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List of works by Colin P. Osborne

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The origins of C4 grasslands: integrating evolutionary and ecosystem science.

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Anatomical enablers and the evolution of C4photosynthesis in grasses

scientific article (publication date: 24 December 2012)

Nature's green revolution: the remarkable evolutionary rise of C4 plants

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Molecular dating, evolutionary rates, and the age of the grasses.

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Evolution of leaf-form in land plants linked to atmospheric CO2 decline in the Late Palaeozoic era

scientific article (publication date: 15 March 2001)

Adaptive evolution of C(4) photosynthesis through recurrent lateral gene transfer.

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Ecological selection pressures for C4 photosynthesis in the grasses

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Evolution of C4 plants: a new hypothesis for an interaction of CO2 and water relations mediated by plant hydraulics

scientific article (publication date: 19 February 2012)

Ecophysiological traits in C3 and C4 grasses: a phylogenetically controlled screening experiment.

scientific article published in December 2009

C(4) eudicots are not younger than C(4) monocots

scientific article published on 10 March 2011

Towards an integrative model of C4 photosynthetic subtypes: insights from comparative transcriptome analysis of NAD-ME, NADP-ME, and PEP-CK C4 species

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Can phylogenetics identify C(4) origins and reversals?

scientific article published on July 2010

Shared origins of a key enzyme during the evolution of C4 and CAM metabolism

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Plant domestication through an ecological lens

scientific article published on June 29, 2015

Fire and fire-adapted vegetation promoted C4 expansion in the late Miocene.

scientific article published on 20 June 2012

Drought constraints on C4 photosynthesis: stomatal and metabolic limitations in C3 and C4 subspecies of Alloteropsis semialata

scientific article published on 24 February 2007

The evolutionary ecology of C4 plants

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Partitioning the components of relative growth rate: how important is plant size variation?

scientific article published on 15 October 2010

Photosynthetic innovation broadens the niche within a single species.

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How can we make plants grow faster? A source-sink perspective on growth rate

scientific article published on 14 October 2015

Atmosphere, ecology and evolution: what drove the Miocene expansion of C(4) grasslands?

scientific article (publication date: 2008)

Deconstructing Kranz anatomy to understand C4 evolution

scientific article published on 05 May 2014

Parallel recruitment of multiple genes into c4 photosynthesis

scientific article published on January 2013

A molecular phylogeny of the genus Alloteropsis (Panicoideae, Poaceae) suggests an evolutionary reversion from C4 to C3 photosynthesis

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Genetic enablers underlying the clustered evolutionary origins of C4 photosynthesis in angiosperms

scientific article published on 12 January 2015

The recurrent assembly of C4 photosynthesis, an evolutionary tale

scientific article published on 24 May 2013

A global database of C4 photosynthesis in grasses

scientific article published on 21 July 2014

Physiological advantages of C4 grasses in the field: a comparative experiment demonstrating the importance of drought.

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Did greater burial depth increase the seed size of domesticated legumes?

scientific article published on 20 September 2013

Evolutionary implications of C3 -C4 intermediates in the grass Alloteropsis semialata

scientific article published on 2 November 2015

Seasonal differences in photosynthesis between the C3 and C4 subspecies of Alloteropsis semialata are offset by frost and drought

scientific article published on 8 April 2008

Genome biogeography reveals the intraspecific spread of adaptive mutations for a complex trait.

scientific article published on 14 November 2016

Functional Traits Differ between Cereal Crop Progenitors and Other Wild Grasses Gathered in the Neolithic Fertile Crescent

scientific article published on January 28, 2014

C4 photosynthesis boosts growth by altering physiology, allocation and size

scientific article published on 18 April 2016

Phylogenetic niche conservatism in C4 grasses

scientific article published on 9 May 2012

Global grass (Poaceae) success underpinned by traits facilitating colonization, persistence and habitat transformation.

scientific article published on 12 December 2017

How did the domestication of Fertile Crescent grain crops increase their yields?

scientific article published on 03 October 2016

Mechanisms driving an unusual latitudinal diversity gradient for grasses

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Plant growth rates and seed size: a re-evaluation

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High CO2 increases the freezing sensitivity of plants: Implications for paleoclimatic reconstructions from fossil floras

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Increased leaf mesophyll porosity following transient retinoblastoma-related protein silencing is revealed by microcomputed tomography imaging and leads to a system-level physiological response to the altered cell division pattern.

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Determinants of flammability in savanna grass species

scientific article published on 26 November 2015

Leaf cold acclimation and freezing injury in C3 and C4 grasses of the Mongolian Plateau

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Environmental factors determining the phylogenetic structure of C4 grass communities

scholarly article by Vernon Visser et al published 29 September 2011 in Journal of Biogeography

Consequences of C4 photosynthesis for the partitioning of growth: a test using C3 and C4 subspecies of Alloteropsis semialata under nitrogen-limitation

scientific article published on 7 February 2008

Carbon loss by deciduous trees in a CO2-rich ancient polar environment

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Phylogenetic patterns and phenotypic profiles of the species of plants and mammals farmed for food

scholarly article by Rubén Milla et al published November 2018 in Nature Ecology and Evolution

Introgression and repeated co-option facilitated the recurrent emergence of C4 photosynthesis among close relatives

scientific article published on 10 April 2017

Fire ecology of C3 and C4 grasses depends on evolutionary history and frequency of burning but not photosynthetic type

scientific article published in October 2015

Water relations traits of C4 grasses depend on phylogenetic lineage, photosynthetic pathway, and habitat water availability

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