Publications

Papers Published

1. Smith, R. A., and M.D. Rausher, Experimental evidence that selection favors character displacement in the ivyleaf morning glory, American Naturalist, vol. online early (2007) .
2. M. Vallejo-Marin and M.D. Rausher, Selection through female fitness helps to explain the maintenance of male flowers, American Naturalist, vol. 169 (2007), pp. 563-568 .
3. M.D. Rausher, Comment on "Evolutionary paths underlying flower color variation in Antirrhinum", Science, vol. 315 no. 461a (2007) .
4. J.M. Kniskern and M.D. Rausher, Natural selection on a polymrophic disease-resistance locus in Ipomoea purpurea, Evolution, vol. 61: 377-387 (2007) .
5. M. Vallejo-Marin and M.D. Rausher, The role of male flowers in andromonoecious species: energetic costs and siring success in Solanum carilonense, Evolution, vol. 61 (2007), pp. 404-412 .
6. R.A. Smith and M.D. Rausher, Close clustering of anthers and stigma in Ipomoea hederacea enhances prezygotic isolation from I. purpurea, New Phytologist, vol. 173 (2007), pp. 641-647 .
7. J. M. Kniskern and M.D. Rausher, Environmental variation mediates the deleterious effects of Coleosporium ipomoea on its host, Ipomoea purpurea, Ecology, vol. 87 (2006), pp. 675-685 .
8. M.D. Rausher, The evolution of flavonoids and their genes, in The Science of Flavonoids, edited by E. Grotewold (2006), Springer .
9. J.M. Kniskern and M.D. Rausher, Major-gene resistance to the rust pathogen Coleosporium ipomoeae is common in natural populations of Ipomoea purpurea, New Phytologist, vol. 171 (2006), pp. 137-144 .
10. S-M. Chang, Y. Lu, M.D. Rausher, Neutral Evolution of the Non-binding Region of the Anthocyanin Regulatory Gene Ipmyb1 in Ipomoea., Genetics, vol. 170 (2005), pp. 1967-1978 .
11. Zufall, R. A., and M.D. Rausher, Genetic changes associated with floral adaptation restrict future evolutionary potential, Nature, vol. 428 (2004), pp. 847-850 [pdf] .
12. Mendelson, T. C., B. D. Inouye, and M.D. Rausher, Quantifying patterns in the evolution of reproductive isolation, Evolution, vol. 58 (2004), pp. 1685-1695 [pdf] .
13. Fornoni, J., J. Nunez-Farfan, P. L. Valverde, and M.D. Rausher, Evolution of mixed strategies of plant defense allocation against natural enemies., Evolution, vol. 58 (2004), pp. 1685-1695 [pdf] .
14. C. Fehr and M.D. Rausher, Effects of variation at the flower-color A locus on mating system parameters in Ipomoea purpurea, Molecular Ecology, vol. 13 (2004), pp. 1839-1847 [pdf] .
15. M. T. Rutter and M.D. Rausher, Natural selection on extrafloral nectar production in Chamaecrista fasciculata: the costs and benefits of a mutualism trait, Evolution, vol. 58 (2004), pp. 2657-2668 .
16. R. A. Zufall and M.D. Rausher, The genetic basis of a flower-color polymorphism in the common, Journal of Heredity, vol. 94 (2003), pp. 442-448 .
17. Y. Lu and M.D. Rausher, Evolutionary rate variation in anthocyanin pathway genes., Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 20 (2003), pp. 1844-1853 [pdf] .
18. L. C. Coberly and M.D. Rausher, Analysis of a chalcone synthase variant in Ipomoea purpurea reveals a novel function for the flavonoids: ameliorating heat stress, Molecular Ecology, vol. 12 (2003), pp. 1113-1124 [pdf] .
19. J. R. Stinchcombe and M.D. Rausher, Evolution of tolerance to deer herbivory: modification caused by the abundance of insect herbivores., Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (Biological Sciences), vol. 269 (December, 2002), pp. 1241-1246 [pdf] .
20. M. W. Hahn, M.D. Rausher and C. W. Cunningham, Distinguishing between selection and population expansion in an experimental lineage of Bacteriophage T7, Genetics, vol. 161 (December, 2002), pp. 11-20 [pdf] .
