metagenomic data
William C. Nelson, Benjamin J. Tully, Jennifer M. Mobberley
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10119 PubMed 33194386
September 25, 2020
Global gene expression analyses of the alkamide-producing plant Heliopsis longipes supports a polyketide synthase-mediated biosynthesis pathway
Génesis V. Buitimea-Cantúa, Nayelli Marsch-Martinez, Patricia Ríos-Chavez, Alfonso Méndez-Bravo, Jorge Molina-Torres
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10074 PubMed 33033663
May 6, 2020
Cloning, sequencing, and expression analysis of 32 NAC transcription factors (MdNAC) in apple
Huifeng Li, Kun Ran, Qinglong Dong, Qiang Zhao, Song Shi
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8249 PubMed 32411503
April 29, 2020
Post-transcriptional regulation of several biological processes involved in latex production in Hevea brasiliensis
Julie Leclercq, Shuangyang Wu, Benoît Farinas, Stéphanie Pointet, Bénédicte Favreau, Hélène Vignes, Kuswanhadi Kuswanhadi, Enrique Ortega-Abboud, Jean-François Dufayard, Shenghan Gao, Gaëtan Droc, Songnian Hu, Chaorong Tang, Pascal Montoro
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8932 PubMed 32391199
March 4, 2020
The complete chloroplast genomes of seventeen Aegilops tauschii: genome comparative analysis and phylogenetic inference
Qing Su, Luxian Liu, Mengyu Zhao, Cancan Zhang, Dale Zhang, Youyong Li, Suoping Li
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8678 PubMed 32181055
February 11, 2020
Proteogenomic analysis of pitaya reveals cold stress-related molecular signature
Junliang Zhou, Zhuang Wang, Yongya Mao, Lijuan Wang, Tujian Xiao, Yang Hu, Yang Zhang, Yuhua Ma
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8540 PubMed 32095361
January 22, 2020
Prehaustorial local resistance to coffee leaf rust in a Mexican cultivar involves expression of salicylic acid-responsive genes
Edgar Couttolenc-Brenis, Gloria L. Carrión, Luc Villain, Fernando Ortega-Escalona, Daniel Ramírez-Martínez, Martín Mata-Rosas, Alfonso Méndez-Bravo
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8345 PubMed 32002327
January 21, 2020
Global transcriptome analysis of alfalfa reveals six key biological processes of senescent leaves
Jianbo Yuan, Xinbo Sun, Tao Guo, Yuehui Chao, Liebao Han
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8426 PubMed 32002335
January 3, 2020
Identification of a genome-specific repetitive element in the Gossypium D genome
Hejun Lu, Xinglei Cui, Yanyan Zhao, Richard Odongo Magwanga, Pengcheng Li, Xiaoyan Cai, Zhongli Zhou, Xingxing Wang, Yuling Liu, Yanchao Xu, Yuqing Hou, Renhai Peng, Kunbo Wang, Fang Liu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8344 PubMed 31915591
December 13, 2019
consensusDE: an R package for assessing consensus of multiple RNA-seq algorithms with RUV correction
Ashley J. Waardenberg, Matthew A. Field
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8206 PubMed 31844586
November 19, 2019
Genome-wide identification and transcriptional expression analysis of superoxide dismutase (SOD) family in wheat (Triticum aestivum)
Wenqiang Jiang, Lei Yang, Yiqin He, Haotian Zhang, Wei Li, Huaigu Chen, Dongfang Ma, Junliang Yin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8062 PubMed 31763072
October 11, 2019
Adapterama III: Quadruple-indexed, double/triple-enzyme RADseq libraries (2RAD/3RAD)
Natalia J. Bayona-Vásquez, Travis C. Glenn, Troy J. Kieran, Todd W. Pierson, Sandra L. Hoffberg, Peter A. Scott, Kerin E. Bentley, John W. Finger, Swarnali Louha, Nicholas Troendle, Pindaro Diaz-Jaimes, Rodney Mauricio, Brant C. Faircloth
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7724 PubMed 31616583
October 11, 2019
Adapterama I: universal stubs and primers for 384 unique dual-indexed or 147,456 combinatorially-indexed Illumina libraries (iTru & iNext)
