CapituLab Papers
🌻 Selby R., Cliver B.R., Meharg Z., Harkess A., Jones D.S. Clear heads: simplified tissue preparation for studying plant anatomy and development in the Asteraceae. Capitulum. 2025;4(1):13–23. doi:10.53875/capitulum.04.1.02
🌻 🌼 Moore-Pollard E.R., Ellestad P.A., Cliver B.R., Baczyński J., Pollard M.D., Meharg Z., Willoughby A.C., Drewry S., Harkess A., Bonifacino J.M., Nimchuk Z.L., Burke, J., Jones, D.S., and Mandel J.R. Gene duplication dynamics and regulatory evolution shape the diversification of Asteraceae. bioRxiv [Preprint]. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.29.685401.
🌻🥬 🌱Jones DS, Selby R, Jiménez-Sandoval P, Willoughby AC, Yaklich E, DiBattista AT, Baczynski J, Wang F, Zhang T, Gurung V, Crook AD, Roman AO, Moore-Pollard E, Schuld R, Mandel JR, Elomaa P, Burke JM, Santiago J, Nimchuk ZL. Floral innovation through modifications in stem cell peptide signaling. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Jul 1:2025.06.27.661788. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.27.661788.
🌸🌽🍅 🌾 Sugi N, Muñoz-Gómez S, Jones DS. Providence 2024: meeting of the International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research. Plant Reproduction. 2025 Jun;38(2):9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00497-025-00519-z
🌻🥬 Gurung, V., Muñoz-Gómez, S. and Jones, D.S., 2024. Putting heads together: Developmental genetics of the Asteraceae capitulum. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 81, p.102589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2024.102589
🌻 Moore‐Pollard, E.R., Jones, D.S. and Mandel, J.R., 2024. Compositae‐ParaLoss‐1272: A complementary sunflower‐specific probe set reduces paralogs in phylogenomic analyses of complex systems. Applications in Plant Sciences, p.e11568. https://doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11568
🍅 🌱 🌽 Selby, R. and Jones, D.S., 2023. Complex peptide hormone signaling in plant stem cells. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 75, p.102442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2023.102442
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Pre-CapituLab Papers
🌱 Smith ES, John A, Willoughby AC, Jones DS, Galvão VC, Fankhauser C, Nimchuk ZL. Canalization of flower production across thermal environments requires Florigen and CLAVATA signaling. Current Biology. 2025 Jul 21;35(14):3341-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.06.001
🌱Yuan J, Ogawa ST, Jones DS, Lucca N, Ju Y, Kessler SA. Regulation of MILDEW RESISTANCE LOCUS-O trafficking by calmodulin-binding domains. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2025 Aug 21;76(12):3332-44. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf047
🌱 John, A., Smith, E.S., Jones, D.S., Soyars, C.L. and Nimchuk, Z.L., 2023. A network of CLAVATA receptors buffers auxin-dependent meristem maintenance. Nature Plants, 9(8), pp.1306-1317. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01485-y
🌱 Ju, Y., Yuan, J., Jones, D.S., Zhang, W., Staiger, C.J. and Kessler, S.A., 2021. Polarized NORTIA accumulation in response to pollen tube arrival at synergids promotes fertilization. Developmental Cell, 56(21), pp.2938-2951. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2021.09.026
🌱 Jones, D.S., John, A., VanDerMolen, K.R. and Nimchuk, Z.L., 2021. CLAVATA signaling ensures reproductive development in plants across thermal environments. Current Biology, 31(1), pp.220-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.008
🍅 🌱 🌽 Rodriguez-Leal, D., Xu, C., Kwon, C.T., Soyars, C., Demesa-Arevalo, E., Man, J., Liu, L., Lemmon, Z.H., Jones, D.S., Van Eck, J. and Jackson, D.P., 2019. Evolution of buffering in a genetic circuit controlling plant stem cell proliferation. Nature genetics, 51(5), p.786. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-019-0389-8
🌱 Jones, D.S., Liu, X., Willoughby, A.C., Smith, B.E., Palanivelu, R. and Kessler, S.A., 2018. Cellular distribution of secretory pathway markers in the haploid synergid cells of Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal. 94.1 (2018): 192-202. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.13848
🌾 Anderson, S.N., Johnson, C.S., Chesnut, J., Jones, D.S., Khanday, I., Woodhouse, M., Li, C., Conrad, L.J., Russell, S.D. and Sundaresan, V., 2017. The Zygotic Transition Is Initiated in Unicellular Plant Zygotes with Asymmetric Activation of Parental Genomes. Developmental cell, 43(3), pp.349-358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2017.10.005
🌱 *Davis, T.C., *Jones, D.S., Dino, A.J., Cejda, N.I., Yuan, J., Willoughby, A.C. and Kessler, S.A., 2017. Arabidopsis thaliana MLO genes are expressed in discrete domains during reproductive development. Plant reproduction, 30(4), pp.185- 195. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00497-017-0313-2 *Co-First Author
🌱 Jones, D.S. and Kessler, S.A., 2017. Cell type-dependent localization of MLO proteins. Plant signaling & behavior, 12(11), pp.172-185. https://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2017.1393135
🌾 Russell, S. D., Jones, D. S., Anderson, S., Wang, X., Sundaresan, V., & Gou, X. (2017). Isolation of Rice Sperm Cells for Transcriptional Profiling. In Plant Germline Development (pp. 211-219). Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7286-9_17
🌱 Jones, D. S., Yuan, J., Smith, B. E., Willoughby, A. C., Kumimoto, E. L., Kessler, S. A. (2017). MILDEW RESISTANCE LOCUS O Function in Pollen Tube Reception Is Linked to Its Oligomerization and Subcellular Distribution. Plant Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.17.00523
🌱 Siriwardana, C. L., Gnesutta, N., Kumimoto, R. W., Jones, D. S., Myers, Z. A., Mantovani, R., & Holt III, B. F. (2016). NUCLEAR FACTOR Y, Subunit A (NF-YA) Proteins Positively Regulate Flowering and Act Through FLOWERING LOCUS T. PLoS Genetics, 12(12), e1006496. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1006496
🌱 Kessler, S. A., Lindner, H., Jones, D. S., & Grossniklaus, U. (2015). Functional analysis of related CrRLK 1 L receptor-like kinases in pollen tube reception. EMBO Reports, 16(1), 107-116. https://doi.org/10.15252/embr.201438801
🌾 Russell, S. D., & Jones, D. S. (2015). The male germline of angiosperms: repertoire of an inconspicuous but important cell lineage. Frontiers in Plant Science, 6 (March). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00173
🌱 Siriwardana, C. L., Kumimoto, R. W., Jones, D. S., & Holt, B. F. (2014). Gene Family Analysis of the Arabidopsis NF-YA Transcription Factors Reveals Opposing Abscisic Acid Responses During Seed Germination. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11105-014-0704-6
🌾 *Anderson, S. N., *Johnson, C. S., *Jones, D. S., Conrad, L. J., Gou, X., Russell, S. D., & Sundaresan, V. (2013). Transcriptomes of isolated Oryza sativa gametes characterized by deep sequencing: evidence for distinct sex-dependent chromatin and epigenetic states before fertilization. The Plant Journal, 76(5), 1–13. http://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.12336 *Co-First Author; produced micrograph used for journal issue cover