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  1. 800 million years of co-evolution in the green plant lineage – the case of LEUNIG and SEUSS transcriptional co-regulators

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, June 2026, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Annette Becker

  2. Gene and genome duplications have contrasting impacts on biosynthetic and flower developmental pathways in California poppy

    Article • The Plant Cell, February 2026, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Annette Becker

  3. Genome sequencing, de novo assembly and annotation of the commercially important bamboo, Bambusa tulda Roxb

    Article • Scientific Data, February 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Annette Becker

  4. My favourite flowering image. The brightest orange: California poppy flowers as windows into evolutionary developmental genetics

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, June 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Annette Becker

  5. Sexual reproduction in land plants: an evolutionary perspective

    Article • Plant Reproduction, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Annette Becker

  6. Floral morphology and development of Pteridophyllum racemosum Siebold & Zucc. (Papaveraceae)

    Article • Botany Letters, May 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Annette Becker

  7. A cornucopia of diversity—Ranunculales as a model lineage

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, December 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Annette Becker

  8. Conservation of the Restricted Expression of Brassicaceae Bsister-Like Genes in Seeds Requires a Transposable Element in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, May 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Annette Becker

  9. Towards a genetic model organism: an efficient method for stable genetic transformation of Eschscholzia californica (Ranunculales)

    Article • Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Annette Becker

  10. GBS and a newly developed mRNA-GBS approach to link population genetic and transcriptome analyses reveal pattern differences between sites and treatments in red clover (Trifolium pratenseL.)

    Article • December 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Annette Becker

  11. Transcription Factor Action Orchestrates the Complex Expression Pattern of CRABS CLAW in Arabidopsis

    Article • Genes, October 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Annette Becker

  12. Towards A Genetic Model Organism: An Efficient Method For Stable Genetic Transformation of Eschscholzia Californica (Ranunculales)

    Article • September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Annette Becker

  13. Then There Were Plenty-Ring Meristems Giving Rise to Many Stamen Whorls

    Article • Plants, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Annette Becker

  14. Editorial: From Meristems to Floral Diversity: Developmental Options and Constraints

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, March 2021, Frontiers

    Dr. Annette Becker

  15. Transcription factor action orchestrates the complex expression pattern ofCRABS CLAW, a gynoecium developmental regulator in Arabidopsis

    Article • March 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Annette Becker

  16. Transcriptome analysis of gynoecium morphogenesis uncovers the chronology of gene regulatory network activity

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, December 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Annette Becker

  17. Transcriptome analysis reveals major transcriptional changes during regrowth after mowing of red clover (Trifolium pratense)

    Article • September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Annette Becker

  18. High-resolution temporal transcript profiling duringArabidopsis thalianagynoecium morphogenesis uncovers the chronology of gene regulatory network activity and reveals novel developmental regulators

    Article • July 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Annette Becker

  19. A molecular update on the origin of the carpel

    Article • Current Opinion in Plant Biology, February 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Annette Becker

  20. A protocol for laser microdissection (LMD) followed by transcriptome analysis of plant reproductive tissue in phylogenetically distant angiosperms

    Article • Plant Methods, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Annette Becker

  21. Transcriptional changes suggest a major involvement of Gibberellins in Trifolium pratense regrowth after mowing

    Article • September 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Annette Becker

  22. Editorial: Genetic Regulatory Mechanisms Underlying Developmental Shifts in Plant Evolution

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, June 2019, Frontiers

    Dr. Annette Becker

  23. Virus-induced gene silencing: empowering genetics in non-model organisms

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, November 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Annette Becker

  24. A Dead Gene Walking: Convergent Degeneration of a Clade of MADS-Box Genes in Crucifers

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, July 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Annette Becker

  25. Evolutionary diversification of CYC/TB1 -like TCP homologs and their recruitment for the control of branching and floral morphology in Papaveraceae (basal eudicots)

    Article • New Phytologist, June 2018, Wiley

    Paula Elomaa, Dr. Annette Becker

  26. CRABS CLAW Acts as a Bifunctional Transcription Factor in Flower Development

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, June 2018, Frontiers

    Dr. Annette Becker

  27. Cutting reduces variation in biomass production of forage crops and allows low-performers to catch up: A case study of Trifolium pratense L. (red clover)

    Article • Plant Biology, February 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Annette Becker

  28. The selective antifungal activity of Drosophila melanogaster metchnikowin reflects the species-dependent inhibition of succinate–coenzyme Q reductase

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2017, Nature

    Dr. Annette Becker

  29. Seed plant specific gene lineages involved in carpel development

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, January 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Annette Becker

  30. Genetics of flower development in Ranunculales - a new, basal eudicot model order for studying flower evolution

    Article • New Phytologist, January 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Annette Becker

  31. The MADS Box Genes ABS, SHP1, and SHP2 Are Essential for the Coordination of Cell Divisions in Ovule and Seed Coat Development and for Endosperm Formation in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Article • PLOS One, October 2016, PLOS

    Dr. Annette Becker

  32. An Evolutionary Framework for Carpel Developmental Control Genes

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, October 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Annette Becker

  33. Tinkering with transcription factor networks for developmental robustness of Ranunculales flowers

    Article • Annals of Botany, April 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Annette Becker

