Area of research
Plant Science · Genetics
Research interest
Research interests include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Agricultural pest management studies, Genetic diversity and population structure, and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations.
Comparative phylogenomics and phylotranscriptomics provide insights into the genetic complexity of nitrogen-fixing root-nodule symbiosis
Phylogenomics of the genus Glycine sheds light on polyploid evolution and life-strategy transition
Genome sequence of mungbean and insights into evolution within Vigna species
The legacy of diploid progenitors in allopolyploid gene expression patterns
Adaptive horizontal transfer of a bacterial gene to an invasive insect pest of coffee
Transcriptome evolution and whole genome duplication
EAGER: Estimating the prevalence of polyploidy in the phaseoloid legumes
EAGER: Allopolyploidy and photosynthesis: a whole-transcriptome approach
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Hybridization, genome duplication, and chemical diversification in the evolution of Calendula (Asteraceae)
Physiology and Molecular Evolution of Photoprotection in Allopolyploids
Dissertation Research: Polyploidy and the Evolution of Duplicated Photosynthesis Genes
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Systematics of Amorpha L. (Papilionoideae: Fabaceae) - Molecular Phylogenetics, Evolution, and Conservation
Diploid and Polyploid Hybridity Throughout the Evolutionary History of Glycine (Leguminosae)
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Genome Evolution of a Polyploid Complex in Sorghum (Poaceae)
Systematics and Molecular Evolution of Perennial Soybean Polyploid Complexes
Dissertation Research: The Origins of Polyploid Eragrostis tef (Poaceae): Phylogeny, Genetic Diversity, and Infraspecific Phylogeography
Dissertation Research: Systematics of Palm Subtribe Oncospermatinae
Molecular Phylogenetics of the Wild Perennial Relatives of Soybean (Glycine Subgenus Glycine): Intron-Containing Nuclear Genes
Dissertation Research: Phylogeny and Character Evolution in the Genus Sphaerocardamum (Brassicaceae)
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Origins and Evolution of Oxalis Tuberosa, a Polyploid Domesticate
Phylogeny and Molecular Evolution of Leguminosae: Nodulation and Nodulin Gene Families
Group Travel to Third International Legume Conference; RoyalBotanic Gardens, Kew, England; July 12-17, 1992
Molecular Approaches to the Phylogeny of Leguminosae
Dissertation Research: Systematics of Erythrina (Leguminosae) and the Evolution of Pollination Systems
REU: Molecular Systematics of the Legume Tribe Phaseoleae and Allies
Dissertation Research: A Systematic and Evolutionary Study of Corallorhiza and Allies (Orchidaceae)
Dissertation Research: Systematic Studies of Sphenostylis (Leguminosae)
Molecular Systematics of Glycine (Leguminosae): Nuclear Ribosomal Genes
Dissertation Research: Systematic Studies of Carex, sectionSylvaticae
Systematic Studies of Solanum Subgenus Leptostemonum II