--- _id: '8570' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'This report presents the results of a friendly competition for formal verification of continuous and hybrid systems with linear continuous dynamics. The friendly competition took place as part of the workshop Applied Verification for Continuous and Hybrid Systems (ARCH) in 2019. In its third edition, seven tools have been applied to solve six different benchmark problems in the category for linear continuous dynamics (in alphabetical order): CORA, CORA/SX, HyDRA, Hylaa, JuliaReach, SpaceEx, and XSpeed. This report is a snapshot of the current landscape of tools and the types of benchmarks they are particularly suited for. Due to the diversity of problems, we are not ranking tools, yet the presented results provide one of the most complete assessments of tools for the safety verification of continuous and hybrid systems with linear continuous dynamics up to this date.' article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Matthias full_name: Althoff, Matthias last_name: Althoff - first_name: Stanley full_name: Bak, Stanley last_name: Bak - first_name: Marcelo full_name: Forets, Marcelo last_name: Forets - first_name: Goran full_name: Frehse, Goran last_name: Frehse - first_name: Niklas full_name: Kochdumper, Niklas last_name: Kochdumper - first_name: Rajarshi full_name: Ray, Rajarshi last_name: Ray - first_name: Christian full_name: Schilling, Christian id: 3A2F4DCE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Schilling orcid: 0000-0003-3658-1065 - first_name: Stefan full_name: Schupp, Stefan last_name: Schupp citation: ama: 'Althoff M, Bak S, Forets M, et al. ARCH-COMP19 Category Report: Continuous and hybrid systems with linear continuous dynamics. In: EPiC Series in Computing. Vol 61. EasyChair; 2019:14-40. doi:10.29007/bj1w' apa: 'Althoff, M., Bak, S., Forets, M., Frehse, G., Kochdumper, N., Ray, R., … Schupp, S. (2019). ARCH-COMP19 Category Report: Continuous and hybrid systems with linear continuous dynamics. In EPiC Series in Computing (Vol. 61, pp. 14–40). Montreal, Canada: EasyChair. https://doi.org/10.29007/bj1w' chicago: 'Althoff, Matthias, Stanley Bak, Marcelo Forets, Goran Frehse, Niklas Kochdumper, Rajarshi Ray, Christian Schilling, and Stefan Schupp. “ARCH-COMP19 Category Report: Continuous and Hybrid Systems with Linear Continuous Dynamics.” In EPiC Series in Computing, 61:14–40. EasyChair, 2019. https://doi.org/10.29007/bj1w.' ieee: 'M. Althoff et al., “ARCH-COMP19 Category Report: Continuous and hybrid systems with linear continuous dynamics,” in EPiC Series in Computing, Montreal, Canada, 2019, vol. 61, pp. 14–40.' ista: 'Althoff M, Bak S, Forets M, Frehse G, Kochdumper N, Ray R, Schilling C, Schupp S. 2019. ARCH-COMP19 Category Report: Continuous and hybrid systems with linear continuous dynamics. EPiC Series in Computing. ARCH: International Workshop on Applied Verification on Continuous and Hybrid Systems vol. 61, 14–40.' mla: 'Althoff, Matthias, et al. “ARCH-COMP19 Category Report: Continuous and Hybrid Systems with Linear Continuous Dynamics.” EPiC Series in Computing, vol. 61, EasyChair, 2019, pp. 14–40, doi:10.29007/bj1w.' short: M. Althoff, S. Bak, M. Forets, G. Frehse, N. Kochdumper, R. Ray, C. Schilling, S. Schupp, in:, EPiC Series in Computing, EasyChair, 2019, pp. 14–40. conference: end_date: 2019-04-15 location: Montreal, Canada name: 'ARCH: International Workshop on Applied Verification on Continuous and Hybrid Systems' start_date: 2019-04-15 date_created: 2020-09-26T14:23:54Z date_published: 2019-05-25T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:20:05Z day: '25' department: - _id: ToHe doi: 10.29007/bj1w intvolume: ' 61' language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://easychair.org/publications/open/1gbP month: '05' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 14-40 publication: EPiC Series in Computing publication_identifier: eissn: - '23987340' publication_status: published publisher: EasyChair quality_controlled: '1' status: public title: 'ARCH-COMP19 Category Report: Continuous and hybrid systems with linear continuous dynamics' type: conference user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 61 year: '2019' ... --- _id: '9460' abstract: - lang: eng text: Epigenetic reprogramming is required for proper regulation of gene expression in eukaryotic organisms. In Arabidopsis, active DNA demethylation is crucial for seed viability, pollen function, and successful reproduction. The DEMETER (DME) DNA glycosylase initiates localized DNA demethylation in vegetative and central cells, so-called companion cells that are adjacent to sperm and egg gametes, respectively. In rice, the central cell genome displays local DNA hypomethylation, suggesting that active DNA demethylation also occurs in rice; however, the enzyme responsible for this process is unknown. One candidate is the rice REPRESSOR OF SILENCING 1a (ROS1a) gene, which is related to DME and is essential for rice seed viability and pollen function. Here, we report genome-wide analyses of DNA methylation in wild-type and ros1a mutant sperm and vegetative cells. We find that the rice vegetative cell genome is locally hypomethylated compared with sperm by a process that requires ROS1a activity. We show that many ROS1a target sequences in the vegetative cell are hypomethylated in the rice central cell, suggesting that ROS1a also demethylates the central cell genome. Similar to Arabidopsis, we show that sperm non-CG methylation is indirectly promoted by DNA demethylation in the vegetative cell. These results reveal that DNA glycosylase-mediated DNA demethylation processes are conserved in Arabidopsis and rice, plant species that diverged 150 million years ago. Finally, although global non-CG