Publications

Woods P, Price N, Matthews P, McKay JK. 2022. Genome-wide polymorphism and genic selection in feral and domesticated lineages of Cannabis sativa. G3 Genes, Genomes, Genetics, in press.

Eckardt NA, Ainsworth EA, Bahuguna RN, Broadley MR, Wolfgang Busch W, Carpita NC, Castrillo G, Chory J, DeHaan LR, Duarte CM, Henry A, Jagadish SVK, Langdale J, Leakey ADB, Liao JC, Lu K-J, McCann MC, McKay JK, Odeny DA, Olivieira E, Platten JD, Rabbi I, Rim EY, Ronald PC, Salt DE, Shigenaga AM, Wang E, Wolfe M, Zhang X. 2022. Climate change challenges, plant science solutions, The Plant Cell, https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac303

Woods P, Lehner KR, Hein K, Mullen JL, McKay JK. 2022. Root pulling force across drought in maize reveals genotype by environment interaction and candidate genes. Frontiers in Plant Science doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.883209

Woods P, Campbell BJ, Nicodemus TJ, Cahoon EB, Mullen JL, McKay JK. 2021. Quantitative trait loci controlling agronomic and biochemical traits in Cannabis sativa. Genetics, Volume 219, doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyab099

Shao MR, Jiang N, Li M, Howard A, Lehner K, Mullen JL, Gunn SL, McKay JK, Topp CN. 2021. Complementary Phenotyping of Maize Root System Architecture by Root Pulling Force and X-Ray Imaging. Plant Phenomics, vol. 2021, Article ID 9859254, 12 pages, 2021. https://doi.org/10.34133/2021/9859254

Rogers AR, Dunne JC, Romay C, Bohn M, Buckler ES, Ciampitti IA, Edwards J, Ertl D, Flint-Garcia S, Gore MA, Graham C, Hirsch CN, Hood E, Hooker DC, Knoll J, Lee EC, Lorenz A, P Lynch, JP, McKay JK, Moose SP, Murray SC, Nelson R, Rocheford T, Schnable JC, Schnable PS, Sekhon R, Singh M, Smith M, Springer N, Thelen K, Thomison P, Thompson A, Tuinstra M, Wallace J, Wisser RJ, Xu W, Gilmour AR, Kaeppler SM, De Leon N, Holland JB. 2021. The importance of dominance and genotype-by-environment interactions on grain yield variation in a large-scale public cooperative maize experiment. G3 Genes, Genomes, Genetics. doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkaa050

Li X, Guo T, Wang J, Bekele W, Sukumaran S, Vanous AV, McNellie J, Tibbs Cortes L, Da Silva M, Lamkey K, Westgate M, McKay JK, Archontoulis S, Reynolds M, Tinker N, Schnable P, Yu J, 2021. An Integrated Framework Reinstating the Environmental Dimension for Genome-Wide Association Studies and Genomic Selection in Crops. Molecular Plant. doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2021.03.010

Monroe JG, McKay JK, Weigel D, Flood PJ. 2021. The population genomics of adaptive loss of function. Heredity. doi.org/10.1038/s41437-021-00403-2

Liu J, Rana K, McKay JK, Xiong Z, Yu F, Mei J, Qian W. 2021. Investigating genetic relationship of Brassica juncea with B. nigra via virtual allopolyploidy and hexaploidy strategy. Molecular Breeding. 41:5 doi.org/10.1007/s11032-020-01197-7

McFarland BA, Al Khalifah N, Bohn M, Bubert J, Buckler ES, Ciampitti I, Edwards J, Ertl D, Gage JL, Falcon CM, Flint-Garcia S, Gore MA, Graham C, Hirsch CN, Holland JB, Hood E, Hooker D, Jarquin D, Kaeppler SM, Knoll J, Kruger G, Lauter N, Lee EC, Lima DC, Lorenz A, Lynch JP, McKay JK, Miller ND, Moose SP, Murray SC Nelson R, Poudyal P, Rocheford T, Rodriguez O, Romay C, Schnable JC, Schnable PS Scully B, Sekhon R, Silverstein K, Singh M, Smith M, Spalding EP, Springer N, Thelen T, Thomison P, Tuinstra M, Wallace J, Walls R, Wills D, Randall J, Wisser J, Xu W, Yeh CT, de Leon N. Maize genomes to fields (G2F): 2014–2017 field seasons: genotype, phenotype, climatic, soil, and inbred ear image datasets. 2020. BMC. Research Notes.

