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Nyree J C Zerega

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Gardner E, Bruun-Lund S, Niissalo M, Chantarasuwan B, Clement W, Geri C, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 2023 Jul; 120(28):e2222035120. PMID: 37399402
Studies investigating the evolution of flowering plants have long focused on isolating mechanisms such as pollinator specificity. Some recent studies have proposed a role for introgressive hybridization between species, recognizing...
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Audi L, Shallow G, Robertson E, Bobo D, Ragone D, Gardner E, et al.
Curr Biol . 2023 Jan; 33(2):287-297.e3. PMID: 36608689
Every crop has a story. The story of breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis), an increasingly valued staple crop in tropical agroforestry systems, is filled with intrigue, oppression, and remains incomplete. The Caribbean...
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Chuang C, Hsieh C, Chang C, Wang C, Tandang D, Gardner E, et al.
PLoS One . 2022 Sep; 17(9):e0272680. PMID: 36178903
'Breadfruit' is a common tree species in Taiwan. In the indigenous Austronesian Amis culture of eastern Taiwan, 'breadfruit' is known as Pacilo, and its fruits are consumed as food. On...
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Ahlstrand N, Gopalakrishnan S, Vieira F, Bieker V, Meudt H, Dunbar-Co S, et al.
Front Plant Sci . 2022 Jun; 13:838166. PMID: 35755675
Retracing pathways of historical species introductions is fundamental to understanding the factors involved in the successful colonization and spread, centuries after a species' establishment in an introduced range. Numerous plants...
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Gardner E, Ahmad Puad A, Pereira J, Tagi J, Nyegang S, Miun P, et al.
Curr Biol . 2022 Jun; 32(11):R511-R512. PMID: 35671721
Indigenous peoples are important stewards of biodiversity, often living near and possessing intimate knowledge of ecosystems. As a result, species new to science may be long known to indigenous people....
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Dickinson L, Noble H, Gardner E, Ahmad Puad A, Zakaria W, Zerega N
PeerJ . 2020 Oct; 8:e9897. PMID: 33005490
Limestone karsts of Southeast Asia can harbor high levels of endemism, but are highly fragmented, increasingly threatened, and their biodiversity is often poorly studied. This is true of the Padawan...
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Gardner E, Johnson M, Pereira J, Ahmad Puad A, Arifiani D, Wickett N, et al.
Syst Biol . 2020 Sep; PMID: 32970819
We present a 517-gene phylogenetic framework for the breadfruit genus Artocarpus (ca. 70 spp., Moraceae), making use of silica-dried leaves from recent fieldwork and herbarium specimens (some up to 106...
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Sahu S, Liu M, Yssel A, Kariba R, Muthemba S, Jiang S, et al.
Genes (Basel) . 2019 Dec; 11(1). PMID: 31878322
Two of the most economically important plants in the Artocarpus genus are jackfruit (A. heterophyllus Lam.) and breadfruit (A. altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg). Both species are long-lived trees that have been...
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Laricchia K, Johnson M, Ragone D, Williams E, Zerega N, Wickett N
Am J Bot . 2018 Jun; 105(5):915-926. PMID: 29882953
Premise Of The Study: Underutilized crops, such as breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis, Moraceae) have the potential to improve global food security. Humans have artificially selected many cultivars of breadfruit since its...
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Wang M, Gardner E, Chung R, Chew M, Milan A, Pereira J, et al.
Am J Bot . 2018 Jun; 105(5):898-914. PMID: 29874392
Premise Of The Study: Underutilized crops and their wild relatives are important resources for crop improvement and food security. Cempedak [Artocarpus integer (Thunb). Merr.] is a significant crop in Malaysia...