Kathleen M. Pryer
Professor of Biology
Education
Ph.D., Duke University 1995
M.S., University of Guelph (Canada) 1981
B.S., McGill University (Canada) 1976
Li, Fay-Wei, Paul Brouwer, Lorenzo Carretero-Paulet, Shifeng Cheng, Jan de Vries, Pierre-Marc Delaux, Ariana Eily, et al. “Fern genomes elucidate land plant evolution and cyanobacterial symbioses.” Nature Plants 4, no. 7 (July 2, 2018): 460–72. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0188-8. Full Text Open Access Copy
Huiet, L., F. W. Li, T. T. Kao, J. Prado, A. R. Smith, E. Schuettpelz, and K. M. Pryer. “A worldwide phylogeny of Adiantum (Pteridaceae) reveals remarkable convergent evolution in leaf blade architecture.” Taxon 67, no. 3 (June 1, 2018): 488–502. https://doi.org/10.12705/673.3. Full Text Open Access Copy
Schuettpelz, E., G. Rouhan, K. M. Pryer, C. J. Rothfels, J. Prado, M. A. Sundue, M. D. Windham, R. C. Moran, and A. R. Smith. “Are there too many fern genera?” Taxon 67, no. 3 (June 1, 2018): 473–80. https://doi.org/10.12705/673.1. Full Text Open Access Copy
Dijkhuizen, Laura W., Paul Brouwer, Henk Bolhuis, Gert-Jan Reichart, Nils Koppers, Bruno Huettel, Anthony M. Bolger, et al. “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): 453–66. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14843. Full Text Open Access Copy
Song, Michael, Li-Yaung Kuo, Layne Huiet, Kathleen M. Pryer, Carl J. Rothfels, and Fay-Wei Li. “A novel chloroplast gene reported for flagellate plants.” American Journal of Botany 105, no. 1 (January 2018): 117–21. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1010. Full Text Open Access Copy
Sigel, Erin M., Eric Schuettpelz, Kathleen M. Pryer, and Joshua P. Der. “Overlapping Patterns of Gene Expression Between Gametophyte and Sporophyte Phases in the Fern Polypodium amorphum (Polypodiales).” Frontiers in Plant Science 9 (January 2018): 1450. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01450. Full Text Open Access Copy
Rothfels, Carl J., Kathleen M. Pryer, and Fay-Wei Li. “Next-generation polyploid phylogenetics: rapid resolution of hybrid polyploid complexes using PacBio single-molecule sequencing.” The New Phytologist 213, no. 1 (January 2017): 413–29. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14111. Full Text Open Access Copy
Hirai, R. Y., E. Schuettpelz, L. Huiet, K. M. Pryer, A. R. Smith, and J. Prado. “Phylogeny and relationships of the neotropical Adiantum raddianum group (Pteridaceae).” Taxon 65, no. 6 (December 1, 2016): 1225–35. https://doi.org/10.12705/656.1. Full Text Open Access Copy
Li, Fay-Wei, Li-Yaung Kuo, Kathleen M. Pryer, and Carl J. Rothfels. “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): 2452–58. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evw167. Full Text Open Access Copy
Schuettpelz, E., C. W. Chen, M. Kessler, J. B. Pinson, G. Johnson, A. Davila, A. T. Cochran, L. Huiet, and K. M. Pryer. “A revised generic classification of vittarioid ferns (Pteridaceae) based on molecular, micromorphological, and geographic data.” Taxon 65, no. 4 (August 1, 2016): 708–22. https://doi.org/10.12705/654.2. Full Text Open Access Copy
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Selected Grants
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Subsexual Processes and the Origin of Genetic Variation in Asexual Ferns awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2011 to 2014
Collaborative Research: The Roles of Polyploidy and Apomixis in Shaping the Diversity and Distribution of Cheilanthoid Ferns awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2007 to 2011
A plan to rehouse and reorganize the vascular plant herbarium and botanical library at Duke University (DUKE) awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2007 to 2011
Career: Reconciling patterns of phylogenetic rate heterogenity in ferns with morphology, ecology and life history awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2004 to 2010
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Evolution and diversification of epiphytic ferns awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2004 to 2007
REU Site: Bioinformatic and Phylogenetic approaches to the study of plant and fungal biodiversity awarded by National Science Foundation (Co Investigator). 2004 to 2007
Collaborative Research: Using phylogeny to investigate the history of morphological evolution in heterosporous ferns awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2001 to 2005
Ontogeny and Phylogeny in the Aquatic Fern Family Marsileaceae awarded by National Science Foundation (Co-Principal Investigator). 1993 to 1995