Mekonnen MD, Mullen JL, Arathi HS, Assefa Y, McKay JK, Byrne PF. 2020. Quantitative trait locus mapping for carbon isotope ratio and root pulling force in canola. Agrosystems, Geosciences and Environment. doi: 10.1002/agg2.20095

I Kovalchuk, M Pellino, P Rigault, R van Velzen, J Ebersbach, J R. Ashnest, M Mau, ME Schranz, J Alcorn, RB Laprairie, JK McKay, C Burbridge, D Schneider, D Vergara, NC Kane, TF Sharbel. 2020. The Genomics of Cannabis and Its Close Relatives. Annual Review of Plant Biology. doi:10.1146/annurev-arplant-081519-040203

JT Heun, S Attalah, AN French, KR Lehner, JK McKay, JL Mullen, MJ Ottman, P Andrade-Sanchez.2019. Deployment of Lidar from a Ground Platform: Customizing a Low-Cost, Information-Richand User-Friendly Application for Field Phenomics Research. Sensors 2019, 19, 5358. doi:10.3390/s19245358

JG Monroe, B Gill, KG Turner, JK McKay. 2019. Drought regimes predict life history strategies in Heliophila. New Phytologist. doi: 10.1111/nph.15919

BJ Campbell, D Zhang, JK McKay. 2019. Hemp Genetics and Genomics. Book Chapter in Industrial Hemp as a Modern Commodity Crop. D.W. Williams, editor. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA, 5585 Guilford Road, Madison, WI 53711, USA. doi:10.2134/industrialhemp.c6

BJ Campbell, AF Berrada, C Hudalla, S Amaducci, JK McKay. 2019. Genotype-by-Environment Interactions of Industrial Hemp (Cannabis sativa, L.) Varieties Highlight Diverse Responses to Environmental Factors. Agrosystems, Geosciences and Environment. doi:10.2134/age2018.11.0057

JG Monroe, T Powell, N Price, JL Mullen, A Howard, K Evans, JT Lovell, JK McKay. 2019. Drought adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana by extensive loss of function. eLife. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.41038

N Price, BT Moyers, L Lopez, JR Lasky, JG Monroe, JL Mullen, CG Oakley, J Lin, J Ågren, DR Schrider, AD Kern, JK McKay. 2018. Combining population genomics and fitness QTL to identify the genetics of local adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1719998115.

BT Moyers, PL Morell, JK McKay. 2018. Genetic costs of domestication and improvement. Journal of Heredity. DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esx069.

CE Gomola, JK McKay, MD Wallenstein, C Wagg, MJ Obrien. 2018. Within species tradeoffs in plant stimulated soil enzyme activity and growth, flowering and seed size. Ecology and Evolution. DOI:10.1002/ece3.4623

JG Monroe; ZA Allen; P Tanger; JL Mullen; JT Lovell; BT Moyers; D Whitley; JK McKay. 2017. TSPmap, a tool making use of traveling salesperson problem solvers in the efficient and accurate construction of high-density genetic linkage maps. BioData Mining. DOI:10.1186/s13040-017-0158-0.

D Pater, JL Mullen, JK McKay JI Schroeder. 2017. Screening for Natural Variation in Water Use Efficiency Traits in a Diversity Set of Brassica napus L. Identifies Candidate Variants in Photosynthetic Assimilation. Plant and Cell Physiology 58: 1700-1709.

CE Gomola, EK Espeland, JK McKay. 2017. Genetic lineages of the invasive Aegilops triuncialis differ in competitive response to neighboring grassland species. Biological Invasions. DOI:10.1007/s10530-016-1366-0

P Tanger, S Klassen, JP Mojica, JT Lovell, BT Moyers, M Baraoidan, MEB Naredo, KL McNally, J Poland, DR Bush, H Leung, JE Leach, JK McKay. 2017. Field-based high throughput phenotyping rapidly identifies genomic regions controlling yield components in rice. Scientific Reports. DOI: 10.1038/srep42839

JT Lovell, RJ Williamson, SI Wright, JK McKay, TF Sharbel. 2017. Mutation accumulation in an asexual relative of Arabidopsis. PLoS Genetics. DOI:10.1371/journal.pgen.1006550.

JP Mojica, J Mullen, JT Lovell, JG Monroe, JR Paul, CG Oakley, JK McKay. 2016. Genetics of water use physiology in locally adapted Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Science 251:12-22.

JG Monroe, C McGovern, JR Lasky, K Grogan, J Beck, JK McKay. 2016. Adaptation to warmer climates by parallel functional evolution of CBF genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Ecology 25:3632-3644.

