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John K. Kelly is affiliated with the University of Kansas in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these domains, the scientist has contributed extensively to Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The main topics addressed in their work include Genetic diversity and population structure, Plant and animal studies, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Plant Reproductive Biology, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics.

Notable recent publications by John K. Kelly include:

  • A few essential genetic loci distinguish Penstemon species with flowers adapted to pollination by bees or hummingbirds, 2023, PLoS Biology
  • The genomic scale of fluctuating selection in a natural plant population, 2022, Evolution Letters
  • Genome-wide association mapping of transcriptome variation in Mimulus guttatus indicates differing patterns of selection on cis- versus trans-acting mutations, 2021, Genetics
  • Pollinator loss causes rapid adaptive evolution of selfing and dramatically reduces genome-wide genetic variability, 2022, Evolution
  • Predicting evolutionary change at the DNA level in a natural Mimulus population, 2021, PLoS Genetics

Frequent coauthors with whom John K. Kelly has collaborated include:

  • Daniel J. Crawford
  • Keely E. Brown
  • Mark E. Mort
  • Benjamin Kerbs
  • Paul M. Hime

The scientist has published recurrently in several venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Evolution Letters
  • PLoS Genetics
  • American Journal of Botany
  • Frontiers in Plant Science

Best Publications

  • Plant mating systems in a changing world.

    Christopher G. Eckert;Susan Kalisz;Monica A. Geber;Risa Sargent

  • A test of neutrality based on interlocus associations.

    John K Kelly

  • The statistics of bulk segregant analysis using next generation sequencing.

    Paul M. Magwene;John H. Willis;John K. Kelly

  • Evolutionary and functional insights into the mechanism underlying high-altitude adaptation of deer mouse hemoglobin.

    Jay F. Storz;Amy M. Runck;Stephen J. Sabatino;Stephen J. Sabatino;John K. Kelly

  • RAPID EVOLUTION CAUSED BY POLLINATOR LOSS IN MIMULUS GUTTATUS

    Sarah A. Bodbyl Roels;John K. Kelly

  • On the importance of balancing selection in plants.

    Lynda F. Delph;John K. Kelly

  • Speciation by Reinforcement: A Model Derived from Studies of Drosophila

    John K. Kelly;Mohamed A. F. Noor

  • Differential regulation of a MYB transcription factor is correlated with transgenerational epigenetic inheritance of trichome density in Mimulus guttatus

    Alison G. Scoville;Laryssa L. Barnett;Sarah Ann Bodbyl-Roels;John K. Kelly

  • A method to estimate pollen viability from pollen size variation.

    John K. Kelly;Aaron Rasch;Susan Kalisz

  • Scaling up evolutionary responses to elevated CO2: lessons from Arabidopsis

    Joy K. Ward;John K. Kelly

  • Viability selection prior to trait expression is an essential component of natural selection

    Julius P. Mojica;John K. Kelly

  • Direct estimation of the mutation rate at dinucleotide microsatellite loci in Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicaceae)

    Tara N. Marriage;Stephen Hudman;Stephen Hudman;Mark E. Mort;Maria E. Orive

  • Selective trade-offs maintain alleles underpinning complex trait variation in plants

    Ashley Troth;Joshua R. Puzey;Joshua R. Puzey;Rebecca S. Kim;John H. Willis

  • Spatially and temporally varying selection on intrapopulation quantitative trait loci for a life history trade-off in Mimulus guttatus

    Julius Penalba Mojica;Young Wha Lee;John H. Willis;John K. Kelly

  • RESTRICTED MIGRATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF ALTRUISM.

    John K. Kelly

  • Correlations among Fertility Components Can Maintain Mixed Mating in Plants

    Mark O. Johnston;Emmanuelle Porcher;Pierre-Olivier Cheptou;Christopher G. Eckert

  • Centromere-associated meiotic drive and female fitness variation in Mimulus.

    Lila Fishman;John K. Kelly

  • The genetics of phenotypic plasticity in plant defense: trichome production in Mimulus guttatus.

    Liza M. Holeski;Ronnette Chase‐Alone;John K. Kelly

  • Effects of Spatially Varying Selection on Nucleotide Diversity and Linkage Disequilibrium: Insights From Deer Mouse Globin Genes

    Jay F. Storz;John K. Kelly

  • Kin selection in density regulated populations.

    John K. Kelly

  • Population structure and local selection yield high genomic variation in Mimulus guttatus.

    Joshua R. Puzey;Joshua R. Puzey;John H. Willis;John K. Kelly

Frequent Co-Authors

John H. Willis
John H. Willis Duke University
Daniel J. Crawford
Daniel J. Crawford University of Kansas
Arnoldo Santos-Guerra
Arnoldo Santos-Guerra University of Seville
Michael D. Greenfield
Michael D. Greenfield François Rabelais University
Susan Kalisz
Susan Kalisz University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Christopher G. Eckert
Christopher G. Eckert Queen's University
Pierre-Olivier Cheptou
Pierre-Olivier Cheptou Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jay F. Storz
Jay F. Storz University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Hanno Schaefer
Hanno Schaefer Technical University of Munich
Elizabeth Elle
Elizabeth Elle Simon Fraser University

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