Search Results - "Morton, Timothy C."
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Coselected genes determine adaptive variation in herbivore resistance throughout the native range of Arabidopsis thaliana
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (31-03-2015)“…The "mustard oil bomb" is a major defense mechanism in the Brassicaceae, which includes crops such as canola and the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. These…”
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Activation of bile acid signaling improves metabolic phenotypes in high-fat diet-induced obese mice
Published in American journal of physiology: Gastrointestinal and liver physiology (01-08-2016)“…The metabolic benefits induced by gastric bypass, currently the most effective treatment for morbid obesity, are associated with bile acid (BA) delivery to the…”
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Genome-wide association mapping within a local Arabidopsis thaliana population more fully reveals the genetic architecture for defensive metabolite diversity
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences (18-07-2022)“…A paradoxical finding from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in plants is that variation in metabolite profiles typically maps to a small number of loci,…”
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Plant genetic effects on microbial hubs impact host fitness in repeated field trials
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (26-07-2022)“…Although complex interactions between hosts and microbial associates are increasingly well documented, we still know little about how and why hosts shape…”
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Inducible phenotypic plasticity in plants regulates aquatic ecosystem functioning
Published in Oecologia (01-04-2018)“…Differences among individuals within species affect community and ecosystem processes in many systems, and may rival the importance of differences between…”
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Intraspecific leaf chemistry drives locally accelerated ecosystem function in aquatic and terrestrial communities
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-08-2016)“…Resource patchiness influences consumer foraging, movement, and physiology. Fluxes across ecosystem boundaries can extend these effects to otherwise distinct…”
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Microbiota composition modulates inflammation and neointimal hyperplasia after arterial angioplasty
Published in Journal of vascular surgery (01-04-2020)“…Neointimal hyperplasia is a major contributor to restenosis after arterial interventions, but the genetic and environmental mechanisms underlying the variable…”
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Scarlet gilia resistance to insect herbivory: the effects of early season browsing, plant apparency, and phytochemistry on patterns of seed fly attack
Published in Evolutionary ecology (01-01-2005)“…Pollen-limited plants are confronted with a difficult tradeoff because they must present showy floral displays to attract pollinators and yet must also…”
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The shield defense of the sumac flea beetle, Blepharida rhois (Chrysomelidae: Alticinae)
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Shield defense of a larval tortoise beetle
Published in Journal of chemical ecology (01-03-1999)“…Larvae of the folivorous tortoise beetle, Plagiometriona clavata, carry shields formed from feces and exuviae above their bodies. We used an ecologically…”
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Larval beetles form a defense from recycled host-plant chemicals discharged as fecal wastes
Published in Journal of chemical ecology (01-05-1998)“…Larvae of the leaf-feeding beetles Neolema sexpunctata and Lema trilinea carry feces on their backs that form shields. We used the generalist predatory ant,…”
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Chemotaxonomic significance of hydroxylated pipecolic acids in Central American Inga (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae: Ingeae)
Published in Biochemical systematics and ecology (01-06-1998)“…Hydroxylated pipecolic acid derivatives of 47 species of Inga were analyzed primarily from herbarium leaf samples supplemented by field collections. Inga…”
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Influence of Prokelisia planthoppers on amino acid composition and growth of Spartina alterniflora
Published in Journal of chemical ecology (01-02-1997)“…The effects of feeding by the planthopper Prokelisia dolus on its hostSpartina alterniflorawere examined under conditions of both high and low plant-nitrogen…”
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Coselected genes determine adaptive variation in herbivore resistance throughout the native range ofArabidopsis thaliana
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (31-03-2015)“…The “mustard oil bomb” is a major defense mechanism in the Brassicaceae, which includes crops such as canola and the model plantArabidopsis thaliana. These…”
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Competition and genetic background in a rapid-cycling cultivar of Brassica rapa (Brassicaceae)
Published in American journal of botany (01-07-1996)“…We examined the effects of a slight genetic disadvantage in a competitive situation by comparing the performance of inbred and outcrossed Brassica rapa plants…”
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Solution volume and seed number: often overlooked factors in allelopathic bioassays
Published in Journal of chemical ecology (01-06-1987)“…Cucumber seeds were germinated under various combinations of solution volume and seed number with a range of ferulic acid concentrations. At each…”
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Competition and Genetic Background in a Rapid-Cycling Cultivar of Brassica rapa (Brassicaceae)
Published in American journal of botany (01-07-1996)Get full text
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Analysis of Phenolic Plant Metabolites
Published in Écoscience (Sainte-Foy) (01-01-1995)Get full text
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