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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

J. Chris Pires is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these domains, their work extensively covers subfields such as Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Biochemistry.

The main topics addressed in Pires's research include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Nitrogen and Sulfur Effects on Brassica, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant Tissue Culture and Regeneration, and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms.

Pires has contributed frequently to several publication venues. These include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 11 publications, New Phytologist with 3, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics with 3, Frontiers in Plant Science with 3, and Nature Genetics with 2 publications.

Their recent papers include:

  • Genomic insights into the origin, domestication and diversification of Brassica juncea (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • Genomic selection and genetic architecture of agronomic traits during modern rapeseed breeding (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • Replaying the evolutionary tape to investigate subgenome dominance in allopolyploid Brassica napus (2020, New Phytologist)
  • The Evolutionary History of Wild, Domesticated, and Feral Brassica oleracea (Brassicaceae) (2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution)
  • Global Brassicaceae phylogeny based on filtering of 1,000-gene dataset (2023, Current Biology)

Pires has collaborated extensively with several frequent coauthors. These include:

  • Patrick P. Edger
  • Hong An
  • Makenzie E. Mabry
  • Gavin C. Conant
  • Kevin A. Bird

Among their recognitions, J. Chris Pires was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Early allopolyploid evolution in the post-Neolithic Brassica napus oilseed genome

    Boulos Chalhoub;Shengyi Liu;Isobel A.P. Parkin

  • The genome of the mesopolyploid crop species Brassica rapa

    Xiaowu Wang;Hanzhong Wang;Jun Wang;Jun Wang;Jun Wang

  • The Brassica oleracea genome reveals the asymmetrical evolution of polyploid genomes

    Shengyi Liu;Yumei Liu;Xinhua Yang;Chaobo Tong

  • Understanding mechanisms of novel gene expression in polyploids.

    Thomas C. Osborn;J. Chris Pires;James A. Birchler;Donald L. Auger

  • Current perspectives and the future of domestication studies

    Greger Larson;Dolores R. Piperno;Robin G. Allaby;Michael D. Purugganan

  • Genomic Changes in Resynthesized Brassica napus and Their Effect on Gene Expression and Phenotype

    Robert T. Gaeta;J. Chris Pires;J. Chris Pires;Federico Iniguez-Luy;Enrique Leon

  • The butterfly plant arms-race escalated by gene and genome duplications.

    Patrick P. Edger;Patrick P. Edger;Patrick P. Edger;Hanna M. Heidel-Fischer;Michaël Bekaert;Jadranka Rota

  • The pangenome of an agronomically important crop plant Brassica oleracea

    Agnieszka A. Golicz;Philipp E. Bayer;Guy C. Barker;Patrick P. Edger

  • Transcriptome and methylome profiling reveals relics of genome dominance in the mesopolyploid Brassica oleracea.

    Isobel Ap Parkin;Chushin Koh;Haibao Tang;Stephen J Robinson

  • A genome triplication associated with early diversification of the core eudicots

    Yuannian Jiao;Jim Leebens-Mack;Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam;John E. Bowers

  • Are all sex chromosomes created equal

    Doris Bachtrog;Mark Kirkpatrick;Judith E. Mank;Stuart F. McDaniel

  • Homoeologous shuffling and chromosome compensation maintain genome balance in resynthesized allopolyploid Brassica napus

    Zhiyong Xiong;Robert T. Gaeta;J. Chris Pires

  • An atlas of over 90,000 conserved noncoding sequences provides insight into crucifer regulatory regions

    Annabelle Haudry;Adrian E Platts;Emilio Vello;Douglas R Hoen

  • Family-level relationships of Onagraceae based on chloroplast rbcL and ndhF data

    Rachel A. Levin;Warren L. Wagner;Peter C. Hoch;Molly Nepokroeff

  • Recent and recurrent polyploidy in Tragopogon (Asteraceae): cytogenetic, genomic and genetic comparisons

    Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis;J. Chris Pires;Ales Kovarik

  • Gene and genome duplications: the impact of dosage-sensitivity on the fate of nuclear genes.

    Patrick P. Edger;J. Chris Pires

  • Flowering time divergence and genomic rearrangements in resynthesized Brassica polyploids (Brassicaceae)

    J. Chris Pires;Jianwei Zhao;Jianwei Zhao;M. Eric Schranz;Enrique J. Leon

  • Identification of shared single copy nuclear genes in Arabidopsis, Populus, Vitis and Oryza and their phylogenetic utility across various taxonomic levels

    Jill M Duarte;P Kerr Wall;P Kerr Wall;Patrick P Edger;Lena L Landherr

  • Resolution of Brassicaceae Phylogeny Using Nuclear Genes Uncovers Nested Radiations and Supports Convergent Morphological Evolution

    Chien Hsun Huang;Renran Sun;Yi Hu;Liping Zeng

  • Homoeologous recombination in allopolyploids: the polyploid ratchet.

    Robert T. Gaeta;J. Chris Pires

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick P. Edger
Patrick P. Edger Michigan State University
Jim Leebens-Mack
Jim Leebens-Mack University of Georgia
Michael S. Barker
Michael S. Barker University of Arizona
M. Eric Schranz
M. Eric Schranz Wageningen University & Research
Dennis W. Stevenson
Dennis W. Stevenson New York Botanical Garden
Mark W. Chase
Mark W. Chase Royal Botanic Gardens
Kenneth J. Sytsma
Kenneth J. Sytsma University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jerrold I. Davis
Jerrold I. Davis Cornell University
Sean W. Graham
Sean W. Graham University of British Columbia
Michael Freeling
Michael Freeling University of California, Berkeley

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