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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences School of Integrative Biology

Rose Anna Marks

Assistant Professor

Additional Campus Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Plant Biology
Affiliate, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Recent Publications

Tebele, S. M., Marks, R. A., & Farrant, J. M. (2025). Microbial survival strategies in desiccated roots of Myrothamnus flabellifolia. Frontiers in Microbiology, 16, Article 1560114. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1560114

Marks, R. A., Van Der Pas, L., Schuster, J., Gilman, I. S., & VanBuren, R. (2024). Convergent evolution of desiccation tolerance in grasses. Nature plants, 10(7), 1112-1125. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-01729-5

Marks, R. A., Delgado, P., Makonya, G. M., Cooper, K., Vanburen, R., & Farrant, J. M. (2024). Higher order polyploids exhibit enhanced desiccation tolerance in the grass Microchloa caffra. Journal of experimental botany, 75(11), 3612-3623. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae126

Marks, R. A. (2024). Resurrection plants revisited: bridging the gap between bryophytes and angiosperms to decode desiccation tolerance. New Phytologist, 243(3), 828-829. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19719

Shorinola, O., Marks, R., Emmrich, P., Jones, C., Odeny, D., & Chapman, M. A. (2024). Integrative and inclusive genomics to promote the use of underutilised crops. Nature communications, 15(1), Article 320. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44535-x

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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences School of Integrative Biology

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