Browsing BIO Faculty Scholarship by Author "Beck, James B."
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Adaptation to warmer climates by parallel functional evolution of CBF genes in Arabidopsis thaliana
Monroe, J. Grey; McGovern, Cullen; Lasky, Jesse R.; Grogan, Kelsi; Beck, James B.; McKay, John K. (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016-08)The evolutionary processes and genetics underlying local adaptation at a specieswide level are largely unknown. Recent work has indicated that a frameshift mutation in a member of a family of transcription factors, C-repeat ... -
Are buffalograss (Buchloë dactyloides) cytotypes spatially and ecologically differentiated?
Hadle, Jacob J.; Russell, F. Leland; Beck, James B. (John Wiley and Sons, 2019-07-23)Premise: Although autopolyploidy is common among dominant Great Plains grasses, the distribution of cytotypes within a given species is typically poorly understood. This study aims to establish the geographic distribution ... -
A basic ddRADseq two‐enzyme protocol performs well with herbarium and silica‐dried tissues across four genera
Jordon‐Thaden, Ingrid E.; Beck, James B.; Rushworth, Catherine; Windham, Michael D.; Diaz, Nicolas; Cantley, Jason T.; Martine, Christopher T.; Rothfels, Carl J. (Wiley, 2020-04-23)Premise The ability to sequence genome‐scale data from herbarium specimens would allow for the economical development of data sets with broad taxonomic and geographic sampling that would otherwise not be possible. Here, ... -
Beyond the usual climate? Factors determining flowering and fruiting phenology across a genus over 117 years
Bartlett, Kelsey B.; Austin, Matthew W.; Beck, James B.; Zanne, Amy E.; Smith, Adam B. (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2023-07-01)Premise Although changes in plant phenology are largely attributed to changes in climate, the roles of other factors such as genetic constraints, competition, and self-compatibility are underexplored. Methods We compiled ... -
Boechera microsatellite website: an online portal for species identification and determination of hybrid parentage
Li, Fay-Wei; Rushworth, Catherine A.; Beck, James B.; Windham, Michael D. (Oxford University Press, 2017-02-27)Boechera (Brassicaceae) has many features to recommend it as a model genus for ecological and evolutionary research, including species richness, ecological diversity, experimental tractability and close phylogenetic proximity ... -
Botany is the root and the future of invasion biology
Sutherland, Brittany L.; Barrett, Craig F.; Beck, James B.; Latvis, Maribeth; McKain, Michael R.; Sigel, Erin; Kooyers, Nicholas J. (Botanical Society of America, 2021-04-23)Botanists have always been at the forefront of invasion biology, from early observations to contemporary hypothesis testing with modern tools. Plants have distinct advantages as experimental systems that have and will allow ... -
Can asexuality confer a short-term advantage? Investigating apparent biogeographic success in the apomictic triploid fern Myriopteris gracilis
Wickell, David A.; Windham, Michael D.; Wang, Xiaofei; Macdonald, Stuart J.; Beck, James B. (Botanical Society of America, 2017-08-16)PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Although asexual taxa are generally seen as evolutionary dead ends, asexuality appears to provide a short-term benefit in some taxa, including a wider geographic distribution compared to sexual ... -
Chromosome number determinations in family compositae, tribe Astereae. IX. North American Taxa. II
Semple, John C.; Cook, Rachel E.; Morton, Gary H.; Beck, James B.; Laphitz, Rita Lopez (NEW ENGLAND BOTANICAL CLUB, 2019-05-03)Chromosome numbers are reported for 349 individuals of 116 taxa and 2 hybrids in 13 genera from Canada and the United States. The majority of the reports are for asters listed in this paper under the generic names ... -
Deciphering the sexual diploid members of the Boechera suffrutescens complex (Brassicaceae, Boechereae)
Morin, David P.; Alexander, Patrick J.; Beck, James B.; Windham, Michael D.; Bailey, C. Donovan (PENSOFT PUBL, 2018-05-02)Boechera is a model genus that is of particular interest for understanding apomixis due to the presence of numerous apomictic diploid lineages that are tightly correlated with hybridisation events. Boechera includes many ... -
Demographic structure and genetic variability throughout the distribution of Platte thistle (Cirsium canescens Asteraceae)
McMinn, Robby L.; Russell, F. Leland; Beck, James B. (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2017-02)AimUnderstanding spatial variation in the demographic and genetic structure of populations is central to explaining causes of species range limits and to species conservation. The Abundant Centre Hypothesis (ACH) predicts ... -
Development of microsatellite markers for Buffalograss (Buchloë dactyloides; Poaceae), a drought-tolerant turfgrass alternative
Hadle, Jacob J.; Konrade, Lauren A.; Beasley, Rochelle R.; Lance, Stacey L.; Jones, Kenneth L.; Beck, James B. (Botanical Society of America, 2016-08)Premise of the study: Buchloe dactyloides (Poaceae) is an important component of Great Plains prairies and a popular droughttolerant turfgrass alternative in North America. This species comprises an autopolyploid series, ... -
Does hybridization drive the transition to asexuality in diploid Boechera?
