Publications in the Melvin R. Duvall Lab

 
Duvall, M. D., S. R. Yadav, S. V. Burke, and W. P Wysocki.  2017.  Grass plastomes reveal unexpected paraphyly with endemic species of Micrairoideae from India and new haplotype markers in Arundinoideae. American Journal of Botany in press.
 
Burke S. V., C.-S. Lin, W. P. Wysocki, L. G. Clark and M. R. Duvall (2016b). Phylogenomics and plastome evolution of tropical forest grasses (Leptaspis, Streptochaeta: Poaceae). Frontiers in Plant Science 7:1993. http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2016.01993/full
 
Wysocki, W. P., S. V. Burke, W. D. Swingley and M. R. Duvall. (2016b). The first complete plastid genome from Joinvilleaceae (J. ascendens; Poales) shows unique and unpredicted rearrangements. PLoS one 11.9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163218
 
DiGiovanni, J. P., W. P. Wysocki, S. V. Burke, M. R. Duvall, and N. A. Barber (2016). The role of hemiparasitic plants: influencing tallgrass prairie quality, diversity and structure.  Restoration Ecology 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.12446
 
Orton, L. M., S. V. Burke, W. P. Wysocki, and M. R. Duvall. (2016). Plastid phylogenomic study of species within the genus Zea: rates and patterns of three classes of microstructural changes.  Current Genetics 2016: 1-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00294-016-0637-8
 
Burke, S. V., W. P. Wysocki, F. O. Zuloaga, J. M. Craine, J. C. Pires, P. P. Edger, D. Mayfield-Jones, L. G. Clark, S. A. Kelchner and M. R. Duvall.  (2016a).  Evolutionary Relationships in Panicoid Grasses Based on Plastome Phylogenomics (Panicoideae; Poaceae).  BMC Plant Biology 16(1): 140. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12870-016-0823-3
 
Attigala, Lakshmi, W. P. Wysocki, M. R. Duvall and L. G. Clark.  (2016).  Phylogenetic estimation and morphological evolution of Arundinarieae (Bambusoideae: Poaceae) based on plastome phylogenomic analysis.  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 101: 111-121.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.05.008
 
Wysocki, W. P., Eduardo Ruiz-Sanchez, Lynn G. Clark and M. R. Duvall. (2016a). The floral transcriptomes of four bamboo species (Bambusoideae; Poaceae). BMC genomics 17: 384. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-016-2707-1
 
Duvall, M. R., Amanda E. Fisher, J. Travis Columbus, Amanda L. Ingram, William P. Wysocki, Sean V. Burke, Lynn G. Clark, and Scot A. Kelchner. (2016).  Phylogenomics and plastome evolution of the chloridoid grasses (Chloridoideae: Poaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 177(3):1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/684526

Barber, N., Jones, H., Duvall, M., Wysocki, W. P., Hansen, M. J., Gibson, D. J. (2016). Phylogenetic diversity is maintained despite richness losses in restored tallgrass prairie plant communities. Journal of Applied Ecology http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12639

Jaeger, C. P., M. R. Duvall, et al. (2016).  Microsatellite and major histocompatibility complex variation in an endangered rattlesnake, the Eastern Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) Ecology and Evolution 6(12): 3991– 4003.

Duvall, M. R., Amanda E. Fisher, J. Travis Columbus, Amanda L. Ingram, William P. Wysocki, Sean V. Burke, Lynn G. Clark, and Scot A. Kelchner. (2016).  Phylogenomics and plastome evolution of the chloridoid grasses (Chloridoideae: Poaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 177(3):1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/684526

Cotton, J. L., Wysocki, W. P., Clark, L. G., Kelchner, S. A., Pires, J. C., Edger, P. P., Mayfield-Jones, D., and Duvall, M. R.  (2015).  Resolving deep relationships of PACMAD grasses: a phylogenomic approach. BMC Plant Biology. 15(1): 178.

