Publications
2022
Frank, MH, Komarov, S, Wang, Q, Li, K, Hecking, M, Fowler, H, Ravenburg, C, Widmier, A, Johnson, A, Thomas, H, Coneva, V, Chitwood, DH, Tai, Y-C. Integrated PET and confocal imaging informs a functional timeline for the dynamic process of vascular reconnection during grafting (2022) In Review
Preprint on BioRxvi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.27.513862
Johnson, AR, Yue, Y, Carey, SB, Park, SJ, Kruse, LH, Bao, A, A, Pasha, Harkess, A, Provart, NJ, Moghe, GD, Frank, MH. Chromosome-level genome assembly of Euphorbia peplus, a model system for plant latex, reveals that relative lack of Ty3 transposons contributed to its small genome size (2022) In Review
Preprint on BioRxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.13.512124
Thomas, HR, Gevorgyan, A, and Frank, MH. Anatomical and biophysical characterization of intergeneric graft-incompatibility within the Solanoideae (2022) In Review.
Preprint on BioRxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.01.498506
Li, M, Frank, MH, Migicovsky, Z (2022) ColourQuant: a high-throughput technique to extract and quantify color phenotypes from plant images. Book chapter in High-Throughput Plant Phenotyping. Methods Mol Biol 2539:77-85. Editor: Dr. Argelia Lorence.
Preprint on ArXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.01652
Baldrich, P, Bélanger, S, Kong, S, Pokhrel, S, Tamim, S, Teng, C, Schiebout, C, Gurazada, SGR, Gupta, P, Patel, P, Nakano, M, Dusia, A, Meyers, BC, Frank, MH (2022) The evolutionary history of small RNAs in the Solanaceae. Plant Physiology 189(2): 644-665. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiac089
Preprint on BioRxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.26.445884
Thomas, H*, Van den Broeck*, L, Spurney, R, Sozzani, R, Frank, M (2022) Gene regulatory networks for compatible versus incompatible grafts identify a role for SlWOX4 during junction formation. The Plant Cell 34(1): 535-556. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab246
Preprint on BioRxiv: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2021/02/27/2021.02.26.433082.full.pdf
2021
Li, M, Coneva, V, Clark, D, Chitwood, DH, Frank, MH (2021) A quantitative dissection of color patterning in the foliar ornamental, coleus. Plant Physiology 187(3): 1310-1324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab393
Preprint on BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.11.426252
Johnson, A, Moghe, G, Frank MH (2021) Growing a glue factory: open questions in laticifer development. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 64: 102096
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2021.102096
Williams, Brandon, Muhammad Umair Ahsan, and Margaret Frank. (2021). Getting to the root of grafting-induced traits. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 59: 101988. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2020.101988
2020
Li Chengjie Chen, Hao Chen, Yi Zhang, Hannah R.Thomas, Margaret H.Frank, Yehua He, and Rui Xia (2020) TBtools - an integrative toolkit developed for interactive analyses of big biological data. Molecular Plant 13(8): 1194-1202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2020.06.009
Preprint on BioRxiv: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/289660v3
Download TBtools HERE: https://github.com/CJ-Chen/TBtools/releases
Daniel H. Chitwood, Joey Mullins, Zoë Migicovsky, Margaret H. Frank, Robert VanBuren, Jason P. Londo (2020) Vein-to-blade ratio is an allometric indicator of climate-induced changes in grapevine leaf size and shape.
BioRxiv 2020.05.20.106906; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.20.106906
Abigail E. Bryson et al. (2020) Composite modeling of leaf shape across shoots discriminates Vitis species better than individual leaves.
BioRxiv 2020.06.22.163899; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.22.163899
2019
Li Li, M, Frank, MH, and Migicovsky, Z (2019) ColourQuant: a high-throughput technique to extract and quantify colour phenotypes from plant images. AriXiv http://arxiv.org/abs/1903.01652 and In Review for Springer Books
Thomas, HR and Frank, MH (2019) Connecting the pieces: uncovering the molecular basis for long-distance communication through plant grafting. New Phytologist. 223(2): 582-589.
DOI:10.1111/nph.15772
2018
Lee, J-Y and Frank, MH (2018) Plasmodesmata in phloem: different gateways for different cargoes. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 43:119-124
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2018.04.014
Li, M, Frank, MH, Coneva, V, Mio, W, Topp, CN, and Chitwood, DH (2018) The persistent homology mathematical framework provides enhanced genotype-to-phenotype associations for plant morphology. Plant Physiology
DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.00104
Li, M, An, H, Angelovici, R, Bagaza, C, Batushansky, A, Clark, L, Coneva, V, Donoghue, MJ, Edwards, E, Fajardo, D, Fang, H, Frank, MH, Gallaher, T, Gebken, S, Hill, T, Jansky, S, Kaur, B, Klahs, PC, Klein, LL, Kuraparthy, V, Londo, J, Migicovsky, Z, Miller, A, Mohn, R, Myles, S, Otoni, WC, Pires, JC, Rieffer, E, Schmerler, S, Spriggs, E, Topp, CN, Van Deynze, A, Zhang, K, Zhu, L, Zink, BM, and Chitwood DH (2018) Topological Data Analysis as a Morphometric Method: Using Persistent Homology to Demarcate a Leaf Morphospace. Frontiers in Plant Science 553
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00553
2015-2017
2017
Coneva, V, Frank, MH, de Luis Balaguer, MA, Sozzani, R, and Chitwood, DH (2017) Genetic architecture and molecular networks underlying leaf thickness in desert-adapted tomato Solanum pennellii. Plant Physiology 175(1):376-391.
DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.00790
Andres, RJ, Coneva, V, Frank, MH, Tuttle, JR, Han, S-W, Samayoa, LF, Kaur, B, Zhu, L, Fang, H, Bowman, DT, Rojas- Pierce, M, Haigler, CH, Jones, DC, Holland, JB, Chitwood, DH, and Kuraparthy, V. Modifications to a LATE MERISTEM IDENTITY-1 gene are responsible for the major leaf shapes of Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Plus 114(1):E57-E66.
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1613593114
2016
Frank, MH and Chitwood, DH (2016) Plant Chimeras: the good, the bad, and the ‘Bizzaria’. Developmental Biology 419: 41-53.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.07.003
Warschefsky, EJ, Klein, LL, Frank, MH, Chitwood, DH, Londo, JP, von Wettberg, EJB, and Miller, AJ (2016) Rootstocks: Diversity, Domestication, and Impacts on Shoot Phenotypes. Trends in Plant Science 21: 418-37.
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2015.11.008
2015
Frank, MH and Scanlon, MJ (2015) Cell-Specific Transcriptomic Analyses of 3-Dimensional Shoot Development in the moss Physcomitrella patens. The Plant Journal 83: 743-751.
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12928
Frank, MH, Edwards, MB, Schultz, ER, McKain, MR, Fei, Z, Sorensen, I, Rose, JKC, Scanlon, MJ (2015) Dissecting the molecular signatures of apical cell-type shoot meristems from two ancient land plant lineages. New Phytologist 207: 893-904.
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13407
Frank, MH and Scanlon MJ (2015) Transcriptomic Evidence for the Evolution of Shoot Meristem Function in Sporophyte-Dominant Land Plants through Concerted Selection of Ancestral Gametophytic and Sporophytic Genetic Programs. Molecular Biology and Evolution 32: 355-367.
DOI: 10.1093/mol- bev/msv182