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Dennis R Bennett, Jr.
Innovative Fruit Production, Improvement, and Protection
Safety and Occupational Health Specialist

Phone: (304) 725-3451 ext. 372
Fax: (304) 728-2340

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Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)
Ectopic enhancer–enhancer interactions as causal forces driving RNA-directed DNA methylation in gene regulatory regions Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Yang, Y., Liu, J., Singer, S., Yan, G., Bennett Jr, D.R., Liu, Y., Wang, X., Hilly, J., Xu, W., Yang, Y., Zhong, G., Liu, Z., An, Y., Liu, H., Liu, Z. 2024. Ectopic enhancer–enhancer interactions as causal forces driving RNA-directed DNA methylation in gene regulatory regions. Plant Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.14435.
euAP2a, a key gene that regulates flowering time in peach (Prunus persica) by modulating thermo-responsive transcription programming Reprint Icon - (Review Article)
Liu, J., Bennett Jr, D.R., Demuth, M.A., Burchard, E.A., Artlip, T.S., Dardick, C.D., Liu, Z. 2024. euAP2a, a key gene that regulates flowering time in peach (Prunus persica) by modulating thermo-responsive transcription programming. Horticulture Research. 11(5). https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhae076.
CW198 acts as a genetic insulator to block enhancer-promoter interaction in plants Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Jiang, L., Liu, Y., Wen, Z., Yang, Y., Singer, S., Bennett Jr, D.R., Xu, W., Su, Z., Yu, Z., Cohn, J., Chae, H., Que, Q., Liu, Z. 2022. CW198 acts as a genetic insulator to block enhancer-promoter interaction in plants. Transgenic Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11248-022-00326-6.
Genome-wide changes of regulatory non-coding RNAs reveal pollen development initiated at ecodormancy in peach Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Yu, J., Bennett Jr, D.R., Dardick, C.D., Zhebentyayeva, T., Abbott, A., Liu, Z., Staton, M. 2021. Genome-wide changes of regulatory non-coding RNAs reveal pollen development initiated at ecodormancy in peach. Frontiers in Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2021.612881.
Distinctive gene expression patterns define endodormancy to ecodormancy transition in apricot and peach Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Yu, J., Conrad, A., Decroocq, V., Zhebentyayeva, T., Williams, D., Bennett Jr, D.R., Roch, G., Audergon, J., Dardick, C.D., Liu, Z., Abbott, A., Staton, M. 2020. Distinctive gene expression patterns define endodormancy to ecodormancy transition in apricot and peach. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11:180. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00180.