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Barbara A. Whitlock
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 7
Citations - 748
Barbara A. Whitlock is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bombacoideae & Malvoideae. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 7 publications receiving 694 citations. Previous affiliations of Barbara A. Whitlock include University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Phylogeny of the core Malvales: evidence from ndhF sequence data.
TL;DR: There has been extensive homoplasy in characters previously used to delineate major taxonomic groups in core Malvales, and it is suggested that /Malvatheca do not have as a synapormophy monothecate anthers, as has been previously supposed but, instead, may be united by dithecate, transversely septate (polysporangiate) anothers.
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Phylogenetic relationships of Malvatheca (Bombacoideae and Malvoideae; Malvaceae sensu lato) as inferred from plastid DNA sequences.
David A. Baum,David A. Baum,Stacey D. Smith,Alan Yen,William S. Alverson,Reto Nyffeler,Barbara A. Whitlock,Rebecca L. Oldham +7 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that the Malvoideae originated in the Neotropics and that a mangrove taxon dispersed across the Pacific from South America to Australasia and later radiated out of Australasia to give rise to the ca.
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Phylogenetic analysis of the Malvadendrina clade (Malvaceae s.l.) based on plastid DNA sequences
Reto Nyffeler,Clemens Bayer,William S. Alverson,Alan Yen,Barbara A. Whitlock,Mark W. Chase,David A. Baum +6 more
TL;DR: DNA sequences of four plastid regions are used to study relationships within Malvadendrina, one of the two major clades of Malvaceae s.l. and resolve the placement of two problematic taxa: Nesogordonia (in Dombeyoideae) and Mortoniodendron (in Tilioideae).
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Phylogenetic Relationships and Floral Evolution of the Byttnerioideae (“Sterculiaceae” or Malvaceae s.l.) Based on Sequences of the Chloroplast Gene, ndhF
TL;DR: Results imply that the unusual hooded petals of many Byttnerioideae are plesiomorphic for the clade, with subsequent transitions to large, flat petals or small, scale-like petals that lack a distinct hood.
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Plant development: Genetic clues to petal evolution.
TL;DR: A recent study of the expression of floral organ identity genes in buttercups, poppies and their relatives has shed light on the evolutionary origin of petals.