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List of works by Steven J Franks

A harvest of weeds yields insight into a case of contemporary evolution

scientific article published in September 2016

An experimentally introduced population of Brassica rapa (Brassicaceae). 1. Phenotypic selection over three years following colonization of a novel environment

scientific article published on 22 August 2018

An experimentally introduced population of Brassica rapa (Brassicaceae). 2. Rapid evolution of phenotypic traits

scientific article published on 28 November 2018

Analysis of population genetic structure and gene flow in an annual plant before and after a rapid evolutionary response to drought

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Artificial seed aging reveals the invisible fraction: Implications for evolution experiments using the resurrection approach

scientific article published on 18 September 2019

Climate change alters plant-herbivore interactions

scientific article published on 27 October 2020

Climate change alters reproductive isolation and potential gene flow in an annual plant

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Draining the Swamping Hypothesis: Little Evidence that Gene Flow Reduces Fitness at Range Edges

scientific article published on 20 March 2021

Evidence for adaptive responses to historic drought across a native plant species range

scientific article published on 16 May 2019

Evidence for plasticity, but not local adaptation, in invasive Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica) in North America

scientific article published on 26 May 2018

Evolutionary and plastic responses to climate change in terrestrial plant populations

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Genetic variation and evolution of secondary compounds in native and introduced populations of the invasive plant Melaleuca quinquenervia

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Genetics of climate change adaptation

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Go forth, evolve and prosper: the genetic basis of adaptive evolution in an invasive species

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Herbivory alters competitive interactions between two invasive aquatic plants

scientific article published in 2005

Herbivory tolerance and coevolution: an alternative to the arms race?

scientific article published in January 2006

Increased susceptibility to fungal disease accompanies adaptation to drought in Brassica rapa

scientific article published on 9 December 2015

Multi-scale genetic analysis of Uniola paniculata (Poaceae): a coastal species with a linear, fragmented distribution.

scientific article published in September 2004

No evolution of increased competitive ability or decreased allocation to defense in Melaleuca quinquenervia since release from natural enemies

Patterns of population genomic diversity in the invasive Japanese knotweed species complex

scientific article published on 04 May 2021

Phenotypic selection varies with pollination intensity across populations of Sabatia angularis

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Plasticity and evolution in drought avoidance and escape in the annual plant Brassica rapa

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Plasticity, Not Adaptation to Salt Level, Explains Variation Along a Salinity Gradient in a Salt Marsh Perennial

scholarly article by Christina L. Richards et al published 18 June 2009 in Estuaries and Coasts

Predicting the genetic consequences of future climate change: The power of coupling spatial demography, the coalescent, and historical landscape changes

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Project Baseline: An unprecedented resource to study plant evolution across space and time

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Rapid evolution of flowering time by an annual plant in response to a climate fluctuation

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Rapid evolutionary changes in gene expression in response to climate fluctuations

scientific article published on 06 August 2020

Rapid genome-wide evolution in Brassica rapa populations following drought revealed by sequencing of ancestral and descendant gene pools

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Selection on herbivory resistance and growth rate in an invasive plant

scientific article published in May 2008

The Global Garlic Mustard Field Survey (GGMFS): challenges and opportunities of a unique, large-scale collaboration for invasion biology

scientific article published on 17 April 2014

The Resurrection Initiative: Storing Ancestral Genotypes to Capture Evolution in Action

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The genetic consequences of a demographic bottleneck in an introduced biological control insect

article by Steven J. Franks et al published 12 September 2010 in Conservation Genetics

The influence of environmental factors on breeding system allocation at large spatial scales.

scientific article published on 8 November 2018

The shape of selection: using alternative fitness functions to test predictions for selection on flowering time

scientific article published in 2014

The strength and pattern of natural selection on gene expression in rice

scientific article published on 12 February 2020

The unique and multifaceted importance of the timing of flowering

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Two decades of evolutionary changes in Brassica rapa in response to fluctuations in precipitation and severe drought

scientific article published on 27 November 2018

Understanding the nexus of rising CO2, climate change, and evolution in weed biology

scientific article published in 2019

Using the resurrection approach to understand contemporary evolution in changing environments

scientific article published on 3 September 2017

Variation in the flowering time orthologs BrFLC and BrSOC1 in a natural population of Brassica rapa

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