M Zhu, JG Monroe, Y Suhail, F Villers, J Mullen, D Pater, F Houser, BW Jeon, JS Bader, JM Kwak, JI Schroeder, JK McKay, SM Assmann. 2016. Molecular and systems approaches towards drought-tolerant canola crops. New Phytologist 210: 1169-1189. DOI: 10.1111/nph.13866. Epub 2016 Feb 16.

RS Fletcher, D Hermann, JL Mullen, Q Li, DR Schrider, N Price, J Lin, K Grogan, A Kern, JK McKay. 2016. Identification of polymorphisms associated with drought adaptation QTL in Brassica napus by resequencing. G3 Genes,Genomes,Genetics 7: 793-803. DOI: 10.1534/g3.115.021279.

JT Lovell, JL Mullen, DB Lowry, K Awole, JH Richards, S Sen, PE Verslues, TE Juenger, JK McKay. 2015. Exploiting differential gene expression and epistasis to discover candidate genes for drought-associated QTLs in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell 27:969-83. doi:10.1105/tpc.15.00122

JT Lovell, JK McKay. 2015. Ecological genetics of range size variation in Boechera spp. (Brassicaceae). Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1746

P Tanger, ME Vega-Sanchez, M Fleming, K Tran, S Singh, JB Abrahamson, CE Jahn, N Santoro, EB Naredo, M Baraoidan, JMC Danku, DE Salt, KL McNally, BS Simmons, PC Ronald, H Leung, DR Bush, JK McKay, JE Leach. 2015. Cell Wall Composition and Bioenergy Potential of Rice Straw Tissues Are Influenced by Environment, Tissue Type, and Genotype. Bioenergy Research 8:1165-1182

SR Becker, PF Byrne, SD Reid, WL Bauerle, JK McKay, SD Haley. 2016. Root traits contributing to drought tolerance of synthetic hexaploid wheat in a greenhouse study Euphytica. doi:10.1007/s10681-015-1574-1

HM Easlon, E Carlisle, JK McKay, AJ Bloom. 2015. Does low stomatal conductance enhance growth at elevated CO 2 in Arabidopsis thaliana? Plant Physiology, 167: 793-799.

Shafer ABA, Wolf JBW, Alves PC, Bergström L, Bruford MW, Brännström I, Colling G, Dalén L, De Meester L, Ekblom R, Fawcett KD, Fior S, Hajibabaei M, Hill JA, Hoezel AR, Höglund J, Jensen EL, Krause J, Kristensen TN, Krützen M, McKay JK, Norman AJ, Ogden R, Österling EM, Ouborg NJ, Piccolo J, Popovic D, Primmer CR, Reed FA, Roumet M, Salmona J, Schenekar T, Schwartz MK, Segelbacher G, Senn H, Thaulow J, Valtonen M, Veale A, Vergeer P, Vijay N, Vilà C, Weissensteiner M, Wennerström L, Wheat CW, Zieliński P. 2015. Genomics and the challenging translation into conservation practice. Trends in Ecology & Evolution doi:10.1016/j.tree.2014.11.009

RS Fletcher, JL Mullen, A Heiliger, JK McKay. 2015. QTL analysis of root morphology, flowering time and yield reveals tradeoffs in response to drought in Brassica napus. Journal of Experimental Botany, doi:10.1093/jxb/eru423.

G Reuning, WL Bauerle, JL Mullen, JK McKay. 2015. Combining quantitative trait loci analysis with physiological models to predict genotype specific transpiration rates. Plant, Cell and Environment, 38: 710-7. doi: 10.1111/pce.12429.

JR Lasky, DL Des Marais, DB Lowry DB, I Povolotskaya, JK McKay, JH Richard, TH Keitt, TE Juenger. 2014. Natural variation in abiotic stress responsive gene expression and local adaptation to climate in Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Biology and Evolution 31: 2283-2296. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msu170

DL Des Marais, L C Auchincloss, E Sukamtoh, JK McKay, T Logan, JH Richards, TE Juenger. 2014. Variation at MPK12 affects water use efficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana and reveals a pleiotropic link between guard cell size and ABA response. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111:2836-41. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1321429111.

Kenney AM, McKay JK, Richards JH, Juenger TE. 2014. Direct and indirect selection on flowering time, water-use efficiency (WUE, δ (13)C), and WUE plasticity to drought in Arabidopsis thaliana. Ecology and Evolution. 4:4505-21.

JT Lovell, K Grogan, TF Sharbel, JK McKay. 2014. Mating system and environmental variation drive patterns of adaptation in Boechera spatifolia (Brassicaceae). Molecular Ecology 23: 4486–4497 doi: 10.1111/mec.12879.