Saarela, Jeffery M., William P. Wysocki, Craig F. Barrett, Robert J. Soreng, Jerrold I. Davis, Lynn G. Clark, Scot A. Kelchner, J. Chris Pires, Patrick P. Edger, Dustin R. Mayfield, Melvin R. Duvall. (2015). Plastid phylogenomics of the cool-season grass subfamily: clarification of relationships among early-diverging tribes." AoB plants: plv046.

Wysocki W. P., Clark, L. G., Attigala L., Ruiz-Sachez, E., Duvall, M. R. (2015) Evolution of the bamboos (Bambusoideae; Poaceae): A full plastome phylogenomic analysis. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15 (1): 50.

Burke, S. V., Clark, L. G., Triplett, J. K., Grennan, C. P., Duvall, M. R. (2014). Biogeography and Phylogenomics of New World Bambusoideae (Poaceae), revisited. American Journal of Botany, 101: 886-891.

Dertien, J. R., Duvall, M. R. (2014). Perspectives on the systematics and phylogenetics of Guaiacum (Zygophyllaceae): complexities to conservation of a genus of endangered hardwoods.  Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 85(3): 808-822.

Jaeger, C. P., King, R. B., Duvall, M. R.  (2014).  initial characterization of
major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class IIB exon 2 in an endangered rattlesnake, the eastern massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus).  The Journal of North American Herpetology, 2014: 98-104.

Jones, S. S., Burke, S. V., Duvall, M. R. (2014). Phylogenomics, molecular evolution, and estimated ages of lineages from the deep phylogeny of Poaceae. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 300: 1421-1436.

Wysocki, W. P., Clark, L. G., Kelchner, S. A., Burke, S. V., Pires J. C., Edger, P. P., Mayfield, D. R., Triplett, J. K., Columbus, J. T., Ingram, A., L., Duvall, M. R.  (2014).  A multi-step comparison of short-read full plastome sequence assembly methods in grasses.  Taxon 63(4): 899-91

Myung, K., Zitomer, N. C., Duvall, M., Glenn, A. E., Riley, R. T., Calvo, A. (2012). The conserved global regulator VeA is necessary for symptom production and mycotoxin synthesis in maize seedlings by Fusarium verticillioides. Plant Pathology, 61, 152-160.

Aliscioni, S., Bell, H. L., Besnard, G., Christin, P.-A., Columbus, J. T., Duvall, M., Edwards, E. J., Guissani, L., Hasenstab-Lehman, K., Hilu, K. W., Hodkinson, T. R., Ingram, A. L., Kellogg, E. A., Mashayekhi, S., Morrone, O., Osborne, C. P., Salamin, N., Schaefer, H., Spriggs, E., Smith, S. A., Zuloaga, F. (2012). New grass phylogeny resolves deep evolutionary relationships and discovers C4 origins. New Phytologist, 193, 304-312.

Givnish, T., Sevillano, M., McNeal, J., McKain, M., Steele, P. R., dePamphilis, C., Graham, S., Pires, J. C., Stevenson, D., Zomlefer, W., Briggs, B., Duvall, M., Moore, M., Soltis, D., Soltis, P., Thiele, K., Leebens-Mack, J. (2010). Assembling the tree of the monocotyledons: plastome sequence phylogeny and evolution of Poales. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 97, 584-616.

Wusterbarth, T. L., King, R., Duvall, M., Grayburn, W. S., Burghardt, G. M. (2010). Phylogenetically Widespread Multiple Paternity in New World Natricine Snakes. Herpetological Conservation Biology, 5, 86-93.

Morris, L. M., Duvall, M. (2010). The chloroplast genome of Anomochloa marantoidea (Anomochlooideae; Poaceae) comprises a mixture of grass-like and unique features. American Journal of Botany, 97, 1-8.

Wu, F.-H., Chan, M.-T., Liao, D.-C., Hsu, C.-T., Lee, Y.-W., Duvall, M., Daniell, H., Lin, C.-S. (2010). The complete chloroplast genome of Oncidium Gower Ramsey and evaluation of the chloroplast region for plant identification and breeding. BMC Plant Biology, 10, 1-12.