methylation levels of sperm and egg differ, the maternal and paternal embryo genomes show similar non-CG methylation levels, suggesting that rice gamete genomes undergo dynamic DNA methylation reprogramming after cell fusion. article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: M. Yvonne full_name: Kim, M. Yvonne last_name: Kim - first_name: Akemi full_name: Ono, Akemi last_name: Ono - first_name: Stefan full_name: Scholten, Stefan last_name: Scholten - first_name: Tetsu full_name: Kinoshita, Tetsu last_name: Kinoshita - first_name: Daniel full_name: Zilberman, Daniel id: 6973db13-dd5f-11ea-814e-b3e5455e9ed1 last_name: Zilberman orcid: 0000-0002-0123-8649 - first_name: Takashi full_name: Okamoto, Takashi last_name: Okamoto - first_name: Robert L. full_name: Fischer, Robert L. last_name: Fischer citation: ama: Kim MY, Ono A, Scholten S, et al. DNA demethylation by ROS1a in rice vegetative cells promotes methylation in sperm. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2019;116(19):9652-9657. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821435116 apa: Kim, M. Y., Ono, A., Scholten, S., Kinoshita, T., Zilberman, D., Okamoto, T., & Fischer, R. L. (2019). DNA demethylation by ROS1a in rice vegetative cells promotes methylation in sperm. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1821435116 chicago: Kim, M. Yvonne, Akemi Ono, Stefan Scholten, Tetsu Kinoshita, Daniel Zilberman, Takashi Okamoto, and Robert L. Fischer. “DNA Demethylation by ROS1a in Rice Vegetative Cells Promotes Methylation in Sperm.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. National Academy of Sciences, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1821435116. ieee: M. Y. Kim et al., “DNA demethylation by ROS1a in rice vegetative cells promotes methylation in sperm,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 116, no. 19. National Academy of Sciences, pp. 9652–9657, 2019. ista: Kim MY, Ono A, Scholten S, Kinoshita T, Zilberman D, Okamoto T, Fischer RL. 2019. DNA demethylation by ROS1a in rice vegetative cells promotes methylation in sperm. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(19), 9652–9657. mla: Kim, M. Yvonne, et al. “DNA Demethylation by ROS1a in Rice Vegetative Cells Promotes Methylation in Sperm.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 116, no. 19, National Academy of Sciences, 2019, pp. 9652–57, doi:10.1073/pnas.1821435116. short: M.Y. Kim, A. Ono, S. Scholten, T. Kinoshita, D. Zilberman, T. Okamoto, R.L. Fischer, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (2019) 9652–9657. date_created: 2021-06-04T12:38:20Z date_published: 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-12-14T07:52:30Z day: '07' ddc: - '580' department: - _id: DaZi doi: 10.1073/pnas.1821435116 extern: '1' external_id: pmid: - '31000601' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 5b0ae3779b8b21b5223bd2d3cceede3a content_type: application/pdf creator: asandaue date_created: 2021-06-04T12:50:47Z date_updated: 2021-06-04T12:50:47Z file_id: '9461' file_name: 2019_PNAS_Kim.pdf file_size: 1142540 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2021-06-04T12:50:47Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 116' issue: '19' keyword: - Multidisciplinary language: - iso: eng month: '05' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 9652-9657 pmid: 1 publication: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences publication_identifier: eissn: - 1091-6490 issn: - 0027-8424 publication_status: published publisher: National Academy of Sciences quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: DNA demethylation by ROS1a in rice vegetative cells promotes methylation in sperm tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_nd.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-ND (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 volume: 116 year: '2019' ... --- _id: '9839' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'More than 100 years after Grigg’s influential analysis of species’ borders, the causes of limits to species’ ranges still represent a puzzle that has never been understood with clarity. The topic has become especially important recently as many scientists have become interested in the potential for species’ ranges to shift in response to climate change—and yet nearly all of those studies fail to recognise or incorporate evolutionary genetics in a way that relates to theoretical developments. I show that range margins can be understood based on just two measurable parameters: (i) the fitness cost of dispersal—a measure of environmental heterogeneity—and (ii) the strength of genetic drift, which reduces genetic diversity. Together, these two parameters define an ‘expansion threshold’: adaptation fails when genetic drift reduces genetic diversity below that required for adaptation to a heterogeneous environment. When the key parameters drop below this expansion threshold locally, a sharp range margin forms. When they drop below this threshold throughout the species’ range, adaptation collapses everywhere, resulting in either extinction or formation of a fragmented metapopulation. Because the effects of dispersal differ fundamentally with dimension, the second parameter—the strength of genetic drift—is qualitatively different compared to a linear habitat. In two-dimensional habitats, genetic drift becomes effectively independent of selection. It decreases with ‘neighbourhood size’—the number of individuals accessible by dispersal within one generation. Moreover, in contrast to earlier predictions, which neglected evolution of genetic variance and/or stochasticity in two dimensions, dispersal into small marginal populations aids adaptation. This is because the reduction of both genetic and demographic stochasticity has a stronger effect than the cost of dispersal through increased maladaptation. The expansion threshold thus provides a novel, theoretically justified, and testable prediction for formation of the range margin and collapse of the species’ range.' article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Jitka full_name: Polechova, Jitka id: 3BBFB084-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Polechova orcid: 0000-0003-0951-3112 citation: ama: 'Polechova J. Data from: Is the sky the limit? On the expansion threshold of a species’ range. 