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John R. Pannell is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to research in agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their work primarily focuses on ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics, with significant attention to molecular biology, genetics, nature and landscape conservation, and plant science.

Main research topics addressed by Pannell include:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Plant reproductive biology
  • Insect and arachnid ecology and behavior
  • Plant parasitism and resistance
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Animal ecology and behavior studies

They have published a variety of papers in notable journals. Recent publications include:

  • Evolutionary Transitions Between Hermaphroditism and Dioecy in Animals and Plants, 2022, Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  • A neutral model for the loss of recombination on sex chromosomes, 2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • The rapid dissolution of dioecy by experimental evolution, 2021, Current Biology
  • The Scope for Postmating Sexual Selection in Plants, 2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • High rates of evolution preceded shifts to sex-biased gene expression in Leucadendron, the most sexually dimorphic angiosperms, 2021, eLife

Their research contributions frequently appear in these publication venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Current Biology
  • Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Annals of Botany
  • New Phytologist

Collaborations are a notable aspect of their work, with regular coauthors including:

  • Kai-Hsiu Chen
  • Nora Villamil
  • Xinji Li
  • Jeanne Tonnabel
  • Charles Mullon

Best Publications

  • BAKER'S LAW REVISITED: REPRODUCTIVE ASSURANCE IN A METAPOPULATION

    John R. Pannell;Spencer C. H. Barrett

  • Effects of metapopulation processes on measures of genetic diversity.

    John R. Pannell;Brian Charlesworth

  • The Evolution and Maintenance of Androdioecy

    John R. Pannell

  • The scope of Baker's law

    John R Pannell;Josh R Auld;Yaniv Brandvain;Martin Christopher Burd

  • Silene as a model system in ecology and evolution.

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

  • About PAR: The distinct evolutionary dynamics of the pseudoautosomal region

    Sarah P. Otto;John R. Pannell;Catherine L. Peichel;Tia-Lynn Ashman

  • NEUTRAL GENETIC DIVERSITY IN A METAPOPULATION WITH RECURRENT LOCAL EXTINCTION AND RECOLONIZATION

    John R. Pannell;Brian Charlesworth

  • Reduced inbreeding depression after species range expansion

    Benoit Pujol;Shu-Rong Zhou;Julia Sanchez Vilas;John R. Pannell

  • Evolution of the mating system in colonizing plants

    John R. Pannell

  • On the rarity of dioecy in flowering plants.

    Jos Käfer;Gabriel A. B. Marais;John R. Pannell

  • Are Q(ST)-F(ST) comparisons for natural populations meaningful?

    B. Pujol;A. J. Wilson;R. I. C. Ross;J. R. Pannell

  • Sexual selection in plants.

    Jamie C. Moore;John R. Pannell

  • THE MAINTENANCE OF GYNODIOECY AND ANDRODIOECY IN A METAPOPULATION.

    John Pannell

  • Low number of fixed somatic mutations in a long-lived oak tree

    Emanuel Schmid-Siegert;Namrata Sarkar;Namrata Sarkar;Christian Iseli;Sandra Calderon

  • Reduced Responses to Selection After Species Range Expansion

    Benoit Pujol;John R. Pannell

  • Widespread functional androdioecy in Mercurialis annua L. (Euphorbiaceae)

    John Pannell

  • Roots, shoots and reproduction: sexual dimorphism in size and costs of reproductive allocation in an annual herb.

    Mark S Harris;John R Pannell

  • Self‐compatibility is over‐represented on islands

    Dena L Grossenbacher;Dena L Grossenbacher;Dena L Grossenbacher;Yaniv Brandvain;Josh R Auld;Martin Burd

  • ECOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIATION AND DIPLOID SUPERIORITY ACROSS A MOVING PLOIDY CONTACT ZONE

    Richard J. A. Buggs;John R. Pannell

  • Polyploidy and the sexual system: what can we learn from Mercurialis annua?

    John R. Pannell;Darren J. Obbard;Richard J. A. Buggs

  • VARIATION IN SEX RATIOS AND SEX ALLOCATION IN ANDRODIOECIOUS MERCURIALIS ANNUA

    John Pannell

Frequent Co-Authors

Miguel Verdú
Miguel Verdú University of Valencia
Santiago C. González-Martínez
Santiago C. González-Martínez University of Bordeaux
Stephen Harris
Stephen Harris University of Bristol
Spencer C. H. Barrett
Spencer C. H. Barrett University of Toronto
Lynda F. Delph
Lynda F. Delph Indiana University
Deborah Charlesworth
Deborah Charlesworth University of Edinburgh
José M. Gómez
José M. Gómez Spanish National Research Council
Brian Charlesworth
Brian Charlesworth University of Edinburgh
Boris Vyskot
Boris Vyskot Czech Academy of Sciences
Sarah P. Otto
Sarah P. Otto University of British Columbia

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