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A. Jonathan Shaw

Professor of Biology
Biology
Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Box 90338, 137 Bio Sciences, 130 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708

Scholarly Works - Book sections


The evolution of heavy metal tolerance in plants: Adaptations, limits, and costs

Book section · January 27, 2022 Habitats contaminated with heavy metals provide natural laboratories for studies of evolution in plant populations. Understanding the genetic basis of tolerance is crucial for subsequent studies of evolutionary processes. Recent work on several species and ... Full text Cite

Genetic analysis of a hybrid zone in Mielichhoferia (Musci)

Book section · February 2, 2018 Previous work demonstrated that the 'copper mosses' Mielichhoferia elongata and M. mielichhoferiana are genetically and morphologically distinct, but hybridize at five sites in Scandinavia and the United States where they grow in mixed populations. The pre ... Cite

The Sphagnum Genome Project. A New Model for Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics.

Book section · January 1, 2016 The inception of the Sphagnum (peat moss) genome project marks the first plant-based sequencing project aimed specifically at carbon cycling genomics in a plant system relevant to ecological and evolutionary genomics. Sphagnum provides considerable intra- ... Full text Cite

Morphology, anatomy, and classification of the bryophyta

Book section · January 1, 2008 With approximately 13 000 species, the Bryophyta compose the second most diverse phylum of land plants. Mosses share with the Marchantiophyta and Anthocerotophyta a haplodiplobiontic life cycle that marks the shift from the haploid-dominated life cycle of ... Full text Cite

Bryophyte species and speciation

Book section · January 1, 2008 Introduction The three lineages of bryophytes, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts, compose successful groups of early embryophytes. The mosses are estimated to include some 12 700 species (Crosby et al. 2000), the liverworts approximately 6000–8000 extant s ... Full text Cite