2019. doi:10.5061/dryad.5vv37' apa: 'Polechova, J. (2019). Data from: Is the sky the limit? On the expansion threshold of a species’ range. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5vv37' chicago: 'Polechova, Jitka. “Data from: Is the Sky the Limit? On the Expansion Threshold of a Species’ Range.” Dryad, 2019. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5vv37.' ieee: 'J. Polechova, “Data from: Is the sky the limit? On the expansion threshold of a species’ range.” Dryad, 2019.' ista: 'Polechova J. 2019. Data from: Is the sky the limit? On the expansion threshold of a species’ range, Dryad, 10.5061/dryad.5vv37.' mla: 'Polechova, Jitka. Data from: Is the Sky the Limit? On the Expansion Threshold of a Species’ Range. Dryad, 2019, doi:10.5061/dryad.5vv37.' short: J. Polechova, (2019). date_created: 2021-08-09T13:07:28Z date_published: 2019-06-22T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-02-23T11:14:30Z day: '22' department: - _id: NiBa doi: 10.5061/dryad.5vv37 main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5vv37 month: '06' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publisher: Dryad related_material: record: - id: '315' relation: used_in_publication status: public status: public title: 'Data from: Is the sky the limit? On the expansion threshold of a species'' range' type: research_data_reference user_id: 6785fbc1-c503-11eb-8a32-93094b40e1cf year: '2019' ... --- _id: '9530' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Background\r\nDNA methylation of active genes, also known as gene body methylation, is found in many animal and plant genomes. Despite this, the transcriptional and developmental role of such methylation remains poorly understood. Here, we explore the dynamic range of DNA methylation in honey bee, a model organism for gene body methylation.\r\n\r\nResults\r\nOur data show that CG methylation in gene bodies globally fluctuates during honey bee development. However, these changes cause no gene expression alterations. Intriguingly, despite the global alterations, tissue-specific CG methylation patterns of complete genes or exons are rare, implying robust maintenance of genic methylation during development. Additionally, we show that CG methylation maintenance fluctuates in somatic cells, while reaching maximum fidelity in sperm cells. Finally, unlike universally present CG methylation, we discovered non-CG methylation specifically in bee heads that resembles such methylation in mammalian brain tissue.\r\n\r\nConclusions\r\nBased on these results, we propose that gene body CG methylation can oscillate during development if it is kept to a level adequate to preserve function. Additionally, our data suggest that heightened non-CG methylation is a conserved regulator of animal nervous systems." article_number: '62' article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Keith D. full_name: Harris, Keith D. last_name: Harris - first_name: James P. B. full_name: Lloyd, James P. B. last_name: Lloyd - first_name: Katherine full_name: Domb, Katherine last_name: Domb - first_name: Daniel full_name: Zilberman, Daniel id: 6973db13-dd5f-11ea-814e-b3e5455e9ed1 last_name: Zilberman orcid: 0000-0002-0123-8649 - first_name: Assaf full_name: Zemach, Assaf last_name: Zemach citation: ama: Harris KD, Lloyd JPB, Domb K, Zilberman D, Zemach A. DNA methylation is maintained with high fidelity in the honey bee germline and exhibits global non-functional fluctuations during somatic development. Epigenetics and Chromatin. 2019;12. doi:10.1186/s13072-019-0307-4 apa: Harris, K. D., Lloyd, J. P. B., Domb, K., Zilberman, D., & Zemach, A. (2019). DNA methylation is maintained with high fidelity in the honey bee germline and exhibits global non-functional fluctuations during somatic development. Epigenetics and Chromatin. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13072-019-0307-4 chicago: Harris, Keith D., James P. B. Lloyd, Katherine Domb, Daniel Zilberman, and Assaf Zemach. “DNA Methylation Is Maintained with High Fidelity in the Honey Bee Germline and Exhibits Global Non-Functional Fluctuations during Somatic Development.” Epigenetics and Chromatin. Springer Nature, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13072-019-0307-4. ieee: K. D. Harris, J. P. B. Lloyd, K. Domb, D. Zilberman, and A. Zemach, “DNA methylation is maintained with high fidelity in the honey bee germline and exhibits global non-functional fluctuations during somatic development,” Epigenetics and Chromatin, vol. 12. Springer Nature, 2019. ista: Harris KD, Lloyd JPB, Domb K, Zilberman D, Zemach A. 2019. DNA methylation is maintained with high fidelity in the honey bee germline and exhibits global non-functional fluctuations during somatic development. Epigenetics and Chromatin. 