Edwards, E. J., Osborne, C. P., Stromberg, C. A. E., Smith, S. A., Bond, W. J., Christin, P.-A., Cousins, A. B., Duvall, M., Fox, D.L., Freckleton, R. P., Ghannoum, O., Hartwell, J., Huang, Y., Janis, C. M., Keeley, J. E., Kellogg, E. A., Knapp, A. K., Leakey, A. D. B., Nelson, D. M., Passey, B. H., Saarela, J. M., Sage, R. F., Sala, O. E., Salamin, N., Still, C. J., Tipple, B. (2010). The evolutionary origins of C4 grasslands. Science, 328, 587-591.

Dertien, J. R., Duvall, M. (2009). Biogeography and divergence in a tropical hardwood (Guaiacum sanctum) revealed in chloroplast DNA:  implications for conservation in the Florida Keys. Biotropica—The Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation, 41, 120-127, 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00453.x.

Leseberg, C. H., Duvall, M. (2009). The complete chloroplast genome of Coix lacryma-jobi and a comparative molecular evolutionary analysis of plastomes in cereals. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 69, 311-318.

Myung, K., Zitomer, N. C., Duvall, M., Glenn, A. E., Riley, R. T., Calvo, A. (2012). The conserved global regulator VeA is necessary for symptom production and mycotoxin synthesis in maize seedlings by Fusarium verticillioides. Plant Pathology, 61, 152-160.

Aliscioni, S., Bell, H. L., Besnard, G., Christin, P.-A., Columbus, J. T., Duvall, M., Edwards, E. J., Guissani, L., Hasenstab-Lehman, K., Hilu, K. W., Hodkinson, T. R., Ingram, A. L., Kellogg, E. A., Mashayekhi, S., Morrone, O., Osborne, C. P., Salamin, N., Schaefer, H., Spriggs, E., Smith, S. A., Zuloaga, F. (2012). New grass phylogeny resolves deep evolutionary relationships and discovers C4 origins. New Phytologist, 193, 304-312.

Givnish, T., Sevillano, M., McNeal, J., McKain, M., Steele, P. R., dePamphilis, C., Graham, S., Pires, J. C., Stevenson, D., Zomlefer, W., Briggs, B., Duvall, M., Moore, M., Soltis, D., Soltis, P., Thiele, K., Leebens-Mack, J. (2010). Assembling the tree of the monocotyledons: plastome sequence phylogeny and evolution of Poales. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 97, 584-616.

Wusterbarth, T. L., King, R., Duvall, M., Grayburn, W. S., Burghardt, G. M. (2010). Phylogenetically Widespread Multiple Paternity in New World Natricine Snakes. Herpetological Conservation Biology, 5, 86-93.

Morris, L. M., Duvall, M. (2010). The chloroplast genome of Anomochloa marantoidea (Anomochlooideae; Poaceae) comprises a mixture of grass-like and unique features. American Journal of Botany, 97, 1-8.

Wu, F.-H., Chan, M.-T., Liao, D.-C., Hsu, C.-T., Lee, Y.-W., Duvall, M., Daniell, H., Lin, C.-S. (2010). The complete chloroplast genome of Oncidium Gower Ramsey and evaluation of the chloroplast region for plant identification and breeding. BMC Plant Biology, 10, 1-12.

Edwards, E. J., Osborne, C. P., Stromberg, C. A. E., Smith, S. A., Bond, W. J., Christin, P.-A., Cousins, A. B., Duvall, M., Fox, D.L., Freckleton, R. P., Ghannoum, O., Hartwell, J., Huang, Y., Janis, C. M., Keeley, J. E., Kellogg, E. A., Knapp, A. K., Leakey, A. D. B., Nelson, D. M., Passey, B. H., Saarela, J. M., Sage, R. F., Sala, O. E., Salamin, N., Still, C. J., Tipple, B. (2010). The evolutionary origins of C4 grasslands. Science, 328, 587-591.

Dertien, J. R., Duvall, M. (2009). Biogeography and divergence in a tropical hardwood (Guaiacum sanctum) revealed in chloroplast DNA:  implications for conservation in the Florida Keys. Biotropica—The Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation, 41, 120-127, 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00453.x.

