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Baum, D. A., and S. D. Smith. 2013. . Roberts & Co., Greenwood Village, Colorado.
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Selected and recent articles
(**undergraduate authors, *graduate students,Ìý+postdocs; reprints available upon request!)
Pretz, C.*, E. Au** & S. D. Smith. 2025. Decay of self-incompatibility within a lifespan (Physalis acutifolia, Solanaceae). Plant Reproduction 38:7.
Pezzi, P. H.*, L. C. Wheeler+, L. B. Freitas & S. D. Smith. 2024. Incomplete lineage sorting and hybridization underlie tree discordance in Petunia and related genera (Petunieae, Solanaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 198: 108136.
Schutz, K. T. Melie, S. D. Smith, & C. A. Quandt. 2024. Patterns recovered in phylogenomic analysis of Candida auris and close relatives implicate broad environmental flexibility in Candida/Clavispora clade yeasts. Microbial Genomics 10: 001233.
Dellinger, A. +, L Lagomarsino, F. Michelangeli, S. Dullinger & S. D. Smith. 2024. The sequential direct and indirect effects of mountain uplift, climatic niche, and floral trait evolution on diversification dynamics in an Andean plant clade. Systematic Biology 73: 594-612.
Liu, S.* & S. D. Smith. 2023. Replicated radiations in the South American Marsh Pitcher Plants (Heliamphora) lead to convergent carnivorous trap morphologies. American Journal of Botany 110: e16230.
Wheeler, L. C.+, A. Dunbar-Wallis, K. Schutz*, & S. D. Smith. 2023. Evolutionary walks through flower color space driven by gene expression in Petunia and allies (Petunieae). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290: 20230275.. Ìý
Deanna R. +, C. MartÃnez, S. Manchester, P. D. Wilf, A. Campos**, S. Knapp, F. E. Chiarini, G. E. Barboza, G. Bernardello, H. Sauquet, E. Dean, A. Orejuela & S. D. Smith. 2023. Fossil berries reveal global radiation of the nightshade family by the early Cenozoic. New Phytologist 238: 2685-2697. ÌýReprint Request
Pretz, C.*, & S. D. Smith. 2023. How does a self-incompatible individual transition to self-compatibility during its lifetime? American Journal of Botany 110: e16150.
Dellinger, A.+, A. Hamilton*, C. Wessinger, & S. D. Smith. 2023. Opposing patterns of altitude-driven pollinator turnover in the tropical and temperate Americas. American Naturalist 202:152–165.Ìý
Sinnott-Armstrong, M. A.+, Y. Ogawa, G. van de Kerkhof, S. Vignolini, & S. D. Smith. 2022. Convergent evolution of disordered lipidic structural color in the fruits of Lantana strigocamara (syn. L. camara hybrid cultivar). New PhytologistÌý235: 898-906.ÌýÌý
Wheeler, L. C.+, J. F. Walker, J. Ng, R. Deanna+, A. Dunbar-Wallis*, A. Backes*, P. H. Pezzi*, M. V. Palchetti, A. Monaghan, L. B. Freitas, G. E. Barboza, E. Moyroud & S. D. Smith. 2022. Transcription factors evolve faster than their targets in the anthocyanin pathway. Molecular Biology and Evolution 39: msac044.Ìý.
Sinnott-Armstrong, M. A.+, R. Deanna+, C. Pretz*, S. Liu*, J. Harris*, A. Dunbar-Wallis*, S. D. Smith, & L. C. Wheeler+. 2022. How to approach the study of syndromes in macroevolution and ecology. Ecology and Evolution 12: .
Pretz, C.*, & S. D. Smith. 2021. Intraspecific breakdown of self-incompatibility in Physalis acutifolia (Solanaceae). AOB PlantsÌý14 plab080. Ìý
Liu, S.* & S. D. Smith. 2021. Phylogeny and biogeography of South American marsh pitcher plant genus Heliamphora (Sarraceniaceae) endemic to the Guiana Highlands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 154: 106961.Ìý, Reprint Request
Wheeler, L. C.+, B. A. Wing & S. D. Smith. 2020. Structure and contingency determine mutational hotspots for flower color evolution. Evolution Letters 5: 61-74.