12, 62. mla: Harris, Keith D., et al. “DNA Methylation Is Maintained with High Fidelity in the Honey Bee Germline and Exhibits Global Non-Functional Fluctuations during Somatic Development.” Epigenetics and Chromatin, vol. 12, 62, Springer Nature, 2019, doi:10.1186/s13072-019-0307-4. short: K.D. Harris, J.P.B. Lloyd, K. Domb, D. Zilberman, A. Zemach, Epigenetics and Chromatin 12 (2019). date_created: 2021-06-08T09:21:51Z date_published: 2019-10-10T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-12-14T07:53:00Z day: '10' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: DaZi doi: 10.1186/s13072-019-0307-4 extern: '1' external_id: pmid: - '31601251' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 86ff50a7517891511af2733c76c81b67 content_type: application/pdf creator: asandaue date_created: 2021-06-08T09:29:19Z date_updated: 2021-06-08T09:29:19Z file_id: '9531' file_name: 2019_EpigeneticsAndChromatin_Harris.pdf file_size: 3221067 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2021-06-08T09:29:19Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 12' language: - iso: eng month: '10' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 publication: Epigenetics and Chromatin publication_identifier: eissn: - 1756-8935 publication_status: published publisher: Springer Nature quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: DNA methylation is maintained with high fidelity in the honey bee germline and exhibits global non-functional fluctuations during somatic development tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 volume: 12 year: '2019' ... --- _id: '12192' abstract: - lang: eng text: Transposable elements (TEs), the movement of which can damage the genome, are epigenetically silenced in eukaryotes. Intriguingly, TEs are activated in the sperm companion cell – vegetative cell (VC) – of the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana. However, the extent and mechanism of this activation are unknown. Here we show that about 100 heterochromatic TEs are activated in VCs, mostly by DEMETER-catalyzed DNA demethylation. We further demonstrate that DEMETER access to some of these TEs is permitted by the natural depletion of linker histone H1 in VCs. Ectopically expressed H1 suppresses TEs in VCs by reducing DNA demethylation and via a methylation-independent mechanism. We demonstrate that H1 is required for heterochromatin condensation in plant cells and show that H1 overexpression creates heterochromatic foci in the VC progenitor cell. Taken together, our results demonstrate that the natural depletion of H1 during male gametogenesis facilitates DEMETER-directed DNA demethylation, heterochromatin relaxation, and TE activation. acknowledgement: We thank David Twell for the pDONR-P4-P1R-pLAT52 and pDONR-P2R-P3-mRFP vectors, the John Innes Centre Bioimaging Facility (Elaine Barclay and Grant Calder) for their assistance with microscopy, and the Norwich BioScience Institute Partnership Computing infrastructure for Science Group for High Performance Computing resources. This work was funded by a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) David Phillips Fellowship (BB/L025043/1; SH, JZ and XF), a European Research Council Starting Grant ('SexMeth' 804981; XF) and a Grant to Exceptional Researchers by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation (SH and XF). article_number: '42530' article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Shengbo full_name: He, Shengbo last_name: He - first_name: Martin full_name: Vickers, Martin last_name: Vickers - first_name: Jingyi full_name: Zhang, Jingyi last_name: Zhang - first_name: Xiaoqi full_name: Feng, Xiaoqi id: e0164712-22ee-11ed-b12a-d80fcdf35958 last_name: Feng orcid: 0000-0002-4008-1234 citation: ama: He S, Vickers M, Zhang J, Feng X. Natural depletion of histone H1 in sex cells causes DNA demethylation, heterochromatin decondensation and transposon activation. eLife. 2019;8. doi:10.7554/elife.42530 apa: He, S., Vickers, M., Zhang, J., & Feng, X. (2019). Natural depletion of histone H1 in sex cells causes DNA demethylation, heterochromatin decondensation and transposon activation. ELife. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.42530 chicago: He, Shengbo, Martin Vickers, Jingyi Zhang, and Xiaoqi Feng. “Natural Depletion of Histone H1 in Sex Cells Causes DNA Demethylation, Heterochromatin Decondensation and Transposon Activation.” ELife. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd, 2019. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.42530. ieee: S. He, M. Vickers, J. Zhang, and X. Feng, “Natural depletion of histone H1 in sex cells causes DNA demethylation, heterochromatin decondensation and transposon activation,” eLife, vol. 8. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd, 2019. ista: He S, Vickers M, Zhang J, Feng X. 2019. Natural depletion of histone H1 in sex cells causes DNA demethylation, heterochromatin decondensation and transposon activation. eLife. 8, 42530. mla: He, Shengbo, et al. “Natural Depletion of Histone H1 in Sex Cells Causes DNA Demethylation, Heterochromatin Decondensation and Transposon Activation.” ELife, vol. 8, 42530, eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd, 2019, doi:10.7554/elife.42530. short: S. He, M. Vickers, J. Zhang, X. Feng, ELife 8 (2019). date_created: 2023-01-16T09:17:21Z date_published: 2019-05-28T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-05-08T10:54:12Z day: '28' ddc: - '580' department: - _id: XiFe doi: 10.7554/elife.42530 extern: '1' external_id: unknown: - '31135340' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: ea6b89c20d59e5eb3646916fe5d568ad content_type: application/pdf creator: alisjak date_created: 2023-02-07T09:42:46Z date_updated: 2023-02-07T09:42:46Z file_id: '12525' file_name: 2019_elife_He.pdf file_size: 2493837 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2023-02-07T09:42:46Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 8' keyword: - General Immunology and Microbiology - General Biochemistry - Genetics and Molecular Biology - General Medicine - General Neuroscience language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6594752/ month: '05' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publication: eLife publication_identifier: issn: - 2050-084X publication_status: published publisher: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Natural depletion of histone H1 in sex cells causes DNA demethylation, heterochromatin decondensation and transposon activation tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 8 year: '2019' ... --- _id: '12190' abstract: - lang: eng text: Meiotic crossover frequency varies within genomes, which influences genetic diversity and adaptation. In turn, genetic variation within populations can act to modify crossover frequency in cis and trans. To identify genetic variation that controls meiotic crossover frequency, we screened Arabidopsis accessions using fluorescent recombination reporters. We mapped a genetic modifier of crossover frequency in Col × Bur populations of Arabidopsis to a premature stop codon within TBP-ASSOCIATED FACTOR 4b (TAF4b), which encodes a subunit of the RNA polymerase II general transcription factor TFIID. The Arabidopsis taf4b mutation is a rare variant found in the British Isles, originating in South-West Ireland. Using genetics, genomics, and immunocytology, we demonstrate a genome-wide decrease in taf4b crossovers, with strongest reduction in the sub-telomeric regions. Using RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) from purified meiocytes, we show that TAF4b expression is meiocyte enriched, whereas its paralog TAF4 is broadly expressed. Consistent with the role of TFIID in promoting gene expression, RNA-seq of wild-type and taf4b meiocytes identified widespread transcriptional changes, including in genes that regulate the meiotic cell cycle and recombination. Therefore, TAF4b duplication is associated with acquisition of meiocyte-specific expression and promotion of germline transcription, which act directly or indirectly to elevate crossovers. This identifies a novel mode of meiotic recombination control via a general transcription factor. acknowledgement: "We thank Gregory Copenhaver (University of North Carolina), Avraham Levy (The Weizmann Institute), and Scott Poethig (University of Pennsylvania) for FTLs; Piotr Ziolkowski for Col-420/Bur seed; Sureshkumar Balasubramanian\r\n(Monash University) for providing British and Irish Arabidopsis accessions; Mathilde Grelon (INRA, Versailles) for providing the MLH1 antibody; and the Gurdon Institute for access to microscopes. This work was supported by a BBSRC DTP studentship (E.J.L.), European Research Area Network for Coordinating Action in Plant Sciences/BBSRC ‘‘DeCOP’’ (BB/M004937/1; C.L.), a BBSRC David Phillips Fellowship (BB/L025043/1; H.G. and X.F.), the European Research Council (CoG ‘‘SynthHotspot,’’ A.J.T., C.L., and I.R.H.; StG ‘‘SexMeth,’’ X.F.), and a Sainsbury Charitable Foundation Studentship (A.R.B.)." article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Emma J. full_name: Lawrence, Emma J. last_name: Lawrence - first_name: Hongbo full_name: Gao, Hongbo last_name: Gao - first_name: Andrew J. full_name: Tock, Andrew J. last_name: Tock - first_name: Christophe full_name: Lambing, Christophe last_name: Lambing - first_name: Alexander R. full_name: Blackwell, Alexander R. last_name: Blackwell - first_name: Xiaoqi full_name: Feng, Xiaoqi id: e0164712-22ee-11ed-b12a-d80fcdf35958 last_name: Feng orcid: 0000-0002-4008-1234 - first_name: Ian R. full_name: Henderson, Ian R. last_name: Henderson citation: ama: Lawrence EJ, Gao H, Tock AJ, et al. Natural variation in TBP-ASSOCIATED FACTOR 4b controls meiotic crossover and germline transcription in Arabidopsis. Current Biology. 2019;29(16):2676-2686.e3. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.084 apa: Lawrence, E. J., Gao, H., Tock, A. J., Lambing, C., Blackwell, A. R., Feng, X., & Henderson, I. R. (2019). Natural variation in TBP-ASSOCIATED FACTOR 4b controls meiotic crossover and germline transcription in Arabidopsis. Current Biology. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.084 chicago: Lawrence, Emma J., Hongbo Gao, Andrew J. Tock, Christophe Lambing, Alexander R. Blackwell, Xiaoqi Feng, and Ian R. Henderson. “Natural Variation in TBP-ASSOCIATED FACTOR 4b Controls Meiotic Crossover and Germline Transcription in Arabidopsis.” Current Biology. Elsevier BV, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.084. ieee: E. J. Lawrence et al., “Natural variation in TBP-ASSOCIATED FACTOR 4b controls meiotic crossover and germline transcription in Arabidopsis,” Current Biology, vol. 29, no. 16. Elsevier BV, p. 2676–2686.e3, 2019. ista: Lawrence EJ, Gao H, Tock AJ, Lambing C, Blackwell AR, Feng X, Henderson IR. 2019. Natural variation in TBP-ASSOCIATED FACTOR 4b controls meiotic crossover and germline transcription in Arabidopsis. Current Biology. 29(16), 2676–2686.e3. mla: Lawrence, Emma J., et al. “Natural Variation in TBP-ASSOCIATED FACTOR 4b Controls Meiotic Crossover and Germline Transcription in Arabidopsis.” Current Biology, vol. 29, no. 16, Elsevier BV, 2019, p. 2676–2686.e3, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.084. short: E.J. Lawrence, H. Gao, A.J. Tock, C. Lambing, A.R. Blackwell, X. Feng, I.R. Henderson, Current Biology 29 (2019) 2676–2686.e3. date_created: 2023-01-16T09:16:33Z date_published: 2019-08-19T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-05-08T10:54:54Z day: '19' department: - _id: XiFe doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.084 extern: '1' external_id: pmid: - '31378616' intvolume: ' 29' issue: '16' keyword: - General Agricultural and Biological Sciences - General Biochemistry - Genetics and Molecular Biology language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa_version: None page: 2676-2686.e3 pmid: 1 publication: Current Biology publication_identifier: issn: - 0960-9822 publication_status: published