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Overview

Jerrold I. Davis is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these disciplines, their work addresses subfields including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Plant Science.

Their research topics encompass a variety of aspects related to plant and fungal biology. These topics include:

  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis

Davis has contributed to notable recent publications, including two papers from 2022. The first, published in Frontiers in Plant Science, is titled Phylogenomic resolution of order- and family-level monocot relationships using 602 single-copy nuclear genes and 1375 BUSCO genes. The second, published in Genome Biology and Evolution, is Phylotranscriptomic Analyses of Mycoheterotrophic Monocots Show a Continuum of Convergent Evolutionary Changes in Expressed Nuclear Genes From Three Independent Nonphotosynthetic Lineages. Both papers reflect work in evolution and molecular analyses of plants.

Davis frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Prakash Raj Timilsena
  • Eric Wafula
  • Craig F. Barrett
  • Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam
  • Joel R. McNeal

Publication venues where Davis's work has been featured include Frontiers in Plant Science and Genome Biology and Evolution.

Best Publications

  • Populations, Genetic Variation, and the Delimitation of Phylogenetic Species

    Jerrold I. Davis;Kevin C. Nixon

  • Phylogeny and subfamilial classification of the grasses (Poaceae)

    N. P. Barker;L. G. Clark;J. I. Davis

  • A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae)

    Robert J. Soreng;Paul M. Peterson;Konstantin Romaschenko;Gerrit Davidse

  • Multigene Analyses of Monocot Relationships

    Mark W. Chase;Michael F. Fay;Dion S. Devey;Oliver Maurin

  • POLYMORPHIC TAXA, MISSING VALUES AND CLADISTIC ANALYSIS

    Kevin C. Nixon;Jerrold I Davis

  • Chloroplast DNA inversions and the origin of the grass family (Poaceae).

    Jeff J. Doyle;Jerrold I. Davis;Robert J. Soreng;David Garvin

  • Phylogenetics and character evolution in the grass family (Poaceae): Simultaneous analysis of morphological and Chloroplast DNA restriction site character sets

    Robert J. Soreng;Jerrold I. Davis

  • Monocot plastid phylogenomics, timeline, net rates of species diversification, the power of multi-gene analyses, and a functional model for the origin of monocots.

    Thomas J. Givnish;Alejandro Zuluaga;Daniel Spalink;Marybel Soto Gomez

  • A Phylogeny of the Monocots, as Inferred from rbcL and atpA Sequence Variation, and a Comparison of Methods for Calculating Jackknife and Bootstrap Values

    Jerrold I. Davis;Dennis W. Stevenson;Gitte Petersen;Ole Seberg

  • Plastid genomes reveal support for deep phylogenetic relationships and extensive rate variation among palms and other commelinid monocots.

    Craig F. Barrett;Craig F. Barrett;William J. Baker;Jason R. Comer;John G. Conran

  • Treatment of acute graft-versus-host disease with humanized Anti-Tac : an antibody that binds to the interleukin-2 receptor

    C Anasetti;JA Hansen;TA Waldmann;FR Appelbaum

  • Phylogenetic structure in the grass family (Poaceae) as inferred from chloroplast DNA restriction site variation

    Jerrold I Davis;Robert J. Soreng

  • Data decisiveness, data quality, and incongruence in phylogenetic analysis: an example from the monocotyledons using mitochondrial atp A sequences.

    Jerrold I. Davis;Mark P. Simmons;Dennis W. Stevenson;Jonathan F. Wendel

  • The plastid genome of the mycoheterotrophic Corallorhiza striata (Orchidaceae) is in the relatively early stages of degradation

    Craig F. Barrett;Jerrold I. Davis

  • A Phylogenomic Assessment of Ancient Polyploidy and Genome Evolution across the Poales

    Michael R. McKain;Michael R. McKain;Haibao Tang;Joel R. McNeal;Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam

  • Phylogeny of the Celastraceae Inferred from 26S Nuclear Ribosomal DNA, Phytochrome B, rbcL, atpB, and Morphology

    Mark P Simmons;Vincent Savolainen;Curtis C Clevinger;Robert H Archer

  • Morphology of Hydatellaceae, an anomalous aquatic family recently recognized as an early-divergent angiosperm lineage

    Paula J. Rudall;Dmitry D. Sokoloff;Margarita V. Remizowa;John G. Conran

  • A phylogenetic analysis of chloroplast DNA restriction site variation in Poaceae subfam. Pooideae.

    Robert J. Soreng;J. I. Davis;J. J. Doyle

  • Plastid genomes and deep relationships among the commelinid monocot angiosperms

    Craig F. Barrett;Jerrold I. Davis;Jim Leebens-Mack;John G. Conran

  • Phylogenetic structure in Poaceae subfamily Pooideae as inferred from molecular and morphological characters: misclassification versus reticulation

    Robert John Soreng;J. I. Davis

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis W. Stevenson
Dennis W. Stevenson New York Botanical Garden
Robert J. Soreng
Robert J. Soreng Smithsonian Institution
J. Chris Pires
J. Chris Pires Colorado State University
Mark P. Simmons
Mark P. Simmons Colorado State University
Sean W. Graham
Sean W. Graham University of British Columbia
Jim Leebens-Mack
Jim Leebens-Mack University of Georgia
Thomas J. Givnish
Thomas J. Givnish University of Wisconsin–Madison
Chelsea D. Specht
Chelsea D. Specht Cornell University
Lynn G. Clark
Lynn G. Clark Iowa State University
Mark W. Chase
Mark W. Chase Royal Botanic Gardens

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