Smith, S. D., M. W. Pennell, C. W. Dunn & S. V. Edwards. 2020. Phylogenetics is the new genetics (for most of biodiversity). Trends in Ecology and EvolutionÌý35: 415-425.Ìý, Reprint Request
Wheeler, L. C.+ & S. D. Smith. 2019. Computational modeling of anthocyanin pathway evolution: biases, hotspots and trade-offs.ÌýIntegrative and Comparative BiologyÌý59: 585-598. ,Ìý
Deanna R.+, M. Larter+, G. E. Barboza & S.D. Smith. 2019. Repeated evolution of a morphological novelty: a phylogenetic analysis of the inflated fruiting calyx in the Physalideae tribe (Solanaceae). American Journal of BotanyÌý106: 270-279.Ìý, ,ÌýReprint Request
Ng, J.+, L. B. Freitas & S. D. Smith. 2018. Stepwise evolution of floral pigmentation predicted by biochemical pathway structure. EvolutionÌý72: 2792-2802.Ìý, Reprint Request
Larter, M.+, A. Dunbar-Wallis, A. E. Berardi+ & S. D. Smith. 2018. Convergent evolution at the pathway level: predictable regulatory changes during flower color transitions. Molecular Biology and EvolutionÌý35: 2159-2169.Ìý, Reprint Request
Smith, S. D., & R. Kriebel. 2018. Convergent evolution of floral shape tied to pollinator shifts in Iochrominae (Solanaceae). EvolutionÌý72: 688-697.ÌýÌý
Gates, D. J.*, B. J. S. C. Olson, T. E. Clemente, and S. D. Smith. 2017. A novel R3 MYB transcriptional repressor associated with the loss of floral pigmentation in Iochroma. New PhytologistÌý217: 1346-1356.Ìý
Dupin, J.*, N. J. Matzke, T. Sarkinen, S. Knapp, R. G. Olmstead, L. Bohs, and S. D. Smith. 2016. Bayesian estimation of global biogeographic history of Solanaceae. Journal of BiogeographyÌý44: 887–899.Ìý PDF
Ng, J.+, and S. D. Smith. 2016. How to make a red flower: the combinatorial effects of pigments. AOB PlantsÌý8: plw013.
Ng, J.+, and S. D. Smith. 2016. Widespread flower color convergence in Solanaceae via alternate biochemical pathways. New PhytologistÌý209: 407-417.
Smith, S. D. 2016. Pleiotropy and the evolution of floral integration. New Phytologist 209: 80-85.
Smith, S. D., and E. E. Goldberg. 2015. Tempo and mode of flower color evolution. American Journal of Botany 102: 1014-1025. ÌýÌý
Muchhala, N.+, S. Johnsen, and S. D. Smith. 2014. Competition for hummingbird pollination shapes flower color variation in Andean Solanaceae. Evolution 68: 2275-2286.
Smith, S. D., S. Wang, and M. D. Rausher. 2013. Functional evolution of an anthocyanin pathway enzyme during a flower color transition. Molecular Biology and Evolution 30: 602-612. Ìý
Smith, S. D., and M. D. Rausher. 2011. Gene loss and parallel evolution contribute to species difference in flower color. Molecular Biology and Evolution 28: 2799-2810.
Smith, S. D. 2010. Using phylogenetics to detect pollinator-mediated floral evolution. New Phytologist 188: 354-363.
Smith, S. D., C. Ané, and D. A. Baum. 2008. The role of pollinator shifts in the floral diversification of Iochroma (Solanaceae). Evolution 62: 793-806.
Smith, S. D., and D. A. Baum. 2006. Phylogenetics of the florally diverse Andean clade Iochrominae (Solanaceae). American Journal of BotanyÌý93: 1140-1153. Ìý
D. A. Baum, S. D. Smith and S. S. Donovan. 2005. The tree-thinking challenge. Science 310: 979-980. ÌýTree-thinking quizzes!Ìý
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