J Ågren, CG Oakley, JK McKay, JT Lovell, DW Schemske. 2013. Genetic mapping of adaptation reveals fitness trade-offs in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences doi:10.1073/pnas.1316773110.

RS Fletcher, JL Mullen, S Yoder, WL Bauerle, G Reuning, S Sen, E Meyer, TE Juenger, JK McKay. 2013. Development of a next-generation NIL library in Arabidopsis thaliana for dissecting complex traits. BMC Genomics 14: 655.

Lowry, D. B., T. L. Logan, L. Santuari, C. S. Hardtke, J. H. Richards, L. J. DeRose-Wilson, J. K. McKay, S. Sen, T. E. Juenger. 2013. Expression QTL mapping across water availability environments reveals contrasting associations with genomic features in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Cell, DOI 10.1105/tpc.113.115352.

HM Easlon, KS Nemali, JH Richards, DT Hanson, TE Juenger, JK McKay. 2013. The physiological basis for genetic variation in water use efficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana. Photosynthesis Research, DOI 10.1007/s11120-013-9891-5.

JT Lovell, TE Juenger, SD Michaels, JR Lasky, A Platt, JH Richards, X Yu, HM Easlon, S Sen, JK McKay. 2013. Pleiotropy of FRIGIDA enhances the potential for multivariate adaptation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, DOI 10.1098/rspb.2013.1043.

J-N Enjalbert, S Zheng, JJ Johnson, JL Mullen, PF Byrne, JK McKay. 2013. Brassicaceae germplasm diversity for agronomic and seed quality traits under drought stress. Industrial Crops and Products 47: 176-185.

J Mei, Y Ding, K Lu, D Wei, Y Liu, JO Disi, J Li, L Liu, S Liu, JK McKay, W Qian. 2013. Identification of genomic regions involved in resistance against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum from wild Brassica oleracea. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 126: 549-556.

KJ Rice, JD Gerlach, AR Dyer, JK McKay. 2013. Evolutionary ecology along invasion fronts of the annual grass Aegilops triuncialis. Biological Invasions, DOI 10.1007/s10530-013-0471-6

BF Econopoly, JK McKay, P Westra, SD Reid, AL Helm, PF Byrne. 2013. Phenotypic diversity of Aegilops cylindrica (jointed goatgrass) accessions from the western United States under irrigated and dryland conditions. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 164: 244-251.

WC Funk, JK McKay, PA Hohenlohe, FW Allendorf. 2012. Harnessing genomics for delineating conservation units. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 27: 489-496.

JR Lasky, JK McKay, JH Richards, TE Juenger, TH Keitt. 2012. The role of geography, climate and phenology in explaining genomic variation of Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Ecology 22: 5512-5529.

DL Des Marais, JK McKay, JH Richards, S Sen, T Wayne, TE Juenger. 2012. Variation and conservation of gene expression and physiological responses to soil drying stress among Arabidopsis thaliana accessions. Plant Cell 24: 893-914.

S Wang, E Meyer, JK McKay, MV Matz. 2012. 2b-RAD: a simple and cost-effective method for genotyping on a genome-wide scale. Nature Methods 9: 808-810.

JK McKay, JE Leach. 2011. Linkage illuminates a complex genome. Nature Biotechnology 29: 717-718.

BF Econopoly, JK McKay, P Westra, NLV Lapitan, PL Chapman, PF Byrne. 2011. Backcrossing provides an avenue for gene introgression from wheat to jointed goatgrass in the Great Plains. Weed Science 59: 188-194.

CE Jahn, J Stephens, DR Bush, H Leung, JK McKay, JE Leach. 2011. Genetic variation in biomass traits among 20 diverse rice varieties. Plant Physiology 155: 157-168.

H Meimberg, NF Milan, M Karatassiou, EK Espeland, JK McKay, KJ Rice. 2010. Patterns of introduction and adaptation during the invasion of Aegilops triuncialis (Poaceae) into Californian serpentine soils. Molecular Ecology 19: 5308-5319.

TE Juenger, S Sen, E Bray, E Stahl, T Wayne, JK McKay, JH Richards. 2010. Exploring genetic and expression differences between physiologically extreme ecotypes: comparative genomic hybridization and gene expression studies of Kas-1 and Tsu-1 accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant, Cell and Environment 33: 1268-1284.

AR Dyer, CS Brown, EK Espeland, JK McKay, H Meimberg, KJ Rice. 2010. The role of adaptive trans-generational plasticity in biological invasions of plants. Evolutionary Applications 3: 179-192.