Travis C. Glenn, Roger A. Nilsen, Troy J. Kieran, Jon G. Sanders, Natalia J. Bayona-Vásquez, John W. Finger, Todd W. Pierson, Kerin E. Bentley, Sandra L. Hoffberg, Swarnali Louha, Francisco J. Garcia-De Leon, Miguel Angel del Rio Portilla, Kurt D. Reed, Jennifer L. Anderson, Jennifer K. Meece, Samuel E. Aggrey, Romdhane Rekaya, Magdy Alabady, Myriam Belanger, Kevin Winker, Brant C. Faircloth
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7755 PubMed 31616586
October 11, 2019
Adapterama II: universal amplicon sequencing on Illumina platforms (TaggiMatrix)
Travis C. Glenn, Todd W. Pierson, Natalia J. Bayona-Vásquez, Troy J. Kieran, Sandra L. Hoffberg, Jesse C. Thomas IV, Daniel E. Lefever, John W. Finger, Bei Gao, Xiaoming Bian, Swarnali Louha, Ramya T. Kolli, Kerin E. Bentley, Julie Rushmore, Kelvin Wong, Timothy I. Shaw, Michael J. Rothrock Jr, Anna M. McKee, Tai L. Guo, Rodney Mauricio, Marirosa Molina, Brian S. Cummings, Lawrence H. Lash, Kun Lu, Gregory S. Gilbert, Stephen P. Hubbell, Brant C. Faircloth
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7786 PubMed 31616589
August 29, 2019
Analysis of the laccase gene family and miR397-/miR408-mediated posttranscriptional regulation in Salvia miltiorrhiza
Caili Li, Dongqiao Li, Hong Zhou, Jiang Li, Shanfa Lu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7605 PubMed 31528508
August 28, 2019
Cyclodipeptides from Pseudomonas aeruginosa modulate the maize (Zea mays L.) root system and promote S6 ribosomal protein kinase activation
Iván Corona-Sánchez, Cesar Arturo Peña-Uribe, Omar González-López, Javier Villegas, Jesus Campos-Garcia, Homero Reyes de la Cruz
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7494 PubMed 31523498
July 10, 2019
Towards sex identification of Asian Palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer L.) by DNA fingerprinting, suppression subtractive hybridization and de novo transcriptome sequencing
Kwanjai Pipatchartlearnwong, Piyada Juntawong, Passorn Wonnapinij, Somsak Apisitwanich, Supachai Vuttipongchaikij
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7268 PubMed 31333909
May 14, 2019
PEST sequences from a cactus dehydrin regulate its proteolytic degradation
Adriana L. Salazar-Retana, Israel Maruri-López, Itzell E. Hernández-Sánchez, Alicia Becerra-Flora, María de la Luz Guerrero-González, Juan Francisco Jiménez-Bremont
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6810 PubMed 31143531
April 11, 2019
Genome-wide analysis of maize OSCA family members and their involvement in drought stress
Shuangcheng Ding, Xin Feng, Hewei Du, Hongwei Wang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6765 PubMed 30997296
April 10, 2019
virMine: automated detection of viral sequences from complex metagenomic samples
Andrea Garretto, Thomas Hatzopoulos, Catherine Putonti
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6695 PubMed 30993039
April 10, 2019
MetaMSD: meta analysis for mass spectrometry data
So Young Ryu, George A. Wendt
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6699 PubMed 30993040
April 1, 2019
Identification of the GRAS gene family in the Brassica juncea genome provides insight into its role in stem swelling in stem mustard
Mengyao Li, Bo Sun, Fangjie Xie, Ronggao Gong, Ya Luo, Fen Zhang, Zesheng Yan, Haoru Tang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6682 PubMed 30972257
March 27, 2019
Pixel: a content management platform for quantitative omics data
Thomas Denecker, William Durand, Julien Maupetit, Charles Hébert, Jean-Michel Camadro, Pierre Poulain, Gaëlle Lelandais
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6623 PubMed 30944779
October 17, 2018
Genome-wide identification and analysis of the CNGC gene family in maize