Leseberg, C. H., Duvall, M. (2009). The complete chloroplast genome of Coix lacryma-jobi and a comparative molecular evolutionary analysis of plastomes in cereals. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 69, 311-318.

Duvall, M. R., C. H. Leseberg, C. P. Grennan and L. M. Morris. 2009. Molecular evolution and phylogenetics of complete chloroplast genomes in Poaceae. O. Seberg, G. Petersen, A.S. Barfod, and J.I. Davis, eds. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the Comparative Biology of the Monocotyledons and The Fifth International Symposium on Grass Systematics and Evolution. In press.

Dertien, J. R. and M. Duvall. 2009. Biogeography and divergence in a tropical hardwood (Guaiacum sanctum) revealed in chloroplast DNA: implications for conservation in the Florida Keys. Biotropica—The Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation 41: 120-127, 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00453.x.

Leseberg, C., C. Eissler, X. Wang, M. Johns, M. Duvall and L. Mao. 2008. Interaction study of MADS domain proteins in tomato. Journal of Experimental Botany 59: 2253-2265. 10.1093/jxb/ern094.

Christin, Pascal-Antoine, Guillaume Besnard, Emanuela Samaritani, Melvin R. Duvall, Trevor R. Hodkinson, Vincent Savolainen and Nicolas Salamin. 2008. Oligocene CO2 Decline Promoted C4 Photosynthesis in Grasses. Current Biology 18: 37-43 <www.current-biology.com>.

Duvall, M., J. W. Robinson, J. G. Mattson and A. Moore. 2008. Phylogenetic analyses of two mitochondrial metabolic genes sampled in parallel from angiosperms find fundamental interlocus incongruence. American Journal of Botany 95: 871-884.

Christin, Pascal-Antoine, Guillaume Besnard, Emanuela Samaritani, Melvin R. Duvall, Trevor R. Hodkinson, Vincent Savolainen and Nicolas Salamin. 2008.

Christin, Pascal-Antoine, Nicolas Salamin, Vincent Savolainen, Melvin Duvall and Guillaume Besnard. 2007. C4 Photosynthesis evolved in grasses via parallel adaptive genetic changes. Current Biology 17: 1241-1247.

Duvall, M., Davis, J. I., Clark, L. G., Noll, J. D., Goldman, D. H. and Sánchez Ken, J. G. 2007. Phylogeny of the grasses (Poaceae) revisited. Aliso 23: 237-247.

Leseberg C. H., A. Li, H. Kang, M. Duvall and L. Mao. 2006. Genome-wide analysis of the MADS-box gene family in Populus trichocarpa. Gene 378: 84-94.

Duvall, M., S. Mathews, N. Mohammad and T. Russell. 2006. Placing the monocots; conflicting signal from trigenomic analyses. Aliso 22: 77-88.

Duvall, M. and A. Ervin. 2004. 18S Gene Trees are positively misleading for monocot/dicot phylogenetics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30(1):97-106.

Duvall, M., D. Saar, W. S. Grayburn, and G. Holbrook. 2003. Complex transitions between C3 and C4 photosynthesis during the evolution of Paniceae: a phylogenetic case study emphasizing the position of Steinchisma hians (Poaceae), a C3 - C4 intermediate. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 164(6):949-958.

Duvall, M. R., J. Noll, and A. Minn. 2001. Phylogenetics of Paniceae (Poaceae). American Journal of Botany 88(11): 1988-1992.

Duvall, M. R. 2001. An anatomical study of anther development in Acorus L.: phylogenetic implications. Plant Systematics and Evolution, In press.

Grass Phylogeny Working Group (Alphabetically: Barker, N., Clark, L., Davis, J., Duvall, M. R., Guala, G., Hsiao, C., Kellogg, E., Linder, H.P., Mason-Gamer, R., Mathews, S., Soreng, R., and Spangler, R. 2001. Phylogeny and subfamilial classification of the grasses (Poaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 88(3): In press.

