Mark D. Rausher
John Carlisle Kilgo Distinguished Professor of Biology
Education
Ph.D., Cornell University 1978
B.A., 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.
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, April 9, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16588. 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
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
Rifkin, Joanna L., Irene T. Liao, Allan S. Castillo, and Mark D. Rausher. “Multiple aspects of the selfing syndrome of the morning glory Ipomoea lacunosa evolved in response to selection: A Qst-Fst comparison.” Ecology and Evolution 9, no. 13 (July 2019): 7712–25. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5329. Full Text
Feng, Chen, Chao Feng, Lihua Yang, Ming Kang, and Mark D. Rausher. “Genetic architecture of quantitative flower and leaf traits in a pair of sympatric sister species of Primulina.” Heredity 122, no. 6 (June 2019): 864–76. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-018-0170-2. Full Text
Rifkin, Joanna L., Allan S. Castillo, Irene T. Liao, and Mark D. Rausher. “Gene flow, divergent selection and resistance to introgression in two species of morning glories (Ipomoea).” Molecular Ecology 28, no. 7 (April 13, 2019): 1709–29. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14945. Full Text
Wessinger, Carolyn A., John K. Kelly, Peng Jiang, Mark D. Rausher, and Lena C. Hileman. “SNP-skimming: A fast approach to map loci generating quantitative variation in natural populations.” Molecular Ecology Resources 18, no. 6 (November 2018): 1402–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12930. Full Text
Muñoz-Rodríguez, Pablo, Tom Carruthers, John R. I. Wood, Bethany R. M. Williams, Kevin Weitemier, Brent Kronmiller, David Ellis, et al. “Reconciling Conflicting Phylogenies in the Origin of Sweet Potato and Dispersal to Polynesia.” Current Biology : Cb 28, no. 8 (April 12, 2018): 1246-1256.e12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.03.020. Full Text
Jiang, Peng, and Mark Rausher. “Two genetic changes in cis-regulatory elements caused evolution of petal spot position in Clarkia.” Nature Plants 4, no. 1 (January 3, 2018): 14–22. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-017-0085-6. Full Text
Martins, Talline R., Peng Jiang, and Mark D. Rausher. “How petals change their spots: cis-regulatory re-wiring in Clarkia (Onagraceae).” The New Phytologist 216, no. 2 (October 2017): 510–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14163. Full Text
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Selected Grants
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Genetics and Development of Parallel Pollination System Evolution in Penstemon awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2016 to 2021
Collaborative Proposal:Dimensions: The Evolution of Pollination Syndrome Diversity in Penstemon awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2015 to 2020
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 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 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
Genetic Change Associated with Flower-color Adaptation in Morning Glories awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2005 to 2009