Publications
Peer-reviewed publications
Alexandersson, E., Kushwaha, S., Subedi, A., Weighill, D., Climer, S., Jacobson, D., Andreasson, E., 2020. Linking crop traits to transcriptome differences in a progeny population of tetraploid potato. BMC Plant Biology 20, 120. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-020-2305-x
Weighill, D., Macaya-Sanz, D., DiFazio, S.P., Joubert, W., Shah, M., Schmutz, J., Sreedasyam, A., Tuskan, G., Jacobson, D., 2019. Wavelet-Based Genomic Signal Processing for Centromere Identification and Hypothesis Generation. Front. Genet. 10. doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2019.00487
Weighill, D., Jones, P., Bleker, C., Ranjan, P., Shah, M., Zhao, N., Martin, M., DiFazio, S., Macaya-Sanz, D., Schmutz, J., Sreedasyam, A., Tschaplinski, T., Tuskan, G., Jacobson, D., 2019. Multi-Phenotype Association Decomposition: Unraveling Complex Gene-Phenotype Relationships. Front. Genet. 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2019.00417
Weighill, D., Tschaplinski, T.J., Tuskan, G.A., Jacobson, D., 2019c. Data Integration in Poplar: ‘Omics Layers and Integration Strategies. Front. Genet. 10. doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2019.00874
Furches, A., Kainer, D., Weighill, D., Large, A., Jones, P., Walker, A.M., Romero, J., Gazolla, J.G.F.M., Joubert, W., Shah, M., Streich, J., Ranjan, P., Schmutz, J., Sreedasyam, A., Macaya-Sanz, D., Zhao, N., Martin, M.Z., Rao, X., Dixon, R.A., DiFazio, S., Tschaplinski, T.J., Chen, J.-G., Tuskan, G.A., Jacobson, D., 2019. Finding New Cell Wall Regulatory Genes in Populus trichocarpa Using Multiple Lines of Evidence. Front. Plant Sci. 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.01249
Weighill, D., Jones, P., Shah, M., Ranjan, P., Muchero, W., Schmutz, J., Sreedasyam, A., Macaya-Sanz, D., Sykes, R., Zhao, N., Martin, M.Z., DiFazio, S., Tschaplinski, T.J., Tuskan, G., Jacobson, D., 2018. Pleiotropic and Epistatic Network-Based Discovery: Integrated Networks for Target Gene Discovery. Front. Energy Res. 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2018.00030
Bonito, G., Benucci, G.M.N., Hameed, K., Weighill, D., Jones, P., Chen, K.-H., Jacobson, D., Schadt, C., Vilgalys, R., 2019. Fungal-Bacterial Networks in the Populus Rhizobiome Are Impacted by Soil Properties and Host Genotype. Front. Microbiol. 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00481
Joubert, W., Nance, J., Climer, S., Weighill, D., Jacobson, D., 2019. Parallel accelerated Custom Correlation Coefficient calculations for genomics applications. Parallel Computing 84, 15–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parco.2019.02.003
Lee, L.L., Blumer-Schuette, S.E., Izquierdo, J.A., Zurawski, J.V., Loder, A.J., Conway, J.M., Elkins, J.G., Podar, M., Clum, A., Jones, P.C., Piatek, M.J., Weighill, D., Jacobson, D.A., Adams, M.W.W., Kelly, R.M., 2018. Genus-Wide Assessment of Lignocellulose Utilization in the Extremely Thermophilic Genus Caldicellulosiruptor by Genomic, Pangenomic, and Metagenomic Analyses. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 84. doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02694-17
Tuskan, G.A., Mewalal, R., Gunter, L.E., Palla, K.J., Carter, K., Jacobson, D.A., Jones, P.C., Garcia, B.J., Weighill, D., Hyatt, P.D., Yang, Y., Zhang, J., Reis, N., Chen, J.-G., Muchero, W., 2018. Defining the genetic components of callus formation: A GWAS approach. PLoS ONE 13, e0202519. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202519
Joubert, W., Nance, J., Weighill, D., Jacobson, D., 2018. Parallel accelerated vector similarity calculations for genomics applications. Parallel Computing 75, 130–145. doi.org/10.1016/j.parco.2018.03.009
Joubert, W., Weighill, D., Kainer, D., Climer, S., Justice, A., Fagnan, K., Jacobson, D., 2018. Attacking the Opioid Epidemic: Determining the Epistatic and Pleiotropic Genetic Architectures for Chronic Pain and Opioid Addiction, in: SC18: International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis. Presented at the SC18: International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, pp. 717–730. doi.org/10.1109/SC.2018.00060