Duvall, M., J. Noll, and G. Larson. 1999. Disjunct populations of Trifolium Beckwithii (Fabaceae) in eastern South Dakota: Vicariance or recent long-distance dispersal? A preliminary analysis. Madroño 46:199-204.

Terrell, E., P. Peterson, J. Reveal, and M. Duvall. 1997. Taxonomy of North American Zizania (Poaceae). SIDA 17: 533-549.

Duvall, M. and B. Morton. 1996. Molecular phylogenetics of Poaceae: an expanded analysis of rbcL sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 5: 352-358.

Mayfield, J. and M. Duvall. 1996. Anomalous phylogenies based on bacterial catalase gene sequences. Journal of Molecular Evolution. Journal of Molecular Evolution 42: 469-471.

Artiushin, S., M. Duvall, and F. C. Minion. 1995. Phylogenetic analysis of mycoplasma strain ISM1499 and its assignment as Acholeplasma oculi strain cluster. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 45: 104-109.

Published Abstracts

Duvall, M. R., Leseberg, C. H., Robinson, J. W. and Mathews, S. 2004. Lineage-specific differences in numbers of nucleotide substitutions in mitochondrial loci of basal monocots; impact on angiosperm phylogenetics. Botany 2004 Conference, Snowbird, Utah.

Dertien, J. R., Duvall, M. R., Beck, Hans T. 2004. Using molecular systematic techniques for taxonomic assessment and potential conservation of an endangered tree (Guaiacum spp.). Botany 2004 Conference, Snowbird, Utah

Duvall, M., Mathews, S., Mohammad, N. and Wolford, T. 2003. Placing monocots among paleoherbs; a robust trigenomic phylogeny. The third international conference on the comparative biology of the monocotyledons. Ontario, California.

Noll, J.D., Wallace, R.S., Duvall, M.R. 2003. Phylogenetics of Alooideae (Asphodelaceae). The third international conference on the comparative biology of the monocotyledons. Ontario, California.

Duvall, M.R., Davis, J.I., Clark, L.G., Noll, J.D., Sanchez-Ken, J.G. 2003. Phylogeny of the grasses (Poaceae) revisited. The fourth international symposium on grass systematics and evolution. Ontario, California.

Duvall, M. 2001. Screening a spurious synapomorphy: an ultrastructural study of "monocot" type anther wall development in Acorus (Acoraceae). Botany 2001 International Conference.

Duvall, M., J. Noll, and A. Minn. 2001. Phylogenetics of Paniceae (Poaceae). Botany 2001 International Conference.

Saar, Dayle and M. Duvall. 2001. Do nuclear and plastid loci in Asteraceae show substantial incongruence? A preliminary intertribal phylogenetic study of Heliantheae s. l. Botany 2001 International Conference.

Clark, L., N. Barker, J. Davis, M. R. Duvall, G. Guala, C. Hsiao, E. Kellogg, R. Mason-Gamer, S. Mathews, R. Soreng, and R. Spangler. 1998. Proposal for a subfamilial reclassification of grasses. Proceedings of the Monocots II and Grasses III Conference. CSIRO; Melbourne.

Davis, J., N. Barker, L. Clark, M. R. Duvall, G. Guala, C. Hsiao, E. Kellogg, R. Mason-Gamer, S. Mathews, R. Soreng, and R. Spangler. 1998. A phylogeny of the grass family (Poaceae), as inferred from eight character sets. Proceedings of the Monocots II and Grasses III Conference. CSIRO; Melbourne.

Duvall, M., S. Mathews, N. Mohammad and T. Russell.  2005.  Placing the monocots; conflicting signal from trigenomic analyses.  Aliso, Journal of the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden 22: 77-88.

Duvall, M., Davis, J. I., Clark, L. G., Noll, J. D., Goldman, D. H. and Sánchez-Ken, J. G.  In press.  Phylogeny of the grasses (Poaceae) revisited.  Concurrent publication In: Aliso and J. T. Columbus, E. A. Friar, C. W. Hamilton, J. M. Porter, L. M. Prince, and M. G. Simpson [eds.], Grass Systematics and Evolution. Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden, Claremont, Ca.