Lidong Hao, Xiuli Qiao
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5816 PubMed 30356996
September 28, 2018
Leaf photosynthetic function duration during yield formation of large-spike wheat in rainfed cropping systems
Lifang Wang, Jutao Sun, Chenyang Wang, Zhouping Shangguan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5532 PubMed 30280014
September 19, 2018
Identification of MOS9 as an interaction partner for chalcone synthase in the nucleus
Jonathan I. Watkinson, Peter A. Bowerman, Kevin C. Crosby, Sherry B. Hildreth, Richard F. Helm, Brenda S.J. Winkel
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5598 PubMed 30258711
July 3, 2018
Recombination between T-DNA insertions to cause chromosomal deletions in Arabidopsis is a rare phenomenon
John F. Seagrist, Shih-Heng Su, Patrick J. Krysan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5076 PubMed 30002957
June 20, 2018
GEsture: an online hand-drawing tool for gene expression pattern search
Chunyan Wang, Yiqing Xu, Xuelin Wang, Li Zhang, Suyun Wei, Qiaolin Ye, Youxiang Zhu, Hengfu Yin, Manoj Nainwal, Luis Tanon-Reyes, Feng Cheng, Tongming Yin, Ning Ye
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4927 PubMed 29942676
May 24, 2018
Identification of stem rust resistance genes in wheat cultivars in China using molecular markers
Xiaofeng Xu, Depeng Yuan, Dandan Li, Yue Gao, Ziyuan Wang, Yang Liu, Siting Wang, Yuanhu Xuan, Hui Zhao, Tianya Li, Yuanhua Wu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4882 PubMed 29844997
March 6, 2018
Genome-wide identification and characterization of Dof transcription factors in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)
Qingzhen Wei, Wuhong Wang, Tianhua Hu, Haijiao Hu, Weihai Mao, Qinmei Zhu, Chonglai Bao
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4481 PubMed 29527420
July 27, 2017
Identification of ecogeographical gaps in the Spanish Aegilops collections with potential tolerance to drought and salinity
Rosa María Garcia, Mauricio Parra-Quijano, Jose María Iriondo
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3494 PubMed 28761779
July 3, 2017
Quantitative proteome-level analysis of paulownia witches’ broom disease with methyl methane sulfonate assistance reveals diverse metabolic changes during the infection and recovery processes
Zhe Wang, Wenshan Liu, Guoqiang Fan, Xiaoqiao Zhai, Zhenli Zhao, Yanpeng Dong, Minjie Deng, Yabing Cao
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3495 PubMed 28690927
May 18, 2017
StrainSeeker: fast identification of bacterial strains from raw sequencing reads using user-provided guide trees
Märt Roosaare, Mihkel Vaher, Lauris Kaplinski, Märt Möls, Reidar Andreson, Maarja Lepamets, Triinu Kõressaar, Paul Naaber, Siiri Kõljalg, Maido Remm
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3353 PubMed 28533988
February 15, 2017
ToxGen: an improved reference database for the identification of type B-trichothecene genotypes in Fusarium
Tomasz Kulik, Kessy Abarenkov, Maciej Buśko, Katarzyna Bilska, Anne D. van Diepeningen, Anna Ostrowska-Kołodziejczak, Katarzyna Krawczyk, Balázs Brankovics, Sebastian Stenglein, Jakub Sawicki, Juliusz Perkowski
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2992 PubMed 28229023
January 24, 2017
The DNA methylation level against the background of the genome size and t-heterochromatin content in some species of the genus Secale L
Anna Kalinka, Magdalena Achrem, Paulina Poter
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2889 PubMed 28149679
November 8, 2016
RGFA: powerful and convenient handling of assembly graphs
Giorgio Gonnella, Stefan Kurtz
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2681 PubMed 27843717
October 25, 2016
