Additional Campus Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Plant Biology
Affiliate, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Recent Publications
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
Tebele, S. M., Marks, R. A., & Farrant, J. M. (2024). Exploring the root-associated microbiome of the resurrection plant Myrothamnus flabellifolia. Plant and Soil, 500(1-2), 53-68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-023-06019-1