Duvall, M. R., J. Noll, and A. Minn. Phylogenetics of Paniceae (Poaceae). American Journal of Botany.

Saar, D.E. and N.O. Polans, P.D. Sørensen, and M. R. Duvall. 2001. Angiosperm DNA contamination by endophytic fungi: Detection and methods of avoidance. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 19(3). In press.

Duvall, M. R. 2001. An anatomical study of anther development in Acorus L.: phylogenetic implications. Plant Systematics and Evolution, In press.

Grass Phylogeny Working Group (Alphabetically: Barker, N., Clark, L., Davis, J., Duvall, M. R., Guala, G., Hsiao, C., Kellogg, E., Linder, H.P., Mason-Gamer, R., Mathews, S., Soreng, R., and Spangler, R. 2001. Phylogeny and subfamilial classification of the grasses (Poaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 88(3): 373-457.

Terrell, E., P. Peterson, J. Reveal, and M. Duvall. 1997. Taxonomy of North American Zizania (Poaceae). SIDA 17: 533-549.

Duvall, M. and B. Morton. 1996. Molecular phylogenetics of Poaceae: an expanded analysis of rbcL sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 5: 352-358.

Mayfield, J. and M. Duvall. 1996. Anomalous phylogenies based on bacterial catalase gene sequences. Journal of Molecular Evolution. Journal of Molecular Evolution 42: 469-471.

Duvall, M., M. Chase, D. Soltis, and M. Clegg. 1995. A phylogeny of seed plants resulting from analysis of DNA sequence variation among the rbcL loci of 499 species with particular emphasis on alliances among monocotyledons. In: P. Hoch and A. Stephenson (eds.). Experimental and Molecular Approaches to Plant Biosystematics. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. Pp. 27-40.

Artiushin, S., M. Duvall, and F. C. Minion. 1995. Phylogenetic analysis of mycoplasma strain ISM1499 and its assignment as Acholeplasma oculi strain cluster. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 45: 104-109.

Chase, M., M. Duvall, H. Hills, J. Conran, A. Cox, L. Eguiarte, J. Hartwell, M. Fay, L. Caddeick, K. Cameron, and S. Hoot. 1995. Molecular phylogenetics of Lilianae. In: Rudall, P., P. Cribb, D. Cutler, and C. Humphries (editors). Monocotyledons: Systematics and Evolution. Pp. 109-137.

Hackett, P., M. Dalton, D. Johnson, and M. Duvall. 1995. Visualization of open reading frames in mRNAs. In: Pickover, C. A. (editor). The Visual Display of Biological Information. World Publishing Co., Singapore. Eguiarte, L., M. Duvall, G. Learn, and M. Clegg. 1994. The systematic status of the Agavaceae and Nolinaceae and related Asparagales in the Monocotyledons: an analysis based on the rbcL gene sequence. Bolet’n de la Sociedad Bot‡nica de MŽxico 54: 35-36.

Duvall, M. 1994. Wild rice (Zizania palustris). In: J. Williams (ed.). Cereals and Pseudocereals. Chapman & Hall, New York. Pp. 261-271.

Duvall, M., P. Peterson, and A. Christensen. 1994. Alliances of Muhlenbergia (Poaceae) in New World Eragrostideae are identified by phylogenetic analysis of mapped restriction sites. American Journal of Botany 81: 622-629.

Clark, W. D., B. Gaut, M. Duvall, and M. Clegg. 1993. Phylogenetic relationships of the Bromeliiflorae-Commeliniflorae-Zingiberiflorae complex of monocots based on rbcLsequence comparisons. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 80: 987-998.

Clegg, M., B. Gaut, M. Duvall, and J. Davis. 1993. Inferring plant evolutionary history from molecular data. New Zealand Journal of Botany 31: 307-316.

Duvall, M. R., G. E. Learn, Jr., L. E. Eguiarte, and M. T. Clegg. 1993. Phylogenetic analysis of rbcL sequences identifies Acorus calamus as the primal extant monocotyledon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 90: 4641-4644.

