Kathleen M. Pryer
Professor in the Department of Biology
Education
Ph.D., Duke University 1995
M.S., University of Guelph (Canada) 1981
B.S., McGill University (Canada) 1976
Smith, AR, Pryer, KM, Schuettpelz, E, Korall, P, Schneider, H, and Wolf, PG. "Fern classification." In Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes, 417-467. January 1, 2008. Full Text
Schuettpelz, E, and Pryer, KM. "Fern phylogeny." In Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes, 395-416. January 1, 2008. Full Text
Eily, AN, Pryer, KM, and Li, FW. "A first glimpse at genes important to the Azolla–Nostoc symbiosis." Symbiosis (January 1, 2019). Full Text
Li, F-W, Brouwer, P, Carretero-Paulet, L, Cheng, S, de Vries, J, Delaux, P-M, Eily, A, Koppers, N, Kuo, L-Y, Li, Z, Simenc, M, Small, I, Wafula, E, Angarita, S, Barker, MS, Bräutigam, A, dePamphilis, C, Gould, S, Hosmani, PS, Huang, Y-M, Huettel, B, Kato, Y, Liu, X, Maere, S, McDowell, R, Mueller, LA, Nierop, KGJ, Rensing, SA, Robison, T, Rothfels, CJ, Sigel, EM, Song, Y, Timilsena, PR, Van de Peer, Y, Wang, H, Wilhelmsson, PKI, Wolf, PG, Xu, X, Der, JP, Schluepmann, H, Wong, GK-S, and Pryer, KM. "Fern genomes elucidate land plant evolution and cyanobacterial symbioses." Nature Plants 4, no. 7 (July 2, 2018): 460-472. Full Text
Huiet, L, Li, F-W, Kao, T-T, Prado, J, Smith, AR, Schuettpelz, E, and Pryer, KM. "A worldwide phylogeny of Adiantum (Pteridaceae) reveals remarkable convergent evolution in leaf blade architecture." Taxon 67, no. 3 (June 1, 2018): 488-502. Full Text
Schuettpelz, E, Rouhan, G, Pryer, KM, Rothfels, CJ, Prado, J, Sundue, MA, Windham, MD, Moran, RC, and Smith, AR. "Are there too many fern genera?." Taxon 67, no. 3 (June 1, 2018): 473-480. Full Text
Dijkhuizen, LW, Brouwer, P, Bolhuis, H, Reichart, G-J, Koppers, N, Huettel, B, Bolger, AM, Li, F-W, Cheng, S, Liu, X, Wong, GK-S, Pryer, K, Weber, A, Bräutigam, A, and Schluepmann, H. "Is there foul play in the leaf pocket? The metagenome of floating fern Azolla reveals endophytes that do not fix N2 but may denitrify." The New Phytologist 217, no. 1 (January 2018): 453-466. Full Text
Song, M, Kuo, L-Y, Huiet, L, Pryer, KM, Rothfels, CJ, and Li, F-W. "A novel chloroplast gene reported for flagellate plants." American Journal of Botany 105, no. 1 (January 2018): 117-121. Full Text
Sigel, EM, Schuettpelz, E, Pryer, KM, and Der, JP. "Overlapping Patterns of Gene Expression Between Gametophyte and Sporophyte Phases in the Fern Polypodium amorphum (Polypodiales)." Frontiers in Plant Science 9 (January 2018): 1450-null. Full Text
Rothfels, CJ, Pryer, KM, and Li, F-W. "Next-generation polyploid phylogenetics: rapid resolution of hybrid polyploid complexes using PacBio single-molecule sequencing." The New Phytologist 213, no. 1 (January 2017): 413-429. Full Text
Hirai, R, Schuettpelz, E, Huiet, L, Pryer, K, Smith, A, and Prado, J. "Phylogeny and relationships of the neotropical Adiantum raddianum group (Pteridaceae)." Taxon 65, no. 6 (December 1, 2016): 1225-1235. Full Text
Li, F-W, Kuo, L-Y, Pryer, KM, and Rothfels, CJ. "Genes Translocated into the Plastid Inverted Repeat Show Decelerated Substitution Rates and Elevated GC Content." Genome Biology and Evolution 8, no. 8 (August 25, 2016): 2452-2458. Full Text
Pages
Windham, MD, Huiet, L, Schuettpelz, E, Grusz, AL, Rothfels, C, Beck, J, Yatskievych, G, and Pryer, KM. "Using Plastid and Nuclear DNA Sequences to Redraw Generic Boundaries and Demystif Species Complexes in Cheilanthoid Ferns." 2009.
Pryer, KM, Schneider, H, and Magallon, S. "The radiation of vascular plants." 2004.
Selected Grants
Oceans Apart: Assessing the roles of Vicariance and Long-distance Dispersal in the Widely Disjunct Fern Genus Cheilanthes (Pteridaceae) awarded by National Geographic Society (Principal Investigator). 2019
Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: The Pteridological Collections Consortium: An integrative approach to pteridophyte diversity over the last 420 million years awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (Co-Principal Investigator). 2018 to 2019
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Evolution and Function of Farina in the Desiccation-tolerant Notholaenid Ferns (Pteridaceae) awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2017 to 2019
Collaborative Research: Digitization TCN: The Macroalgal Herbarium Consortium: awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (Principal Investigator). 2013 to 2018
Identifying those Pesky Mustards: The Boechera Digitization Project awarded by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2014 to 2017
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Early Evolution of Fungi and the Transition to a Terrestrial Lifestyle: Marine Habitats, the New awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2013 to 2017
Collaborative Research: Exploring the Evolution of an Extreme Makeover in Ferns awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2012 to 2016
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Assessing the Evolutionary Significance of Recurrent Horizontal Gene Transfer of a Chimeric Phot awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2014 to 2016
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Untangling the Cystopteris fragilis Complex: An Investigation of the Effects of Polploidy on Div awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2011 to 2015
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Patterns of Gene Expression in Allopolyploid Taxa of Recurrent Origin: A Case Study of the Polypo awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2011 to 2014