Proliferation of group II introns in the chloroplast genome of the green alga Oedocladium carolinianum (Chlorophyceae)
Jean-Simon Brouard, Monique Turmel, Christian Otis, Claude Lemieux
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2627 PubMed 27812423
August 31, 2016
Genome-wide identification and characterization of GRAS transcription factors in sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
Yu Wang, Shenglu Shi, Ying Zhou, Yu Zhou, Jie Yang, Xiaoqing Tang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2388 PubMed 27635351
February 23, 2016
Unravelling potential virulence factor candidates in Xanthomonas citri. subsp. citri by secretome analysis
Rafael M. Ferreira, Leandro M. Moreira, Jesus A. Ferro, Marcia R.R. Soares, Marcelo L. Laia, Alessandro M. Varani, Julio C.F. de Oliveira, Maria Ines T. Ferro
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1734 PubMed 26925342
August 25, 2015
Composition, taxonomy and functional diversity of the oropharynx microbiome in individuals with schizophrenia and controls
Eduardo Castro-Nallar, Matthew L. Bendall, Marcos Pérez-Losada, Sarven Sabuncyan, Emily G. Severance, Faith B. Dickerson, Jennifer R. Schroeder, Robert H. Yolken, Keith A. Crandall
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1140 PubMed 26336637
March 17, 2015
GROM-RD: resolving genomic biases to improve read depth detection of copy number variants
Sean D. Smith, Joseph K. Kawash, Andrey Grigoriev
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.836 PubMed 25802807
March 3, 2015
VaRank: a simple and powerful tool for ranking genetic variants
Véronique Geoffroy, Cécile Pizot, Claire Redin, Amélie Piton, Nasim Vasli, Corinne Stoetzel, André Blavier, Jocelyn Laporte, Jean Muller
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.796 PubMed 25780760
February 26, 2015
Comparative genomics and phylogenetic discordance of cultivated tomato and close wild relatives
Susan R. Strickler, Aureliano Bombarely, Jesse D. Munkvold, Thomas York, Naama Menda, Gregory B. Martin, Lukas A. Mueller
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.793 PubMed 25780758
January 6, 2015
Intragenomic polymorphisms among high-copy loci: a genus-wide study of nuclear ribosomal DNA in Asclepias (Apocynaceae)
Kevin Weitemier, Shannon C.K. Straub, Mark Fishbein, Aaron Liston
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.718 PubMed 25653903
March 13, 2014
Integrative study of Arabidopsis thaliana metabolomic and transcriptomic data with the interactive MarVis-Graph software
Manuel Landesfeind, Alexander Kaever, Kirstin Feussner, Corinna Thurow, Christiane Gatz, Ivo Feussner, Peter Meinicke
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.239 PubMed 24688832
September 17, 2013
Galaxy tools and workflows for sequence analysis with applications in molecular plant pathology
Peter J.A. Cock, Björn A. Grüning, Konrad Paszkiewicz, Leighton Pritchard
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.167 PubMed 24109552
July 23, 2013
Improving transcriptome assembly through error correction of high-throughput sequence reads
Matthew D. MacManes, Michael B. Eisen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.113 PubMed 23904992
March 5, 2013
Virus-host co-evolution under a modified nuclear genetic code
Derek J. Taylor, Matthew J. Ballinger, Shaun M. Bowman, Jeremy A. Bruenn
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.50 PubMed 23638388

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November 14, 2019
Genome-wide identification, characterization, interaction network and expression profile of GAPDH gene family in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis)
Luke Miao, Chunli Chen, Li Yao, Jaclyn Tran, Hua Zhang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7934 PubMed 31741784