Kevin A Bird
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Am J Phys Anthropol
. 2021 Feb;
175(2):465-476.
PMID: 33529393
Objectives: Debate about the cause of IQ score gaps between Black and White populations has persisted within genetics, anthropology, and psychology. Recently, authors claimed polygenic scores provide evidence that a...
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Bird K, Niederhuth C, Ou S, Gehan M, Pires J, Xiong Z, et al.
New Phytol
. 2020 Dec;
230(1):354-371.
PMID: 33280122
Allopolyploidisation merges evolutionarily distinct parental genomes (subgenomes) into a single nucleus. A frequent observation is that one subgenome is 'dominant' over the other subgenome, often being more highly expressed. Here,...
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Turner-Hissong S, Bird K, Lipka A, King E, Beissinger T, Angelovici R
G3 (Bethesda)
. 2020 Sep;
10(11):4227-4239.
PMID: 32978264
Plant growth, development, and nutritional quality depends upon amino acid homeostasis, especially in seeds. However, our understanding of the underlying genetics influencing amino acid content and composition remains limited, with...
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Hardigan M, Feldmann M, Lorant A, Bird K, Famula R, Acharya C, et al.
Front Plant Sci
. 2020 Mar;
10:1789.
PMID: 32158449
Allo-octoploid cultivated strawberry ( × ) originated through a combination of polyploid and homoploid hybridization, domestication of an interspecific hybrid lineage, and continued admixture of wild species over the last...
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Barbey C, Lee S, Verma S, Bird K, Yocca A, Edger P, et al.
G3 (Bethesda)
. 2019 Aug;
9(10):3315-3332.
PMID: 31420323
Octoploid strawberry () is a valuable specialty crop, but profitable production and availability are threatened by many pathogens. Efforts to identify and introgress useful disease resistance genes (R-genes) in breeding...
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Edger P, Poorten T, VanBuren R, Hardigan M, Colle M, McKain M, et al.
Nat Genet
. 2019 Mar;
51(4):765.
PMID: 30842601
In the version of this article originally published, author Joshua R. Puzey was incorrectly listed as having affiliation 7 (School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA); affiliation...
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Edger P, Poorten T, VanBuren R, Hardigan M, Colle M, McKain M, et al.
Nat Genet
. 2019 Feb;
51(3):541-547.
PMID: 30804557
Cultivated strawberry emerged from the hybridization of two wild octoploid species, both descendants from the merger of four diploid progenitor species into a single nucleus more than 1 million years...
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Colle M, Leisner C, Wai C, Ou S, Bird K, Wang J, et al.
Gigascience
. 2019 Feb;
8(3).
PMID: 30715294
Background: Highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) has long been consumed for its unique flavor and composition of health-promoting phytonutrients. However, breeding efforts to improve fruit quality in blueberry have been greatly...
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Bird K, VanBuren R, Puzey J, Edger P
New Phytol
. 2018 Jun;
220(1):87-93.
PMID: 29882360
Contents Summary 87 I. Introduction 87 II. Evolution in action: subgenome dominance within newly formed hybrids and polyploids 88 III. Summary and future directions 90 Acknowledgements 92 References 92 SUMMARY:...
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Edger P, McKain M, Bird K, VanBuren R
Curr Opin Plant Biol
. 2018 Apr;
42:76-80.
PMID: 29649616
Whole genome duplications (WGDs), also known as polyploid events, have played a crucial role in the evolutionary success of angiosperms across recent and ancient timescales. A recurrent observation from the...