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David E. McCauley was affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research primarily spanned the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist published in several areas related to Plant Science, Genetics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation. Their contributions covered topics such as Genetic diversity and population structure, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies, Horticultural and Viticultural Research, and Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement.

Among the notable recent papers authored or co-authored by David E. McCauley were:

  • Cyto-nuclear linkage disequilibrium resulting from admixture, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The use of the Cartographer (Green Atlas) for determining physiological changes in avocado trees and consequent timing of orchard management toward fruit robustness, 2024, Acta Horticulturae

The frequent co-authors collaborating with David E. McCauley included:

  • Peter D. Fields
  • Douglas Taylor
  • M. Patel
  • D. Stefanelli

David E. McCauley's research was published notably in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) and Acta Horticulturae.

Best Publications

  • Indirect measures of gene flow and migration: FST≠1/(4Nm+1)

    Michael C Whitlock;David E McCauley

  • Rapid evolution of enormous, multichromosomal genomes in flowering plant mitochondria with exceptionally high mutation rates.

    Daniel B. Sloan;Andrew J. Alverson;John P. Chuckalovcak;Martin Wu

  • EXTINCTION AND RECOLONIZATION: THEIR EFFECTS ON THE GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION OF LOCAL POPULATIONS

    Michael J. Wade;David E. McCauley

  • SOME POPULATION GENETIC CONSEQUENCES OF COLONY FORMATION AND EXTINCTION: GENETIC CORRELATIONS WITHIN FOUNDING GROUPS.

    Michael C. Whitlock;David E. McCauley

  • The use of chloroplast DNA polymorphism in studies of gene flow in plants

    David E. McCauley

  • Genetic consequences of local population extinction and recolonization.

    David E. McCauley

  • Contrasting the distribution of chloroplast DNA and allozyme polymorphism among local populations of Silene alba: implications for studies of gene flow in plants.

    David E. McCauley

  • EST Databases as a Source for Molecular Markers: Lessons from Helianthus

    Catherine H Pashley;Jennifer R Ellis;David E McCauley;John M Burke

  • Silene as a model system in ecology and evolution.

    G. Bernasconi;J. Antonovics;A. Biere;Deborah Charlesworth

  • Local founding events as determinants of genetic structure in a plant metapopulation

    David E McCauley;Jay Raveill;Janis Antonovics

  • Group selection: the phenotypic and genotypic differentiation of small populations.

    Michael J. Wade;David E. McCauley

  • Paternal leakage, heteroplasmy, and the evolution of plant mitochondrial genomes.

    David E. McCauley

  • The Relative Contributions of Seed and Pollen Movement to the Local Genetic Structure of Silene alba

    D. E. McCauley

  • Intraspecific variation in mitochondrial genome sequence, structure, and gene content in Silene vulgaris, an angiosperm with pervasive cytoplasmic male sterility.

    Daniel B. Sloan;Karel Müller;David E. McCauley;Douglas R. Taylor

  • THE INFLUENCE OF POPULATION SIZE AND ISOLATION ON GENE FLOW BY POLLEN IN SILENE ALBA

    Christopher M. Richards;Christopher M. Richards;Sheri Church;David E. McCauley

  • Extinction, Colonization, and Population Structure: A Study of a Milkweed Beetle

    David E. McCauley

  • High genetic diversity in a rare and endangered sunflower as compared to a common congener

    J. R. Ellis;C. H. Pashley;J. M. Burke;D. E. McCAULEY

  • Local population structure and sex ratio: evolution in gynodioecious plants.

    David E. McCauley;Douglas R. Taylor

  • GROUP SELECTION: THE GENETIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC BASIS FOR THE PHENOTYPIC DIFFERENTIATION OF SMALL POPULATIONS OF TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM.

    David E. McCauley;Michael J. Wade

  • FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT FITNESS IN SILENE VULGARIS, A GYNODIOECIOUS PLANT.

    David E. McCauley;Marcus T. Brock

  • FEMALE CHOICE AND THE MATING STRUCTURE OF A NATURAL POPULATION OF THE SOLDIER BEETLE, CHAULIOGNATHUS PENNSYLVANICUS.

    David E. McCauley;Michael J. Wade

  • Metapopulation biology: Ecology, genetics, and evolution: Edited by Ilkka A. Hanski and Michael E. Gilpin Academic Press, 1997. £65.00 hbk (xvi + 512 pages) ISBN 0 12 323445 X

    David E. McCauley

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Wade
Michael J. Wade Indiana University
Felix Breden
Felix Breden Simon Fraser University
Michael C. Whitlock
Michael C. Whitlock University of British Columbia
Janis Antonovics
Janis Antonovics University of Virginia
Daniel B. Sloan
Daniel B. Sloan Colorado State University
John M. Burke
John M. Burke University of Georgia
Martin Wu
Martin Wu University of Virginia
Boris Vyskot
Boris Vyskot Czech Academy of Sciences
Deborah Charlesworth
Deborah Charlesworth University of Edinburgh
Jeffrey D. Palmer
Jeffrey D. Palmer Indiana University

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