JD Gerlach, BS Bushman, JK McKay, H Meimberg. 2009. Taxonomic Confusion Permits the Unchecked Invasion of Vernal Pools in California by Low Mannagrass (Glyceria declinata). Invasive Plant Science and Management 2: 92-97.

H Meimberg, KJ Rice, NF Milan, CC Njoku, JK McKay. 2009. Multiple origins promote the ecological amplitude of allopolyploid Aegilops (Poaceae). American Journal of Botany, 96: 1262-1273.

JK McKay, JR Stinchcombe. 2008. Ecological genomics of model eukaryotes. Evolution 62: 2953-2957.

JK McKay, JH Richards, HM Easlon, T Mitchell-Olds, EA Stahl, T Wayne, T Juenger. 2008. Genetics of drought adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana II. QTL analysis of drought avoidance traits in a new mapping population. Evolution 62: 3014-3026.

MA Christman, JH Richards, JK McKay, EA Stahl, TE Juenger, LA Donovan. 2008. Genetic variation in Arabidopsis thaliana for night-time leaf conductance. Plant, Cell and Environment 31: 1170-1178.

JA Lau, AC McCall, KF Davies, JK McKay, JW Wright. 2008. Herbivores and edaphic factors constrain the realized niche of a native plant. Ecology 89: 754-762.

C Ghalambor, JK McKay, S Carroll, D Reznick. 2007. Adaptive versus non-adaptive phenotypic plasticity and the potential for contemporary adaptation in new environments. Functional Ecology 21: 394–407.

H Meimberg, T Abele, C Bräuchler, J K McKay, PL Pérez de Paz, G Heubl. 2007. Molecular evidence for adaptive radiation of Micromeria benth. (Lamiaceae) on the Canary Islands as inferred from chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences and ISSR fingerprint data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 566-578.

J Wright, K Davies, J Lau, A McCall, JK McKay. 2006. Experimental determination of the niche reveals the importance of local adaptation in a species with broad tolerance. Ecology 87: 2433-2439.

TE Juenger, T Wayne, S Boles, V Symonds, JK McKay, SJ Coughlan. 2006. Natural genetic variation in whole-genome expression in Arabidopsis thaliana: the impact of physiological QTL introgression. Molecular Ecology 15: 1351-1365.

H Meimberg, J Hammond, C Jorgensen, T Park, KJ Rice, JK McKay. 2006. Molecular evidence for an extreme genetic bottleneck during introduction of an invading grass to California. Biological Invasions 8: 1355- 1366.

M Forister, JK McKay. 2005. Post-Modern Speciation. Book Review of Speciation by JA Coyne and HA Orr. Ecology 86: 808-809.

JK McKay, C Christian, S Harrison, KJ Rice. 2005. “How local is local?” Practical and conceptual Issues in the genetics of restoration. Restoration Ecology 13: 432-440.

T Juenger, JK McKay, N Hausman, JH Richards, E Simms, T Dawson, S Sen. 2005. Identification and characterization of physiological QTL in Arabidopsis thaliana:13 C, stomatal conductance, and plant performance. Plant, Cell and Environment 28: 697-708.

PR Martin, JK McKay. 2004. Latitudinal variation in genetic divergence of populations and the potential for future speciation. Evolution 58: 938-945.

JK McKay, JH Richards, T Mitchell-Olds. 2003. Genetics of drought adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana. I. Pleiotropy contributes to genetic correlations among ecological traits. Molecular Ecology 12: 1137-1151.

KJ Rice, J Gerlach, A Dyer, JK McKay. 2003. Evolutionary changes along invasion fronts in a range weed. 7th International Rangeland Congress Proceedings. Durban, South Africa.

JK McKay, RG Latta. 2002. Adaptive population divergence: markers, QTL and traits. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17: 285-291.

JP Sexton, JK McKay, A Sala. 2002. Ecological genetics of the invasive shrub, Tamarix ramosissima, at latitudinal extremes. Ecological Applications 12: 1652-1660.

RG Latta, JK McKay. 2002. Genetic population divergence: markers and traits. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17: 501-502.

JK McKay, JG Bishop, J-Z Lin, A Sala, JH Richards, T. Mitchell-Olds. 2001. Local adaptation across a climatic gradient despite small effective population size in the rare sapphire rockcress. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Biological Sciences 268: 1715-1721.

HD Bradshaw, KG Otto, BE Frewen, JK McKay, DW Schemske. 1998. Quantitative trait loci affecting differences in floral morphology between two species of monkeyflower (Mimulus). Genetics 149: 367-382.