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Research
Latest papers
Sunflower genetics and genomics: from fundamental evolutionary insights to crop improvement.
Trends in genetics : TIG · 2026
Rapid evolution predicts demographic recovery after extreme drought.
Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2026
A haplotype-phased male genome sequence of the stinging nettle, Urtica dioica ssp. dioica.
Scientific data · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $12,500
Understanding the genetic basis of local adaptation in wild sunflowers
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $134,269
Advancing microbiome science with long-read sequencing
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $98,000
Understanding the genetic basis of local adaptation in wild sunflowers
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
28 publications.
Sunflower genetics and genomics: from fundamental evolutionary insights to crop improvement.
Blackman BK, Burke JM, Nasti RA, Todesco M, Wang J, Rieseberg LH
Rapid evolution predicts demographic recovery after extreme drought.
Anstett DN, Anstett J, Sheth SN, Moxley DR, Branch HA, Jahani M, Huang K, Todesco M, Jordan R, Lazaro-Guevara JM, Rieseberg LH, Angert AL
A haplotype-phased male genome sequence of the stinging nettle, Urtica dioica ssp. dioica.
Hirabayashi K, Percy D, González-Segovia E, Deyholos M, Cronk Q, Todesco M
RepeatOBserver: Tandem Repeat Visualisation and Putative Centromere Detection.
Elphinstone C, Elphinstone R, Todesco M, Rieseberg LH
A trans-species cytoplasmic polymorphism is associated with seed shape and aridity across multiple species of sunflowers.
Owens GL, Cai Z, Bercovich N, Todesco M, Lee-Yaw JA, Rieseberg LH
The evolution of separate sexes in waterhemp is associated with surprising chromosomal diversity and complexity.
Kreiner JM, Montgomery JS, Todesco M, Bercovich N, Gong Y, Elphinstone C, Tranel PJ, Rieseberg LH, Wright SI
Mapping and characterization of a novel powdery mildew resistance locus (PM2) in Cannabis sativa L.
Seifi S, Leckie KM, Giles I, O'Brien T, MacKenzie JO, Todesco M, Rieseberg LH, Baute GJ, Celedon JM
Inversions contribute disproportionately to parallel genomic divergence in dune sunflowers.
Huang K, Ostevik KL, Jahani M, Todesco M, Bercovich N, Andrew RL, Owens GL, Rieseberg LH
A High-Quality Phased Genome Assembly of Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. dioica).
Hirabayashi K, Dumigan CR, Kučka M, Percy DM, Guerriero G, Cronk Q, Deyholos MK, Todesco M
Admixture With Cultivated Sunflower Likely Facilitated Establishment and Spread of Wild Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) in Argentina.
Hernández F, Vercellino RB, Todesco M, Bercovich N, Alvarez D, Brunet J, Presotto A, Rieseberg LH
Understanding the genetic basis of local adaptation in wild sunflowers
Principal investigators: Todesco, Marco
Advancing microbiome science with long-read sequencing
Principal investigators: Ziels, Ryan
Understanding the genetic basis of local adaptation in wild sunflowers
Principal investigators: Todesco, Marco
Keywords: local adaptation; plant genetics; sunflower; chromosomal structural variation; genomics; crop wild relatives; climate adaptation; characterization of adaptive loci; flower pigmentation
HelEx: Use of extremophile Helianthus species to mitigate climate change impact on feedstock and ecosystem services provided by sunflower
Principal investigators: Rieseberg, Loren
Keywords: drought and heat adaptation; extremophile sunflowers; climate change impacts; genetics and genomics; sunflower breeding; pollinator visitation; genetic diversity
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Quentin Cronk and Marco Todesco: 3 shared papers
- Amy Kim and Marco Todesco: 1 shared paper
- Quentin Cronk and Michael Deyholos: 1 shared paper
- Michael Deyholos and Marco Todesco: 1 shared paper
- Botany
- Civil Engineering
- Irving K. Barber School of Arts & Science
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