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Kathleen M. Pryer

Professor Emeritus of Biology
Biology
Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
358 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Featured Works


A drought-driven model for the evolution of obligate apomixis in ferns: evidence from pellaeids (Pteridaceae).

Journal article American journal of botany · February 2021 Featured Publication PremiseXeric environments impose major constraints on the fern life cycle, yet many lineages overcome these limitations by evolving apomixis. Here, we synthesize studies of apomixis in ferns and present an evidence-based model for the evolution an ... Full text Open Access Cite

Fern genomes elucidate land plant evolution and cyanobacterial symbioses

Journal article Nature plants · 2018 Featured Publication Open Access Cite