Beck, James B.; Alexander, Patrick J.; Allphin, Loreen; Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.; Rushworth, Catherine; Bailey, C. Donovan; Windham, Michael D. (WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2012-04)Gametophytic apomixis is a common form of asexual reproduction in plants. Virtually all gametophytic apomicts are polyploids, and some view polyploidy as a prerequisite for the transition to apomixis. However, any causal ... -
Genomic and morphological assessment of the status of Kuenzler's hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus fendleri var. kuenzleri)
Beck, James B.; Fehlberg, Kevin M.; Fehlberg, Shannon D. (Springer Link, 2023-05-30)Fendler's hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus fendleri) is a morphologically variable species distributed across four U.S. states (AZ, CO, NM, TX) and the Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua. Some authors recognize a single, ... -
Genus-wide microsatellite primers for the Goldenrods (Solidago; Asteraceae)
Beck, James B.; Semple, John C.; Brull, Justin M.; Lance, Stacey L.; Phillips, Mai M.; Hoot, Sara B.; Meyer, Gretchen A. (Botanical Society of America, 2014-04)Premise of the study: Microsatellite primers were developed for studies of polyploid evolution, ecological genetics, conservation genetics, and species delimitation in the genus Solidago . • Methods and Results: Illumina ... -
Geometry, allometry and biomechanics of fern leaf petioles: their significance for the evolution of functional and ecological diversity within the Pteridaceae
Mahley, Mahley, Jennifer N.; Pittermann, Jarmila; Rowe, Nick; Baer, Baer, Alex; Watkins, James E.; Schuettpelz, Eric; Wheeler, James K.; Mehltreter, Klaus; Windham, Windham, Michael D.; Testo, Weston; Beck, James B. (Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-03-07)Herbaceous plants rely on a combination of turgor, ground tissues and geometry for mechanical support of leaves and stems. Unlike most angiosperms however, ferns employ a sub-dermal layer of fibers, known as a hypodermal ... -
Goldenrod herbariomics: Hybrid-sequence capture reveals the phylogeny of Solidago
Semple, John C.; McMinn-Sauder, Harper; Stover, Melissa; Lemmon, Alan R.; Lemmon, Emily Moriarty; Beck, James B. (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2023-04-04)Premise: The phylogenetic relationships among the ca. 138 species of goldenrods (Solidago; Asteraceae) have been difficult to infer due to species richness, and shallow interspecific genetic divergences. This study aims ... -
Identifying multiple origins of polyploid taxa: A multilocus study of the hybrid cloak fern (Astrolepis integerrima; Pteridaceae).
Beck, James B.; Allison, James R.; Pryer, Kathleen M.; Windham, Michael D. (BOTANICAL SOC AMER INC, 2012-11)Premise of the study: Molecular studies have shown that multiple origins of polyploid taxa are the rule rather than the exception. To understand the distribution and ecology of polyploid species and the evolutionary ... -
Molecules, morphology and Mimeoma scarabs: evolutionary and taxonomic implications for a palm-associated scarab group
Moore, Matthew Robert; Beza-Beza, Cristian F.; Wickell, David A.; Beck, James B.; Jameson, Mary Liz (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2015-10)Cyclocephaline scarabs, the second largest tribe of rhinoceros beetles, are important pollinators of early-diverging angiosperm families in the tropics. The evolutionary history of cyclocephaline genera is poorly resolved ... -
Next-generation sampling: pairing genomics with herbarium specimens provides species-level signal in solidago (asteraceae)
Beck, James B.; Semple, John C. (Botanical Society of America, 2015-06)Premise of the study: The ability to conduct species delimitation and phylogeny reconstruction with genomic data sets obtained exclusively from herbarium specimens would rapidly enhance our knowledge of large, taxonomically ... -
Phylogeny of the genus Yumtaax Boucher (Coleoptera, Passalidae, Proculini): taxonomic and evolutionary implications with descriptions of three new species
Beza-Beza, Cristian F.; Beck, James B.; Reyes-Castillo, Pedro; Jameson, Mary Liz (Pensoft Publishers, 2017-04-10)Yumtaax Boucher (Coleoptera: Passalidae) is an endemic genus from the temperate sierras of Mexico and includes six narrowly distributed species. Yumtaax species have been assigned to several genera of Passalidae throughout ...