Publications

Heyduk, K., Sciulla, S., Hennessey, B., Czymmek, M., McAssey, E.V., Kane, C., Kim, G.Y., Sogunle, I., Heublein, X.Y., Sriram, D., MacNeill, B., Hren, M.T., Esque, T.C., Yoder, J.B., Smith, C.I., and DeFalco, L.A. 2024 Cryptic CAM photosynthesis in Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia, Y. jaegeriana). Submitted

McAssey, E.V., Downs, C., Yorkston, M., Morden, C.W., and Heyduk, K. 2023. A comparison of freezer-stored DNA and herbarium tissue samples for chloroplast assembly and genome skimming. Applications in Plant Sciences 11: e11527.

Mitchell, N., McAssey, E.V., and Hodel, R.G.J. 2023. Emerging methods in botanical DNA/RNA extraction. Applications in Plant Sciences 11: 11530.

Redd, P.S., Payero, L., Gilbert, D., Page, C.A., King, R., McAssey, E.V., Bodie, D., Diaz, S., and Hancock, C.N. 2023. Transposase expression, element abundance, element size, and DNA repair determine the mobility and heritability of PIF/Pong/Harbinger transposable elements. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 11: 1184046.

Heyduk, K., McAssey, E.V., Field, R., and Leebens-Mack, J. 2023. The Agavoideae: an emergent model clad for CAM evolutionary biology. Annals of Botany 132(4): 727-737.

Heyduk, K., McAssey, E.V., and Leebens-Mack, J. 2022. Timing of gene expression and recruitment in independent origins of CAM in the Agavoideae (Asparagaceae). New Phytologist 235: 2111-2126.

Barnhart, M.H., McAssey E.V., Dittmar, E.L., and Burke, J.M. 2022. Transcriptomics of developing wild sunflower seeds from the extreme ends of a latitudinal gradient differing in seed oil composition. Plant Direct 6(7): e423.

Heyduk K., McAssey E.V., Grimwood J., Shu S., Schmutz J., McKain M.R., and Leebens-Mack, J. 2021. Hybridization history and repetitive element content in the genome of a homoploid hybrid, Yucca gloriosa (Asparagaceae). Frontiers in Plant Science 11: 573767.

Johnson, A., McAssey. E.V., Diaz, S., et al., 2021. Development of mPing-based activation tags for crop insertional mutagenesis. Plant Direct 5(1): e00300.

Yadav, L., McAssey, E.V., and Wilde, H.D. 2019. Genetic diversity and population structure of Rhododendron canescens, a native azalea for urban landscaping. Hort Science 54: 647-651.

McAssey, E.V., 2017. Digest: Selection on life histories drives the formation of functional mitonuclear associations. Evolution 71: 491–492.

McAssey, E.V., Corbi, J., and Burke, J.M. 2016. Range-wide phenotypic and genetic differentiation in wild sunflower. BMC Plant Biology 16: 249.

McAssey, E.V., Gudger, E.G., Zuellig, M.P., and Burke, J.M. 2016. Population genetics of the rubber-producing Russian Dandelion (Taraxacum kok-saghyz). PLoS ONE 11(1): e0146417.

Mandel, J.R., McAssey, E.V., Nambeesan, S.U., Navarro, E.G., and Burke, J.M. 2014. Molecular evolution of candidate genes for crop-related traits in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). PLoS ONE 9(6): e99620.

Fields P.D., McCauley, D.E., McAssey, E.V., and Taylor, D.R. 2014. Patterns of Cyto-Nuclear Linkage Disequilibrium in Silene latifolia: Genomic Heterogeneity and Temporal Stability. Heredity 112: 99-104.

Mandel, J.R., McAssey, E.V., Roland, R.K., and McCauley, D.E. 2012.  Mitochondrial Gene Diversity in Natural Populations of Wild Carrot (Daucus carota ssp. carota) from the Eastern United States, with Special Reference to the atp9 Stop Codon.  Journal of Heredity 103: 418-425.