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Brian C. Husband

Brian C. Husband

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
59
Citations
18536
World Ranking
2376
National Ranking
158

Overview

Brian C. Husband is affiliated with the University of Guelph in Canada and conducts research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Soil Science.

The main research topics of Brian C. Husband include:

  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Pathogens and Resistance
  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Plant Reproductive Biology

Brian C. Husband has frequently published in journals such as:

  • American Journal of Botany
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Plants People Planet
  • Current Biology
  • Annals of Botany

Among their recent papers are:

  • Polyploidy increases storage but decreases structural stability in Arabidopsis thaliana, 2022, Current Biology
  • The role of multiple reproductive barriers: strong post-pollination interactions govern cytotype isolation in a tetraploid-octoploid contact zone, 2020, Annals of Botany
  • Best practices in plant cytometry, 2021, Cytometry Part A
  • Different Patterns of Ecological Divergence Between Two Tetraploids and Their Diploid Counterpart in a Parapatric Linear Coastal Distribution Polyploid Complex, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Endopolyploidy is associated with leaf functional traits and climate variation in Arabidopsis thaliana, 2020, American Journal of Botany

Collaborations have included repeated coauthorship with researchers such as João Loureiro, Sílvia Castro, Mariana Castro, Hafiz Maherali, and Paul Kron.

Best Publications

  • A DNA barcode for land plants.

    Peter M. Hollingsworth;Laura L. Forrest;John L. Spouge

  • Evaluating approaches to the conservation of rare and endangered plants

    Douglas W. Schemske;Brian C. Husband;Mary H. Ruckelshaus;Carol Goodwillie

  • EVOLUTION OF THE MAGNITUDE AND TIMING OF INBREEDING DEPRESSION IN PLANTS.

    Brian C. Husband;Douglas W. Schemske

  • Practical Pollination Biology

    A. Dafni;P. G. Kevan;B. C. Husband

  • Multiple Multilocus DNA Barcodes from the Plastid Genome Discriminate Plant Species Equally Well

    Aron J. Fazekas;Kevin S. Burgess;Prasad R. Kesanakurti;Sean W. Graham

  • Autopolyploidy in angiosperms: Have we grossly underestimated the number of species?

    Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis;Douglas W. Schemske;James F. Hancock

  • Evolutionary processes in aquatic plant populations

    Spencer C.H. Barrett;Christopher G. Eckert;Brian C. Husband

  • A METAPOPULATION PERSPECTIVE IN PLANT POPULATION BIOLOGY

    Brian C. Husband;Spencer C. H. Barrett

  • Reproductive isolation between autotetraploids and their diploid progenitors in fireweed, Chamerion angustifolium (Onagraceae)

    Brian C. Husband;Holly A. Sabara

  • The role of triploid hybrids in the evolutionary dynamics of mixed-ploidy populations

    Brian C. Husband

  • Are plant species inherently harder to discriminate than animal species using DNA barcoding markers

    Aron J. Fazekas;Prasad R. Kesanakurti;Kevin S. Burgess;Diana M. Percy

  • Genome duplication and the evolution of physiological responses to water stress.

    Hafiz Maherali;Alison E. Walden;Brian C. Husband

  • The genetics of plant migration and colonization

    S. C. H. Barrett;B. C. Husband

  • Constraints on polyploid evolution: a test of the minority cytotype exclusion principle

    Brian C. Husband

  • THE DISSOLUTION OF A COMPLEX GENETIC POLYMORPHISM: THE EVOLUTION OF SELF-FERTILIZATION IN TRISTYLOUS EICHHORNIA PANICULATA (PONTEDERIACEAE).

    Spencer C. H. Barrett;Martin T. Morgan;Brian C. Husband

  • Applications of Flow Cytometry to Evolutionary and Population Biology

    Paul Kron;Jan Suda;Brian C. Husband

  • Cytotype distribution at a diploid–tetraploid contact zone in Chamerion (Epilobium) angustifolium (Onagraceae)

    Brian C. Husband;Douglas W. Schemske

  • THE EFFECT OF INBREEDING IN DIPLOID AND TETRAPLOID POPULATIONS OF EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM (ONAGRACEAE): IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GENETIC BASIS OF INBREEDING DEPRESSION.

    Brian C. Husband;Douglas W. Schemske

  • The Incidence of Polyploidy in Natural Plant Populations: Major Patterns and Evolutionary Processes

    Brian C. Husband;Sarah J. Baldwin;Jan Suda

  • Mixed-Ploidy Species: Progress and Opportunities in Polyploid Research.

    Filip Kolář;Martin Čertner;Martin Čertner;Jan Suda;Jan Suda;Peter Schönswetter

  • Discriminating plant species in a local temperate flora using the rbcL+matK DNA barcode

    Kevin S. Burgess;Aron J. Fazekas;Prasad R. Kesanakurti;Sean W. Graham

Frequent Co-Authors

Spencer C. H. Barrett
Spencer C. H. Barrett University of Toronto
Sean W. Graham
Sean W. Graham University of British Columbia
Douglas W. Schemske
Douglas W. Schemske Michigan State University
Jan Suda
Jan Suda Charles University
Mehrdad Hajibabaei
Mehrdad Hajibabaei University of Guelph
Hafiz Maherali
Hafiz Maherali University of Guelph
Kenneth M. Cameron
Kenneth M. Cameron University of Wisconsin–Madison
Martin Morgan
Martin Morgan Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Daniel T. Haydon
Daniel T. Haydon University of Glasgow
Mark W. Chase
Mark W. Chase Royal Botanic Gardens

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