Duvall, M., M. Clegg, M. Chase, W. D. Clark, W. J. Kress, H. Hills, L. Eguiarte, J. Smith, B. Gaut, E. Zimmer, and G. Learn. 1993. Phylogenetic hypotheses for the Monocotyledons constructed from rbcL sequence data. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 80: 607-619.

Duvall, M., P. Peterson, E. Terrell, and A. Christensen. 1993. Phylogeny of the oryzoid grasses of temperate North America as construed from plastid DNA restriction site maps. American Journal of Botany 80: 83-88.

Chase, M., Soltis, D., Olmstead, R., Morgan, D., Les, D., Mishler, B., Duvall, M., Price, R., Hills, H., Qiu, Y.-L., Kron, K., Rettig, J., Conti, E., Palmer, J., Manhart, J., Sytsma, K., Michaels, H., Kress, W. J., Donoghue, M., Clark, W. D., Hedren, M., Gaut, B., Jansen, R., Kim, K.-J., Wimpee, C., Smith, J., Furnier, G., Straus, S., Xiang, Q.-Y., Plunkett, G., Soltis, P., Swensen, S., Eguiarte, L., Learn, G., Jr., Barrett, S., Graham, S., Dayanandan, S., & Albert, V. 1993. Phylogenetics of seed plants: an analysis of nucleotide sequences from the plastid gene rbcL. 1993. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 80: 528-580.

Peterson, P., M. Duvall, and A. Christensen. 1993. Allozyme differentiation among Bealia mexicana, Muhlenbergia argentea, and M. lucida (Poaceae: Eragrostideae). Madro–o 40: 148-160.

Wilson, H., J. Doebley, and M. Duvall. 1992. Chloroplast DNA diversity among wild and cultivated members of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 84: 859-865.

Duvall, M. and J. Doebley. 1990. Restriction site variation in the chloroplast genome of Sorghum (Poaceae). Systematic Botany 15: 472-480.

Duvall, M. and D. Biesboer. 1989. Isoelectric protein profiles and their systematic implications in North American Zizania. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 17: 39-43.

Duvall, M. and D. Biesboer. 1988. Anatomical distinctions between the pistillate spikelets of species of wild-rice (Zizania, Poaceae). American Journal of Botany 75: 157-159.

Duvall, M. and D. Biesboer. 1988. Nonreciprocal hybridization failure in crosses between annual wild- rice species (Zizania palustris X Z. aquatica; Poaceae). Systematic Botany 13: 229-334.

PUBLISHED ARTICLES AND PRESENTED PAPERS

Barker, N., L. Clark, J. Davis, M. R. Duvall, G. Guala, C. Hsiao, E. Kellogg, H. P. Linder, R. Mason-Gamer, S. Mathews, R. Soreng, and R. Spangler 2000. A phylogeny of the grass family (Poaceae) as inferred from eight character sets. Pp. 3-7 In: Proceedings of the Monocots II and Grasses III Conference. CSIRO; Melbourne.

Galloway, E.M., and Duvall, M. R. In press. Extraction and analysis of DNA from recalcitrant plant leaf tissue. Ed. K. Higgins. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Sciences.

Duvall, M. R. In press. Seeking the dicot sister group of the monocots. Eds. K. Wilson and D. Morrison. Proceedings of the Monocots II and Grasses III Conference. CSIRO; Melbourne.  Monocots II and Grasses III, Systematics and Evolution, Sydney, Australia 1998.

Clark, L., N. Barker, J. Davis, M. R. Duvall, G. Guala, C. Hsiao, E. Kellogg, R. Mason-Gamer, S. Mathews, R. Soreng, and R. Spangler. Proposal for a subfamilial reclassification of grasses.

Davis, J., N. Barker, L. Clark, M. R. Duvall, G. Guala, C. Hsiao, E. Kellogg, R. Mason-Gamer, S. Mathews, R. Soreng, and R. Spangler. A phylogeny of the grass family (Poaceae), as inferred from eight character sets.

 

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Melvin R. Duvall
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Office: MO 345, Lab: MO 321
Dept. of Biological Sciences Nothern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115