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List of works by Michael R. McKain

A Phylogenomic Assessment of Ancient Polyploidy and Genome Evolution across the Poales

scientific article published on 17 March 2016

A genome triplication associated with early diversification of the core eudicots

scientific article (publication date: 26 January 2012)

A well-supported nuclear phylogeny of Poaceae and implications for the evolution of C4 photosynthesis

scientific article published on 31 January 2022

Allopolyploidy, diversification, and the Miocene grassland expansion

scientific article

Ancient Polyploidy and Genome Evolution in Palms

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Assembling the Tree of the Monocotyledons: Plastome Sequence Phylogeny and Evolution of Poales1

scholarly article by Thomas J. Givnish et al published 27 December 2010 in Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Author Correction: Origin and evolution of the octoploid strawberry genome

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Botany is the root and the future of invasion biology

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Continued Adaptation of C4 Photosynthesis After an Initial Burst of Changes in the Andropogoneae Grasses

scientific article published on 07 October 2019

Dissecting the molecular signatures of apical cell-type shoot meristems from two ancient land plant lineages.

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Diversification times among Brassica (Brassicaceae) crops suggest hybrid formation after 20 million years of divergence.

scientific article published on 3 January 2014

Documentation of the Chromosome Number for Zigadenus glaberrimus (Liliales: Melanthiaceae) and its Significance in the Taxonomy of Tribe Melanthieae

scientific article published in 2014

Drosophila melanogaster retrotransposon and inverted repeat-derived endogenous siRNAs are differentially processed in distinct cellular locations.

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Elucidating steroid alkaloid biosynthesis in Veratrum californicum: production of verazine in Sf9 cells

scientific article published on June 2015

Evolution of a CAM anatomy predates the origins of Crassulacean acid metabolism in the Agavoideae (Asparagaceae).

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Evolutionary Dynamics of Transposable Elements Following a Shared Polyploidization Event in the Tribe Andropogoneae

scientific article published on 28 September 2020

Evolutionary dynamics of chloroplast genomes in subfamily Aroideae (Araceae)

scientific article published on 13 January 2020

Floral Diversity and Pollination Syndromes in <i>Agave</i> subgenus <i>Manfreda</i>

scientific article published in 2023

Gα and regulator of G-protein signaling (RGS) protein pairs maintain functional compatibility and conserved interaction interfaces throughout evolution despite frequent loss of RGS proteins in plants.

scientific article published on 16 September 2016

Hybridization History and Repetitive Element Content in the Genome of a Homoploid Hybrid, <i>Yucca gloriosa</i> (Asparagaceae)

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Life Without Water

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Methods for exploring the plant tree of life.

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Molecular evolution of chloroplast genomes in Monsteroideae (Araceae)

scientific article published on 28 February 2020

Multilocus phylogeny and phylogenomics of Eriochrysis P. Beauv. (Poaceae-Andropogoneae): Taxonomic implications and evidence of interspecific hybridization

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Multiple polyploidy events in the early radiation of nodulating and nonnodulating legumes

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Origin and evolution of the octoploid strawberry genome

scientific article published on 25 February 2019

Phylogenetic analysis of Saccharum s.l. (Poaceae; Andropogoneae), with emphasis on the circumscription of the South American species

scientific article published on 5 February 2015

Phylogenomic analysis of transcriptome data elucidates co-occurrence of a paleopolyploid event and the origin of bimodal karyotypes in Agavoideae (Asparagaceae).

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Phylogenomics enables biogeographic analysis and a new subtribal classification of Andropogoneae (Poaceae—Panicoideae)

scientific article published on 17 December 2020

Phylogeny and multiple independent whole-genome duplication events in the Brassicales

scientific article published on 24 August 2020

Phylotranscriptomic analysis and genome evolution of the Cypripedioideae (Orchidaceae)

scientific article published on 02 April 2018

Plastome phylogenomics of sugarcane and relatives confirms the segregation of the genus Tripidium (Poaceae: Andropogoneae)

scientific article published in 2019

Practical considerations for plant phylogenomics.

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Quality and quantity of data recovered from massively parallel sequencing: Examples in Asparagales and Poaceae

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Reply to: Revisiting the origin of octoploid strawberry

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

Retrotransposon Proliferation Coincident with the Evolution of Dioecy in Asparagus.

scientific article published on 24 June 2016

Robust DNA Isolation and High-throughput Sequencing Library Construction for Herbarium Specimens

scientific article published on 8 March 2018

Single Nucleotide Polymorphism–based Genetic Diversity in the Reference Set of Peanut ( spp.) by Developing and Applying Cost-Effective Kompetitive Allele Specific Polymerase Chain Reaction Genotyping Assays

scientific article published in 2013

Single-molecule sequencing and optical mapping yields an improved genome of woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca) with chromosome-scale contiguity.

scientific article published on 13 December 2017

Specimen-based analysis of morphology and the environment in ecologically dominant grasses: the power of the herbarium

scientific article published on 19 November 2018

Strongly asymmetric hybridization barriers shape the origin of a new polyploid species and its hybrid ancestor

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Subgenome Dominance in an Interspecific Hybrid, Synthetic Allopolyploid, and a 140-Year-Old Naturally Established Neo-Allopolyploid Monkeyflower

scientific article published on 16 August 2017

Subgenome assignment in allopolyploids: challenges and future directions

scientific article published on 9 April 2018

The asparagus genome sheds light on the origin and evolution of a young Y chromosome

scientific article published on 2 November 2017

The banana (Musa acuminata) genome and the evolution of monocotyledonous plants

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The draft genome of the C3 panicoid grass species Dichanthelium oligosanthes

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The pineapple genome and the evolution of CAM photosynthesis

scientific article published on 2 November 2015

Timing of rapid diversification and convergent origins of active pollination within Agavoideae (Asparagaceae).

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Two chloroplast genomes with reduced inverted repeat regions in Mammillaria series Stylothelae (Cactaceae)

scientific article published in 2024

Verdant: automated annotation, alignment and phylogenetic analysis of whole chloroplast genomes

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