21. N Underwood, and MD Rausher, Comparing the consequences of induced and constitutive plant resistance for herbivore population dynamics, American Naturalist (January, 2002) [pdf] .
22. JR Stinchcombe, MT Rutter, DS Burdick, P Tiffin, MD Rausher, and R Mauricio, Testing for environmentally induced bias in phenotypic estimates of natural selection: theory and practice, American Naturalist (January, 2002) [pdf] .
23. N Underwood, MD Rausher, and W Cook, Bioassay versus chemical assay: Measuring the impact of induced and constitutive resistance on herbivores in the field, Oecologia (January, 2002) [pdf] .
24. JR Stinchcombe and MD Rausher, Diffuse selection on resistance to deer herbivory in the ivyleaf morning glory, Ipomoea hederacea, The American Naturalist, vol. 158 (January, 2001), pp. 376-388 .
25. M.D. Rausher, Coevolution and plant resistance to natural enemies, Nature, vol. 411 (January, 2001), pp. 857-864 .
26. S Paulsen and MD Rausher, Floral color polymorphism in Ipomoea purpurea: biased inheritance of the dark allele is not a general explanation for its maintenance, Journal of Heredity, vol. 96 (January, 2001), pp. 491-495 .
27. J Kniskern and MD Rausher, Two modes of host-enemy coevolution., Population Ecology, vol. 43 (January, 2001), pp. 3-14 .
28. B Subramaniam and MD Rausher, Balancing selection on a floral polymorphism, Evolution, vol. 54 (January, 2000), pp. 691-695 .
29. N Underwood and MD Rausher, The effects of host-plant quality on herbivore population dynamics in a model system, Ecology, vol. 81 (January, 2000), pp. 1565-1576 .
30. S-M. Chang and M.D. Rausher, The role of inbreeding depression in maintaining the mixed mating system of the common morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea., Evolution, vol. 53 (1999), pp. 1366-1376 [pdf] .
31. P. Tiffin and M.D. Rausher, Genetic constraints and selection acting on toleracne to herbivory in the common morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea., American Naturalist, vol. 154 (1999), pp. 700-716 [pdf] .
32. M.D. Rausher and S-M. Chang, Stabilization of mixed-mating systems by differences in the magnitude of inbreeding depression for male and female fitness components., American Naturalist, vol. 155 (1999), pp. 242-248 [pdf] .
33. R.E. Miller, M.D. Rausher, and P. S. Manos., Phylogenetic systematics of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) based on ITS and waxy sequences., Systematic Botany, vol. 24 (1999), pp. 209-227 .
34. M.D. Rausher, R. E. Miller, and P. Tiffin., Patterns of evolutionary rate variation among genes of the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway., Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 16 (1999), pp. 266-274 [pdf] .
35. S-M. Chang and M.D. Rausher, Frequency-dependent pollen discounting contributes to maintenance of a mixed mating system in the common morning glory Ipomoea purpurea., American Naturalist, vol. 152 (December, 1998), pp. 671-683 [pdf] .
36. P. Tiffin, R.E. Miller, and M.D. Rausher, Control of expression patterns of anthocyanin structural genes by two loci in the common morning glory., Genes and Genetic Systems, vol. 73 (1998), pp. 105-110 [pdf] .

Papers Accepted

1. J. A. Lau, R. E. Miller, and M.D. Rausher, Selection through male function favors smaller floral display size in the common morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea (Convolvulaceae), American Naturalist (2007) .
2. M.D. Rausher, Evolutionary transistions in floral color, Int. J. Plant Sci. (2007) .
3. M.A. Streisfeld and M.D. Rausher, Relaxed constraint and evooutionary rate variation between the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) floral anthocyanin regulators in Ipomoea, Molecular Biology and Evolution (2007) .