publisher: Elsevier BV quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Natural variation in TBP-ASSOCIATED FACTOR 4b controls meiotic crossover and germline transcription in Arabidopsis type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 29 year: '2019' ... --- _id: '6989' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'When can a polyomino piece of paper be folded into a unit cube? Prior work studied tree-like polyominoes, but polyominoes with holes remain an intriguing open problem. We present sufficient conditions for a polyomino with hole(s) to fold into a cube, and conditions under which cube folding is impossible. In particular, we show that all but five special simple holes guarantee foldability. ' acknowledgement: This research was performed in part at the 33rd BellairsWinter Workshop on Computational Geometry. Wethank all other participants for a fruitful atmosphere. article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Oswin full_name: Aichholzer, Oswin last_name: Aichholzer - first_name: Hugo A full_name: Akitaya, Hugo A last_name: Akitaya - first_name: Kenneth C full_name: Cheung, Kenneth C last_name: Cheung - first_name: Erik D full_name: Demaine, Erik D last_name: Demaine - first_name: Martin L full_name: Demaine, Martin L last_name: Demaine - first_name: Sandor P full_name: Fekete, Sandor P last_name: Fekete - first_name: Linda full_name: Kleist, Linda last_name: Kleist - first_name: Irina full_name: Kostitsyna, Irina last_name: Kostitsyna - first_name: Maarten full_name: Löffler, Maarten last_name: Löffler - first_name: Zuzana full_name: Masárová, Zuzana id: 45CFE238-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Masárová orcid: 0000-0002-6660-1322 - first_name: Klara full_name: Mundilova, Klara last_name: Mundilova - first_name: Christiane full_name: Schmidt, Christiane last_name: Schmidt citation: ama: 'Aichholzer O, Akitaya HA, Cheung KC, et al. Folding polyominoes with holes into a cube. In: Proceedings of the 31st Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry. Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry; 2019:164-170.' apa: 'Aichholzer, O., Akitaya, H. A., Cheung, K. C., Demaine, E. D., Demaine, M. L., Fekete, S. P., … Schmidt, C. (2019). Folding polyominoes with holes into a cube. In Proceedings of the 31st Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry (pp. 164–170). Edmonton, Canada: Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry.' chicago: Aichholzer, Oswin, Hugo A Akitaya, Kenneth C Cheung, Erik D Demaine, Martin L Demaine, Sandor P Fekete, Linda Kleist, et al. “Folding Polyominoes with Holes into a Cube.” In Proceedings of the 31st Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry, 164–70. Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry, 2019. ieee: O. Aichholzer et al., “Folding polyominoes with holes into a cube,” in Proceedings of the 31st Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry, Edmonton, Canada, 2019, pp. 164–170. ista: 'Aichholzer O, Akitaya HA, Cheung KC, Demaine ED, Demaine ML, Fekete SP, Kleist L, Kostitsyna I, Löffler M, Masárová Z, Mundilova K, Schmidt C. 2019. Folding polyominoes with holes into a cube. Proceedings of the 31st Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry. CCCG: Canadian Conference in Computational Geometry, 164–170.' mla: Aichholzer, Oswin, et al. “Folding Polyominoes with Holes into a Cube.” Proceedings of the 31st Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry, Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry, 2019, pp. 164–70. short: O. Aichholzer, H.A. Akitaya, K.C. Cheung, E.D. Demaine, M.L. Demaine, S.P. Fekete, L. Kleist, I. Kostitsyna, M. Löffler, Z. Masárová, K. Mundilova, C. Schmidt, in:, Proceedings of the 31st Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry, Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry, 2019, pp. 164–170. conference: end_date: 2019-08-10 location: Edmonton, Canada name: 'CCCG: Canadian Conference in Computational Geometry' start_date: 2019-08-08 date_created: 2019-11-04T16:46:11Z date_published: 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-04T10:57:42Z day: '01' department: - _id: HeEd external_id: arxiv: - '1910.09917' language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://cccg.ca/proceedings/2019/proceedings.pdf month: '08' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 164-170 publication: Proceedings of the 31st Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry publication_status: published publisher: Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '8317' relation: extended_version status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Folding polyominoes with holes into a cube type: conference user_id: D865714E-FA4E-11E9-B85B-F5C5E5697425 year: '2019' ... --- _id: '6884' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'In two-player games on graphs, the players move a token through a graph to produce a finite or infinite path, which determines the qualitative winner or quantitative payoff of the game. We study bidding games in which the players bid for the right to move the token. Several bidding rules were studied previously. In Richman bidding, in each round, the players simultaneously submit bids, and the higher bidder moves the token and pays the other player. Poorman bidding is similar except that the winner of the bidding pays the "bank" rather than the other player. Taxman bidding spans the spectrum between Richman and poorman bidding. They are parameterized by a constant tau in [0,1]: portion tau of the winning bid is paid to the other player, and portion 1-tau to the bank. While finite-duration (reachability) taxman games have been studied before, we present, for the first time, results on infinite-duration taxman games. It was