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Joshua T. Trujillo

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1992
Chromosomal and Genetic VariationsGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesPlant Molecular Biology ResearchLegume Nitrogen Fixing SymbiosisGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Publications

18

Citations

1,369

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

35

Publishing since 1992

Research summary
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Joshua T. Trujillo studies the molecular evolution of plant genomes, focusing on how specialized RNA polymerases and gene-silencing machinery (such as RNA-directed DNA methylation pathways) originated and diversified across plants and algae. His work combines genome and transcriptome comparisons across species, including rice, algae, and legumes, to trace how genes controlling chromatin regulation, cell patterning, and genome stability have changed over evolutionary time. This research is largely lab- and computation-based, using genomic and phylogenetic (evolutionary tree) analyses rather than field studies.

Evolution of plant RNA polymerases and gene silencingChromatin remodeling and DNA methylation pathwaysComparative genomics and phylogenetics in plants and algaeGenome size and polyploidy evolutionmicroRNA and gene regulation in plant development

Publication output has been modest and somewhat uneven over the last decade, with occasional gaps (e.g., 2020, 2025) and small clusters of activity (e.g., 2022), averaging about 1.4 papers per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.4/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 2 publications182019: 1 publication19202021: 1 publication212022: 3 publications3222023: 2 publications232024: 1 publication24252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×4
  • Genome Biology and Evolution×2
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution×1
  • New Phytologist×1
  • The Plant Journal×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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