Publications: Quantitative Genetics and Genomics of Crops

Title	Year	Literature Type	Authors
Beyond genomic prediction: combining different types of omics data can improve predition of hybrid performance in maize. Genetics (in press)	2018	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Schrag, T. A., Westhues, M., Schipprack, W., Seifert, F., Thiemann, A., Scholten, S., Melchinger, A. E.
Bisulfite Sequencing using Small DNA Amounts. Plant Chromatin Dynamics	2018	Book chapter	Edelmann, S., Scholten, S.
Parental expression variation of mall RNAs is negatively correlated with grain yield heterosis in a maize breeding population. Frontiers in Plant Science (in press)	2018	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Seifert, F., Thiemann, A., Grant-Downton, R., Edelmann, S., Rybka, D., Schrag, T. A., Frisch, M., Dickinson, H. G., Melchinger, A. E., Scholten, S.
Omics-based hybrid prediction in maize. Theor App. Genet.	2017	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Westhues, M., Schrag, T. A., Heuer, C., Thaller, G., Utz, H. F., Schipprack, W., Thiemann, A., Seifert, F., Ehret, A., Schlereth, A., Stitt, M., Nikoloski, Z., Willmitzer, L., Schön, C. C., Scholten, S., Melchinger, A. E.
Transcriptome-based prediction of hybrid performance with unbalanced data from a maize breeding programm. Plant Breed.	2017	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Zenke-Philippi, C., Frisch, M., Thieann, A., Seifert, F., Schrag, T., Melchinger, A. E., Scholten, S., Herzog, E.
Analysis of wheat microspore embryogenesis induction by transcriptome and small RNA sequencing using the highly resonsive cultiar "Svilena". BMC Plant Biology	2016	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Seifert, F., Bössow, S., Kumlehn, J., Gnad, H., Scholten, S.
DNA demethylation is initiated in the central cells of Arabidopsis and rice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A	2016	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Park, K., Kim, M. Y., Vickers, M., Park, J. S., Hyun, Y., Okamoto, T., Zilberman, D., Fischer, R. L., Feng, X., Choi, Y., Scholten, S.
Prediction of hybrid performance in maize with a ridge regression modelemployed to DNA markers and mRNA transcription profiles. BMC Genomics	2016	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Zenke-Philippi, C., Thiemann, A., Seifert, F., Schrag, T. A., Melchinger, A. E., Scholten, S., Frisch, M.
The Genetic Basis of Haploid Induction in Maize Identified with a Novel Genome-Wide Association Method. Genetics	2016	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Hu, H., Schrag, T. A., Peis, R., Unterseer, S., Schipprack, W, Chen, S., Lai, J., Yan, J., Prasanna, B. M., Nair, S. S., Chaikam, V., Rotarenco, V., Shatskaya, O. A., Zavalishina. A., Scholten, S., Schön, C. C., Melchinger, A. E.
Predict of Hybrid Traits	2015	Patent	Scholten, S., Thiemann, A., Seifert, F., Frisch, M., Melchinger, A. E.
Vorhersage von Hybridmerkmalen	2015	Patent	Scholten, S., Thiemann, A., Seifert, F., Frisch, M., Melchinger, A. E.
Genome-wide meta-analysis of maize heterosis reveals the potential role of additive gene expression at pericentromeric loci. BMC Plant Biology	2014	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Thiemann, A., Fu, J., Seifert, F., Grant-Downton, T. T., Shrag, T. A., Pospisil, H., Frisch, M., Melchinger, A. E., Scholten, S.
And baby make three: enomic imprinting in plant embryos. PLoS Genet	2013	Book chapter	Dickinson, H., Scholten, S.
RNA-based Predition of Heterosid and Hybrid Performance. Diagnostics in Plant Breeding	2013	Book chapter	Scholten, S., Thiemann, A.
Partial least squares regression, support vector machine regression, and transcriptome based distances for prediction of maize hybrid performance with gene expression data. Theor App. Genet.	2012	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Fu, J., Falke, K. C., Thiemann, A., Schrag, T. A., Melchinger, A. E., Scholten, S., Frisch, M.
Re-annotation of the maize oligonucleotide array. Maydica	2012	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Seifert, F., Thiemann, A., Pospisil, H., Scholten, S.
Genes of Both Parental Origins Are Differentially Involved in Early Embryogenesis of a Tobacco Interspecies Hybrid. Plos ONE	2011	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Zhang, J-E., Luo, A., Xin, H-P., Zhao, J, Li, S-S., Qu, L-H., Ma, L-G., Scholten, S., Sun, M-X
Transcriptional profiling of Zea mays genotypes with different drought tolerances - new perspectives for gene expression marker selection. Maydica	2011	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Badicean, D., Scholten, S. Jacota, A.