  34. Arabidopsis flower development—of protein complexes, targets, and transport

    Article • PROTOPLASMA, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Annette Becker

  35. N-Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Primes Plants for Cell Wall Reinforcement and Induces Resistance to Bacterial Pathogens via the Salicylic Acid/Oxylipin Pathway

    Article • The Plant Cell, June 2014, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Dr Adam Schikora, Dr. Annette Becker

  36. Analysis of the floral transcriptome of Tarenaya hassleriana (Cleomaceae), a member of the sister group to the Brassicaceae: towards understanding the base of morphological diversity in Brassicales

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Annette Becker

  37. The Tarenaya hassleriana Genome Provides Insight into Reproductive Trait and Genome Evolution of Crucifers

    Article • The Plant Cell, August 2013, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Dr. Annette Becker

  38. Duplicated STM-like KNOX I genes act in floral meristem activity in Eschscholzia californica (Papaveraceae)

    Article • Development Genes and Evolution, May 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Annette Becker

  39. The seirena B Class Floral Homeotic Mutant of California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) Reveals a Function of the Enigmatic PI Motif in the Formation of Specific Multimeric MADS Domain Protein Complexes

    Article • The Plant Cell, February 2013, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Dr. Annette Becker

  40. Virus-Induced Gene Silencing

    Article • January 2013

    Dr. Annette Becker

  41. Virus-Induced Gene Silencing of the Alkaloid-Producing Basal Eudicot Model Plant Eschscholzia californica (California Poppy)

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Annette Becker

  42. Virus-Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) in Plants: An Overview of Target Species and the Virus-Derived Vector Systems

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Annette Becker

  43. Live and Let Die - The Bsister MADS-Box Gene OsMADS29 Controls the Degeneration of Cells in Maternal Tissues during Seed Development of Rice (Oryza sativa)

    Article • PLOS One, December 2012, PLOS

    Dr. Annette Becker

  44. Sporisorium reilianum Infection Changes Inflorescence and Branching Architectures of Maize

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, June 2011, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Dr. Annette Becker, Professor Ivo Feussner

  45. The evolution of flower development: current understanding and future challenges

    Article • Annals of Botany, June 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Annette Becker

  46. GORDITA (AGL63) is a young paralog of the Arabidopsis thaliana Bsister MADS box gene ABS (TT16) that has undergone neofunctionalization

    Article • The Plant Journal, September 2010, Wiley

    Dr. Annette Becker

  47. Floral homeotic C function genes repress specific B function genes in the carpel whorl of the basal eudicot California poppy (Eschscholzia californica)

    Article • EvoDevo, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Annette Becker

  48. VIGS – genomics goes functional

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr. Annette Becker

  49. Expression divergence of the AGL6 MADS domain transcription factor lineage after a core eudicot duplication suggests functional diversification

    Article • BMC Plant Biology, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Annette Becker

  50. TheCRABS CLAWortholog from California poppy (Eschscholzia californica,Papaveraceae), EcCRC, is involved in floral meristem termination, gynoecium differentiation and ovule initiation

    Article • The Plant Journal, May 2009, Wiley

    Dr. Annette Becker

  51. Highly Efficient Virus-induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) in California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica): An Evaluation of VIGS as a Strategy to Obtain Functional Data from Non-model Plants

    Article • Annals of Botany, August 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Annette Becker

  52. EST database for early flower development in California poppy (Eschscholzia californica Cham., Papaveraceae) tags over 6000 genes from a basal eudicot

    Article • Plant Molecular Biology, August 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Annette Becker

  53. Petaloidy and petal identity MADS-box genes in the balsaminoid generaImpatiensandMarcgravia

    Article • The Plant Journal, August 2006, Wiley

    Dr. Annette Becker

  54. Conservation and divergence in the AGAMOUS subfamily of MADS-box genes: evidence of independent sub- and neofunctionalization events

    Article • Evolution & Development, January 2006, Wiley

    Dr. Annette Becker

  55. Floral and Vegetative Morphogenesis in California Poppy ( Eschscholzia californica Cham.)

    Article • International Journal of Plant Sciences, July 2005, University of Chicago Press

    Dr. Annette Becker

  56. The major clades of MADS-box genes and their role in the development and evolution of flowering plants

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, December 2003, Elsevier

    Dr. Annette Becker

  57. Distinct MADS-box gene expression patterns in the reproductive cones of the gymnosperm Gnetum gnemon

    Article • Development Genes and Evolution, November 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Annette Becker

  58. Ancestry and diversity of BEL1 -like homeobox genes revealed by gymnosperm ( Gnetum gnemon ) homologs

    Article • Development Genes and Evolution, October 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Annette Becker

  59. A novel MADS-box gene subfamily with a sister-group relationship to class B floral homeotic genes

    Article • Molecular Genetics and Genomics, February 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Annette Becker

  60. MADS-Box Gene Diversity in Seed Plants 300 Million Years Ago

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, October 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Annette Becker

  61. A short history of MADS-box genes in plants

    Article • January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Annette Becker

  62. Article • Plant Molecular Biology, January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Annette Becker

  63. MADS-box genes reveal that gnetophytes are more closely related to conifers than to flowering plants

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 1999, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Annette Becker