Bryan, A.C., Zhang, J., Guo, J., Ranjan, P., Singan, V., Barry, K., Schmutz, J., Weighill, D., Jacobson, D., Jawdy, S., Tuskan, G.A., Chen, J.-G., Muchero, W., 2018. A Variable Polyglutamine Repeat Affects Subcellular Localization and Regulatory Activity of a Populus ANGUSTIFOLIA Protein. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 8, 2631–2641. doi.org/10.1534/g3.118.200188
Decker, S.R., Harman-Ware, A.E., Happs, R.M., Wolfrum, E.J., Tuskan, G.A., Kainer, D., Oguntimein, G.B., Rodriguez, M., Weighill, D., Jones, P., Jacobson, D., 2018. High Throughput Screening Technologies in Biomass Characterization. Front. Energy Res. 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2018.00120
Yang, X., Hu, R., Yin, H., Jenkins, J., Shu, S., Tang, H., Liu, D., Weighill, D., Cheol Yim, W., Ha, J., Heyduk, K., Goodstein, D.M., Guo, H.-B., Moseley, R.C., Fitzek, E., Jawdy, S., Zhang, Z., Xie, M., Hartwell, J., Grimwood, J., Abraham, P.E., Mewalal, R., Beltrán, J.D., Boxall, S.F., Dever, L.V., Palla, K.J., Albion, R., Garcia, T., Mayer, J.A., Don Lim, S., Man Wai, C., Peluso, P., Van Buren, R., De Paoli, H.C., Borland, A.M., Guo, H., Chen, J.-G., Muchero, W., Yin, Y., Jacobson, D.A., Tschaplinski, T.J., Hettich, R.L., Ming, R., Winter, K., Leebens-Mack, J.H., Smith, J.A.C., Cushman, J.C., Schmutz, J., Tuskan, G.A., 2017. The Kalanchoë genome provides insights into convergent evolution and building blocks of crassulacean acid metabolism. Nature Communications 8, 1–15. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01491-7
Zheng, K., Wang, X., Weighill, D., Guo, H.-B., Xie, M., Yang, Y., Yang, J., Wang, S., Jacobson, D.A., Guo, H., Muchero, W., Tuskan, G.A., Chen, J.-G., 2016. Characterization of DWARF14 Genes in Populus. Scientific Reports 6, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep21593
Abraham, P.E., Yin, H., Borland, A.M., Weighill, D., Lim, S.D., De Paoli, H.C., Engle, N., Jones, P.C., Agh, R., Weston, D.J., Wullschleger, S.D., Tschaplinski, T., Jacobson, D., Cushman, J.C., Hettich, R.L., Tuskan, G.A., Yang, X., 2016. Transcript, protein and metabolite temporal dynamics in the CAM plant Agave. Nature Plants 2, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2016.178
Weighill, D., Jacobson, D.A., 2015. 3-way Networks: Application of Hypergraphs for Modelling Increased Complexity in Comparative Genomics. PLOS Computational Biology 11, e1004079. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004079
Beckner Whitener, M.E., Carlin, S., Jacobson, D., Weighill, D., Divol, B., Conterno, L., Du Toit, M., Vrhovsek, U., 2015. Early fermentation volatile metabolite profile of non-Saccharomyces yeasts in red and white grape must: A targeted approach. LWT - Food Science and Technology 64, 412–422. doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2015.05.018
Bengtsson, T., Weighill, D., Proux-Wéra, E., Levander, F., Resjö, S., Burra, D.D., Moushib, L.I., Hedley, P.E., Liljeroth, E., Jacobson, D., Alexandersson, E., Andreasson, E., 2014. Proteomics and transcriptomics of the BABA-induced resistance response in potato using a novel functional annotation approach. BMC Genomics 15, 315. doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-315
Book Chapters
Weighill, D., Jacobson, D., 2017. Network Metamodeling: Effect of Correlation Metric Choice on Phylogenomic and Transcriptomic Network Topology, in: Nookaew, I. (Ed.), Network Biology, Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 143–183. doi.org/10.1007/10_2016_46
Dissertations/Theses
Weighill, D., 2019. Network and multi-scale signal analysis for the integration of large omic datasets: applications in Populus trichocarpa. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States. trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/5380/
Weighill, D., 2014. Exploring the topology of complex phylogenomic and transcriptomic networks (Master's Thesis). Stellenbosch University, South Africa. scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/95800