Correlation of parental line gene expression profiles with heterosis of grain yield and dry matter content. Theor App. Genet.	2010	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Thiemann, A., Fu, J., Schrag, T., Melchinger, A. E., Fisch, M., Scholten, S.
Dissecting grain yield pathways and their interactions to grain dry matter content by a two-step correlation approach with the maize seedling transcriptome. BMC Plant Biology	2010	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Fu, J., Thiemann, A., Schrag, T. A., Melchinger A. E., Scholten, S., Frisch, M.
Genomic imprinting in plant embryos Epigenetics	2010	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Scholten, S.
Heterosis in early seed development: A comparative study of F1 embryo and endosperm tissues six days after fertilization. Theor App. Genet.	2010	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Jahnke, S., Sarholz, B., Kühr, V., Thiemann, A., Gutiérrez-Marcos, J. F., Geiger, H. H., Piepho, H.-P., Scholten, S.
Transcriptome-based distance measures for grouping of germplasm and performance prediction in hybrid breeding. Theor App. Genet.	2010	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Frisch, M., Thiemann, A., Fu, J., Schrag, T. A., Scholten, S., Melchinger, A. E.
Epigenetic resetting of a gene imprinted in plant embryos. Current Biology	2009	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Jahnke, S., Scholten, S.
Heterosis in Plants: Manifestation in early seed development and prediction approaches to assist hybrid breeding. Chinese Science Bulletin	2009	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Thiemann, A., Meyer, S., Scholten, S.
In vitro fertilization: ananlysis of early post-fertifilization development using cytological and molecular techniques. Sex Plant Reprod.	2008	Book chapter	Kranz, E., Scholten, S.
Single cell expression profiling: transcript- and protein analyses in isolated higher plant gametes and zygotes The handbook of plant functional genomics: Concepts and protocols.	2008	Book chapter	Scholten, S., Kranz, E.
Equivalent parental contribution to early plant zygotic development. Current Biology	2007	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Meyer, S., Scholten, S.
Heterosis asociated gene expression in maize embryos 6 days after fertilization exhibits additive, dominant and overdominant pattern. Plant Mol. Biol.	2007	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Meyer, S., Pospisil, H., Scholten, S.
Molekulargenetische Untersuchungen der parentalen Beiträge zur sexuellen Reproduktion von Mais (Zea mays L.)	2007	DSc Thesis - Habilitation	Scholten, S.,
Epigenetic asymmetry of imprinted genes in plant gametes.	2006	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Gutièrrez-Marcos, J. F., Costa, L. M., Dal Pra, M., Scholten, S., Kranz, E., Perez, P., Dickinson, H. G.
Construction and screening of subracted cDNA libraries from limited populations of plant cells: a comparative analysis of gene expression between maize egg cells and central cells. Plant Journal	2005	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Lê, Q., Gutièrrez-Marcos, J. F., Costa, L. M., Meyer, S., Dickinson, H. G., Lörz, H., Kranz, E., Scholten, S.
Identification of genes that are up or down-regulated in the apical or basal cell of maize two celled embryos and monitoring their expression during zygote development by a cell manipulation- and PCR-based approach Plant Cell Physiol.	2005	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Okamoto, T., Scholten, S., Lörz, H., Kranz, E.
Phytosulfokine gene regulation during maize (Zea mays L.) reproduction. Journal of Experimental Botany	2005	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Lorbieke, R., Steffens, M., Tomm, J., Scholten, S., von Wiegen, P., Kranz, E., Wienand, U., Sauter, M.
Double Fertilization in vitro and Transgene Technology. Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Markers	2004	Book chapter	Kranz, E., Hoshino, Y., Okamoto, T., Scholten, S.
Fertilization-induced chenges in the microtubular achitecture of maize egg cell and zygote - an immunocytochemical approach adapted to single cells. Sex Plant Reprod	2004	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Hoshino, Y., Scholten, S., von Wiegen, P., Lörz, H., Kranz, E.
Patermal mRNA and protein synthesis coincides with male chromatin decondensation in maize zygotes. Plant Journal	2002	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Scholten, S, Lörz, H., Kranz, E.
In vitro fertilization and expression of transgenes in gametes and zygotes. Sex Plant Reprod	2001	Journal contribution (peer reviewed)	Scholten, S., Kranz, E.
Untersuchungen zur Expression von Transgenen in in vitro erzeugten Zygoten von Mais (Zea mays L.).	2001	Doctoral thesis	Scholten, S.,