previously shown that both Richman and poorman infinite-duration games with qualitative objectives reduce to reachability games, and we show a similar result here. Our most interesting results concern quantitative taxman games, namely mean-payoff games, where poorman and Richman bidding differ significantly. A central quantity in these games is the ratio between the two players'' initial budgets. While in poorman mean-payoff games, the optimal payoff of a player depends on the initial ratio, in Richman bidding, the payoff depends only on the structure of the game. In both games the optimal payoffs can be found using (different) probabilistic connections with random-turn games in which in each turn, instead of bidding, a coin is tossed to determine which player moves. While the value with Richman bidding equals the value of a random-turn game with an un-biased coin, with poorman bidding, the bias in the coin is the initial ratio of the budgets. We give a complete classification of mean-payoff taxman games that is based on a probabilistic connection: the value of a taxman bidding game with parameter tau and initial ratio r, equals the value of a random-turn game that uses a coin with bias F(tau, r) = (r+tau * (1-r))/(1+tau). Thus, we show that Richman bidding is the exception; namely, for every tau <1, the value of the game depends on the initial ratio. Our proof technique simplifies and unifies the previous proof techniques for both Richman and poorman bidding. ' alternative_title: - LIPIcs article_number: '11' author: - first_name: Guy full_name: Avni, Guy id: 463C8BC2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Avni orcid: 0000-0001-5588-8287 - first_name: Thomas A full_name: Henzinger, Thomas A id: 40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Henzinger orcid: 0000−0002−2985−7724 - first_name: Dorde full_name: Zikelic, Dorde id: 294AA7A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Zikelic citation: ama: 'Avni G, Henzinger TA, Zikelic D. Bidding mechanisms in graph games. In: Vol 138. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik; 2019. doi:10.4230/LIPICS.MFCS.2019.11' apa: 'Avni, G., Henzinger, T. A., & Zikelic, D. (2019). Bidding mechanisms in graph games (Vol. 138). Presented at the MFCS: nternational Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, Aachen, Germany: Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPICS.MFCS.2019.11' chicago: Avni, Guy, Thomas A Henzinger, and Dorde Zikelic. “Bidding Mechanisms in Graph Games,” Vol. 138. Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPICS.MFCS.2019.11. ieee: 'G. Avni, T. A. Henzinger, and D. Zikelic, “Bidding mechanisms in graph games,” presented at the MFCS: nternational Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, Aachen, Germany, 2019, vol. 138.' ista: 'Avni G, Henzinger TA, Zikelic D. 2019. Bidding mechanisms in graph games. MFCS: nternational Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, LIPIcs, vol. 138, 11.' mla: Avni, Guy, et al. Bidding Mechanisms in Graph Games. Vol. 138, 11, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2019, doi:10.4230/LIPICS.MFCS.2019.11. short: G. Avni, T.A. Henzinger, D. Zikelic, in:, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2019. conference: end_date: 2019-08-30 location: Aachen, Germany name: 'MFCS: nternational Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science' start_date: 2019-08-26 date_created: 2019-09-18T08:04:26Z date_published: 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-07T14:08:34Z day: '01' ddc: - '004' department: - _id: ToHe - _id: KrCh doi: 10.4230/LIPICS.MFCS.2019.11 ec_funded: 1 external_id: arxiv: - '1905.03835' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 6346e116a4f4ed1414174d96d2c4fbd7 content_type: application/pdf creator: kschuh date_created: 2019-09-27T11:45:15Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:42Z file_id: '6913' file_name: 2019_LIPIcs_Avni.pdf file_size: 554457 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:42Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 138' language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program - _id: 264B3912-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: M02369 name: Formal Methods meets Algorithmic Game Theory - _id: 25F42A32-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: Z211 name: The Wittgenstein Prize - _id: 25F2ACDE-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: S11402-N23 name: Rigorous Systems Engineering publication_status: published publisher: Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '9239' relation: later_version status: public scopus_import: 1 status: public title: Bidding mechanisms in graph games tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: conference user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 138 year: '2019' ... --- _id: '9726' abstract: - lang: eng text: A detailed description of the two stochastic models, table of parameters, supplementary data for Figures 4 and 5, parameter dependence of the results, and an analysis on motors with different force–velocity functions (PDF) article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Mehmet C full_name: Ucar, Mehmet C id: 50B2A802-6007-11E9-A42B-EB23E6697425 last_name: Ucar orcid: 0000-0003-0506-4217 - first_name: Reinhard full_name: Lipowsky, Reinhard last_name: Lipowsky citation: ama: Ucar MC, Lipowsky R. Supplementary information - Collective force generation by molecular motors is determined by strain-induced unbinding. 2019. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04445.s001 apa: Ucar, M. C., & Lipowsky, R. (2019). Supplementary information - Collective force generation by molecular motors is determined by strain-induced unbinding. American Chemical Society . https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04445.s001 chicago: Ucar, Mehmet C, and Reinhard Lipowsky. “Supplementary Information - Collective Force Generation by Molecular Motors Is Determined by Strain-Induced Unbinding.” American Chemical Society , 2019. