Publications

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

20.  Zhan J, O’Connor L, Marchant DB, Teng C, Walbot V, Meyers BC. In revision. Trans-activation assays of maize reproductive phasiRNA loci using bulk- and single-cell RNA sequencing. The Plant Journal.

19.  Marchant DB, Walbot V. In press. Anther development - The long road to making pollen. The Plant Cell.

18.  Marchant DB, Nelms B, Walbot V. In revision. FX-Cell: Quantitative cell release from fixed plant tissues for single-cell genomics. Plant Communications. bioRxiv preprint.

17.  Marchant DB, Chen G, Cai S, Chen F, Schafran P, Jenkins J, Shu S, Plott C, Webber J, Lovell J, He G, Sandor L, Williams M, Rajasekar S, Healey A, Barry K, Zhang Y, Sessa E, Dhakal R, Wolf P, Harkess A, Li FW, Rössner C, Becker A, Gramzow L, Xue D, Wu Y, Tong T, Wang Y, Dai F, Hua S, Wang H, Xu S, Xu F, Duan H, Theißen G, Schmitz RJ, Stevenson D, Zumajo-Cardona C, Ambrose BA, Leebens-Mack JH, Grimwood J, Schmutz J, Soltis PS, Soltis DE, Chen ZH. 2022. Dynamic genome evolution in a model fern. Nature Plants.

           Popular Press: New York Times, FLMNH, UGA, MyScience, ScienceAlert

16.  Cai S, Huang Y, Chen F, Zhang X, Sessa E, Zhao C, Marchant DB, Xue D, Chen G, Dai F, Leebens-Mack JH, Zhang G, Shabala S, Christie JM, Blatt MR, Nevo E, Soltis PS, Soltis DE, Franks P, Chen ZH. 2021. Evolution of rapid blue-light response linked to explosive diversification of ferns in Angiosperm forests. New Phytologist, 230(3): 1201-1213.

15.  Marchant DB, Sessa EB, Wolf PG, Heo K, Barbazuk WB, Soltis PS, Soltis DE. 2019. The C-Fern (Ceratopteris richardii) genome: insights into plant genome evolution with the first partial homosporous fern genome assembly. Scientific Reports 9: 1-14.

14.  Marchant, DB. 2019. Ferns with benefits: incorporating Ceratopteris into the genomics era. American Fern Journal 109: 183-191.

13.  Zhao C*, Wang Y*, Chan KX*, Marchant DB*, Franks PJ, Randall D, Tee EE, Chen G, Ramesh S, Phua SY, Zhang B, Hills A, Dai F, Xue D, Gilliham M, Tyerman S, Nevo E, Wu F, Zhang G, Wong GKS, Leebens-Mack JH, Melkonian M, Blatt MR, Soltis PS, Soltis DE, Pogson BJ, Chen ZH. 2019. Evolution of chloroplast retrograde signaling facilitates green plant adaptation to land. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116: 5015-5020.

*Contributed equally to this work

12.  Gaynor ML*, Marchant DB, Soltis DE, Soltis PS. 2018. Climatic niche comparison among ploidal levels in the classic autopolyploid system, Galax urceolata (Diapensiaceae). American Journal of Botany 105: 1631-1642.

*Undergraduate researcher mentored by DBM

11.  Cai S, Chen G, Wang Y, Huang Y, Marchant DB, Wang Y, Yang Q, Dai F, Hills A, Franks PJ, Nevo E, Soltis DE, Soltis PS, Sessa EB, Wolf PG, Xue D, Zhang G, Pogson BJ, Blatt MR, Chen ZH. 2017. Evolutionary conservation of ABA signaling for stomatal closure in ferns. Plant Physiology 174: 732-747.

10. Marchant DB, Soltis DE, Soltis PS. 2016. Genome evolution in plants. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences 1-8.

9.  Marchant DBSoltis DE, Soltis PS. 2016. Patterns of abiotic niche shifts in polyploids relative to their progenitors. New Phytologist 212: 708-718.

Commentary by Parisod & Broennimann, 212:540-542.

8.  Soltis DE, Visger CJ, Marchant DB, Soltis PS. 2016. Polyploidy: Paths and pitfalls to a paradigm. American Journal of Botany 103: 1146-1166

7.  Solhaug E, Ihinger J, Jost M, Gamboa V, Marchant B, Bradford D, Doerge RW, Tyagi A, Replogle A, Madlung A. 2016. Environmental regulation of heterosis in the allopolyploid Arabidopsis suecicaPlant Physiology 170: 2251-2263.

6.  Soltis PS, Marchant DB, Van de Peer Y, Soltis DE. 2015. Polyploidy and genome evolution in plants. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development 35: 119-125.

5.  Wolf PG, Sessa EB, Marchant DB, Li FW, Rothfels CJ, Sigel EM, Gitzendanner MA, Visger CJ, Banks JA, Soltis DE, Soltis PS, Pryer KM, Der JP. 2015. An exploration into fern genome space. Genome Biology and Evolution 7: 2533-2544.

4.  Nelson G, Sweeney P, Wallace LE, Rabeler RK, Allard D, Brown H, Carter JR, Denslow MW, Ellwood ER, Germain-Aubrey CC, Gilbert E, Gillespie E, Goertzen LR, Legler B, Marchant DB, Marsico TD, Morris AB, Murrell Z, Nazaire M, Neefus C, Oberreiter S, Paul D, Ruhfel BR, Sasek T, Shaw J, Soltis PS, Watson K, Weeks A, Mast AR. 2015. Digitization workflows for flat sheets and packets of plants, algae, and fungi. Applications in Plant Sciences 3: 1500065.

3. Soltis PS, Liu X, Marchant DB, Visger C, Soltis DE. 2014. Polyploidy and novelty: Gottlieb's legacy. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 369: 20130351.

2. Sessa EB, Banks JA, Barker MS, Der JP, Duffy AM, Graham SW, Hasebe M, Langdale J, Li FW, Marchant DB, Pryer KM, Rothfels CJ, Roux SJ, Salmi ML, Sigel EM, Soltis DE, Soltis PS, Stevenson DW, Wolf PG. 2014. Between two fern genomes. GigaScience 3: 15.

1. Cho A, Johnson SA, Schuman C, Adler J, Gonzalez O, Graves SJ, Huebner J, Marchant DB, Rafi S, Skinner I, Bruna E. 2014. Women are underrepresented on the editorial boards of journals in environmental biology and natural resource management. PeerJ 2:e542.

Highlighted in PeerJ Picks 2015 Collection

 NON-PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

1. Marchant DB, Stein AC, Herman T. 2015. Natural History Notes: Agalychnis callidryas and Cruziohyla calcarifer reproductive behavior. Herpetological Review 46: 229.