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Kitony is a plant scientist and postdoc researcher at the Salk Institute, leveraging his expertise in genomics and breeding to address pressing agricultural challenges. His recent research on extremophile genomes has uncovered unique features in baobab trees. Kitony is also actively generating genetic markers for key crops like sorghum using pangenomic datasets. His work in field experiments, genome-wide association studies (GWAS), and bioinformatics is driving innovations in crop breeding, aiming to boost global food security and resilience against environmental changes.

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Salk Institute for Biological Studies: La Jolla, California, US

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Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization: Nairobi, KE

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Nagoya University: Nagoya, JP

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Works (11)

Chromosome-level baobab genome illuminates its evolutionary trajectory and environmental adaptation

Nature Communications
2024-10-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53157-w
Contributors: Justine K. Kitony; Kelly Colt; Bradley W. Abramson; Nolan T. Hartwick; Semar Petrus; Emadeldin H. E. Konozy; Nisa Karimi; Levi Yant; Todd P. Michael
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Soil depth determines the microbial communities inSorghum bicolorfields

2024-10-02 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.10.02.616346
Contributors: Emily R. Murray; Jeremiah J. Minich; Jocelyn Saxton; Marie de Gracia; Nathaniel Eck; Nicholas Allsing; Justine Kitony; Kavi Patel-Jhawar; Eric E. Allen; Todd P. Michael et al.
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Assembly and annotation for baobab species: Dataset associated with manuscript NCOMMS-24-22396

2024-06-14 | Dataset | Author
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.26036560
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Domesticated cannabinoid synthases amid a wild mosaic cannabis pangenome

2024-05-24 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.21.595196
Contributors: Ryan C. Lynch; Lillian K. Padgitt-Cobb; Andrea R. Garfinkel; Brian J. Knaus; Nolan T. Hartwick; Nicholas Allsing; Anthony Aylward; Allen Mamerto; Justine K. Kitony; Kelly Colt et al.
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Chromosome-level baobab (Adansonia digitata) genome illuminates its evolutionary insights

2024-04-17 | Preprint
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4265606/v1
Contributors: Todd Michael; Justine Kitony; Kelly Colt; Bradley Abramson; Nolan Hartwick; Semar Petrus; Emadeldin Konozy; Nisa Karimi; Levi Yant
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Chromosome-level baobab (Adansonia digitata) genome illuminates its evolutionary insights

2024-04-16 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.14.589434
Contributors: Justine K. Kitony; Kelly Colt; Bradley W. Abramson; Nolan T. Hartwick; Semar Petrus; Emadeldin H. E. Konozy; Nisa Karimi; Levi Yant; Todd P. Michael
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Nested association mapping population in crops: current status and future prospects

Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology
2023-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12892-022-00158-0
Contributors: Justine Kipruto Kitony
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Development and evaluation of Gn1a and WFP introgression lines in NERICA genetic background

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2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.30329.80489
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Justine Kitony

Development of an Aus-Derived Nested Association Mapping (Aus-NAM) Population in Rice

Plants
2021-06-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/plants10061255
Contributors: Justine K. Kitony; Hidehiko Sunohara; Mikako Tasaki; Jun-Ichi Mori; Akihisa Shimazu; Vincent P. Reyes; Hideshi Yasui; Yoshiyuki Yamagata; Atsushi Yoshimura; Masanori Yamasaki et al.
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Micro RNA genes and their likely influence in rice (Oryza sativa L.) dynamic traits through evolution

Int. J. Biomol. & Biomed. 5(3), 1-12, November 2016
2016-11 | Review
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Rice_Phospho 1.0: a new rice-specific SVM predictor for protein phosphorylation sites

Scientific Reports
2015-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/srep11940
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
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