Marc W. Schmid

TL;DR: Compared with other sequenced land plants, M. polymorpha exhibits low genetic redundancy in most regulatory pathways, with this portion of its genome resembling that predicted for the ancestral land plant.

TL;DR: It is shown that chromosomal architecture of Arabidopsis is tightly linked to the epigenetic state, and how physical constraints, such as nuclear size, correlate with the folding principles of chromatin is shown.

TL;DR: New insights into the genetic basis and molecular mechanisms underlying plant germline development in sexual and asexual species are discussed.

TL;DR: An approach that allows cell type-specific transcriptional profiling of distinct target cells, which are rare and difficult to access, with unprecedented sensitivity and resolution is presented and it is shown that this approach can be applied to most eukaryotic organisms.

TL;DR: It is proposed that epigenetic variation is subject to selection and can contribute to rapid adaptive responses, although the extent to which epigenetics plays a role in adaptation is still unclear.