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04445.s001. ieee: M. C. Ucar and R. Lipowsky, “Supplementary information - Collective force generation by molecular motors is determined by strain-induced unbinding.” American Chemical Society , 2019. ista: Ucar MC, Lipowsky R. 2019. Supplementary information - Collective force generation by molecular motors is determined by strain-induced unbinding, American Chemical Society , 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04445.s001. mla: Ucar, Mehmet C., and Reinhard Lipowsky. Supplementary Information - Collective Force Generation by Molecular Motors Is Determined by Strain-Induced Unbinding. American Chemical Society , 2019, doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04445.s001. short: M.C. Ucar, R. Lipowsky, (2019). date_created: 2021-07-27T09:51:46Z date_published: 2019-12-19T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-17T14:07:52Z day: '19' department: - _id: EdHa doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04445.s001 month: '12' oa_version: Published Version publisher: 'American Chemical Society ' related_material: record: - id: '7166' relation: used_in_publication status: public status: public title: Supplementary information - Collective force generation by molecular motors is determined by strain-induced unbinding type: research_data_reference user_id: 6785fbc1-c503-11eb-8a32-93094b40e1cf year: '2019' ... --- _id: '6671' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'In this paper we discuss three results. The first two concern general sets of positive reach: we first characterize the reach of a closed set by means of a bound on the metric distortion between the distance measured in the ambient Euclidean space and the shortest path distance measured in the set. Secondly, we prove that the intersection of a ball with radius less than the reach with the set is geodesically convex, meaning that the shortest path between any two points in the intersection lies itself in the intersection. For our third result we focus on manifolds with positive reach and give a bound on the angle between tangent spaces at two different points in terms of the reach and the distance between the two points.' article_processing_charge: Yes (via OA deal) article_type: original author: - first_name: Jean-Daniel full_name: Boissonnat, Jean-Daniel last_name: Boissonnat - first_name: André full_name: Lieutier, André last_name: Lieutier - first_name: Mathijs full_name: Wintraecken, Mathijs id: 307CFBC8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Wintraecken orcid: 0000-0002-7472-2220 citation: ama: Boissonnat J-D, Lieutier A, Wintraecken M. The reach, metric distortion, geodesic convexity and the variation of tangent spaces. Journal of Applied and Computational Topology. 2019;3(1-2):29–58. doi:10.1007/s41468-019-00029-8 apa: Boissonnat, J.-D., Lieutier, A., & Wintraecken, M. (2019). The reach, metric distortion, geodesic convexity and the variation of tangent spaces. Journal of Applied and Computational Topology. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41468-019-00029-8 chicago: Boissonnat, Jean-Daniel, André Lieutier, and Mathijs Wintraecken. “The Reach, Metric Distortion, Geodesic Convexity and the Variation of Tangent Spaces.” Journal of Applied and Computational Topology. Springer Nature, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41468-019-00029-8. ieee: J.-D. Boissonnat, A. Lieutier, and M. Wintraecken, “The reach, metric distortion, geodesic convexity and the variation of tangent spaces,” Journal of Applied and Computational Topology, vol. 3, no. 1–2. Springer Nature, pp. 29–58, 2019. ista: Boissonnat J-D, Lieutier A, Wintraecken M. 2019. The reach, metric distortion, geodesic convexity and the variation of tangent spaces. Journal of Applied and Computational Topology. 3(1–2), 29–58. mla: Boissonnat, Jean-Daniel, et al. “The Reach, Metric Distortion, Geodesic Convexity and the Variation of Tangent Spaces.” Journal of Applied and Computational Topology, vol. 3, no. 1–2, Springer Nature, 2019, pp. 29–58, doi:10.1007/s41468-019-00029-8. short: J.-D. Boissonnat, A. Lieutier, M. Wintraecken, Journal of Applied and Computational Topology 3 (2019) 29–58. date_created: 2019-07-24T08:37:29Z date_published: 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-22T12:37:47Z day: '01' ddc: - '000' department: - _id: HeEd doi: 10.1007/s41468-019-00029-8 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: a5b244db9f751221409cf09c97ee0935 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2019-07-31T08:09:56Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:36Z file_id: '6741' file_name: 2019_JournAppliedComputTopol_Boissonnat.pdf file_size: 2215157 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:36Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 3' issue: 1-2 language: - iso: eng month: '06' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 29–58 project: - _id: 260C2330-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '754411' name: ISTplus - Postdoctoral Fellowships - _id: B67AFEDC-15C9-11EA-A837-991A96BB2854 name: IST Austria Open Access Fund publication: Journal of Applied and Computational Topology publication_identifier: eissn: - 2367-1734 issn: - 2367-1726 publication_status: published publisher: Springer Nature quality_controlled: '1' status: public title: The reach, metric distortion, geodesic convexity and the variation of tangent spaces tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 3 year: '2019' ...