Mark D. Rausher
John Carlisle Kilgo Distinguished Professor of Biology
Education
Ph.D., Cornell University 1978
B.A., The University of Chicago 1973
Rausher, M. D. “The evolution of flavonoids and their genes.” In The Science of Flavonoids, 175–211, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-28822-2_7. Full Text
Rausher, M. D. “Natural selection and the evolution of plant-insect interactions.” In Evolutionary Perspectives in Insect Chemical Ecology, edited by B. D. Roitberg and M. B. Isman, 20–88. NY: Routledge, Chapman, and Hall, 1992.
Rausher, M. D. “The Ecology of host selection behavior in phytophagous insects.” In Variable Plants and Herbivores in Natural and Managed Systems., edited by R. F. Denno and M. S. McClure, 223–57. NY: Academic press, 1983.
Rausher, M. D. “The Ecology of host selection behavior in phytophagous insects.” In Variable Plants and Herbivores in Natural and Managed Systems, edited by R. F. Denno and M. S. McClure, 223–57. NY: Academic Press, 1983.
Papaj, D. R., and M. D. Rausher. “Individual variation in host location by phytophagous insects.” In Herbivore Insects: Host Seeking Behavior and Mechanisms, edited by S. Ahmad, 77–124. NY: Academic Press, 1983.
Rausher, M. D., and D. R. Papaj. “Individual variation in host location by phytophagous insects.” In Herbivore Insects: Host Seeking Behavior and Mechanisms, edited by S. Ahmad, 77–124. NY: Academic Press, 1983.
Canavar, Öner, and Mark D. Rausher. “Molecular analysis of structural genes involved in flavonoids biosynthesis in naturally colored cotton.” Crop Science 61, no. 2 (March 2021): 1117–26. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20410. Full Text
Ostevik, Kate L., Joanna L. Rifkin, Hanhan Xia, and Mark D. Rausher. “Morning glory species co-occurrence is associated with asymmetrically decreased and cascading reproductive isolation.” Evolution Letters 5, no. 1 (February 2021): 75–85. https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.205. Full Text
Lin, Rong-Chien, and Mark D. Rausher. “R2R3-MYB genes control petal pigmentation patterning in Clarkia gracilis ssp. sonomensis (Onagraceae).” The New Phytologist 229, no. 2 (January 2021): 1147–62. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16908. Full Text
Ohsaki, Naota, Masaaki Ohata, Yoshibumi Sato, and Mark D. Rausher. “Host Plant Choice Determined by Reproductive Interference between Closely Related Butterflies.” The American Naturalist 196, no. 4 (October 2020): 512–23. https://doi.org/10.1086/710211. Full Text
Feng, Chao, Jing Wang, Lingqing Wu, Hanghui Kong, Lihua Yang, Chen Feng, Kai Wang, Mark Rausher, and Ming Kang. “The genome of a cave plant, Primulina huaijiensis, provides insights into adaptation to limestone karst habitats.” The New Phytologist 227, no. 4 (August 2020): 1249–63. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16588. Full Text
Jiang, Peng, and Mark Rausher. “Retraction Note: Two genetic changes in cis-regulatory elements caused evolution of petal spot position in Clarkia.” Nature Plants 6, no. 7 (July 2020): 898. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-0728-x. Full Text
Duncan, Tanya M., and Mark D. Rausher. “Selection favors loss of floral pigmentation in a highly selfing morning glory.” Plos One 15, no. 4 (January 2020): e0231263. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231263. Full Text
Canavar, Ö., and M. D. Rausher. “Molecular analysis of structural genes involved in flavonoids biosynthesis in naturally colored cotton.” Crop Science, January 1, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20410. Full Text
Muñoz-Rodríguez, Pablo, Tom Carruthers, John R. I. Wood, Bethany R. M. Williams, Kevin Weitemier, Brent Kronmiller, Zoë Goodwin, et al. “A taxonomic monograph of Ipomoea integrated across phylogenetic scales.” Nature Plants 5, no. 11 (November 11, 2019): 1136–44. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0535-4. Full Text
Wessinger, Carolyn A., Mark D. Rausher, and Lena C. Hileman. “Adaptation to hummingbird pollination is associated with reduced diversification in Penstemon.” Evolution Letters 3, no. 5 (October 2019): 521–33. https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.130. Full Text Open Access Copy
Pages
Charney, E., and Mark Rausher. “Genetic Diversity, Population Density, and Per Capita Income (null),” n.d. Open Access Copy
Selected Grants
Genetic and Genomics Training Grant awarded by National Institutes of Health (Mentor). 2020 to 2025
Collaborative Proposal:Dimensions: The Evolution of Pollination Syndrome Diversity in Penstemon awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2015 to 2021
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Genetics and Development of Parallel Pollination System Evolution in Penstemon awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2016 to 2021
Genetics Training Grant awarded by National Institutes of Health (Mentor). 1979 to 2020
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: How is the Selfing Syndrome Assembled? A Common Garden Fitness Study of its Component Parts awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2015 to 2017
Genetics and Evolution of Reproductive Character Displacement in Phlox drumondii awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2009 to 2016
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Genetic Architecture of Resistance in a Coevolving Plant-Fungus Pathosystem: Gene-for-Gene vs. Quantitative Resistance awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2009 to 2012
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Genetic basis of parallel flower color shifts in Penstemon awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2010 to 2012
DISSERTATION RESEACH: An investigation of pleiotropy as an adaptive constraint using flower color change in Phlox drummondii (Polemoniaceae) awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2009 to 2011
Evolutionary genetics of flower color in lochroma (Solanaceae) awarded by National Institutes of Health (Principal Investigator). 2007 to 2010