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  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jonathan F. Wendel is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a notable focus on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. They have contributed extensively to the study of plant science, molecular biology, endocrinology, genetics, and ecological and evolutionary systematics.

Their principal research themes include:

  • Research in Cotton Cultivation
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Reproductive Biology

Jonathan F. Wendel has published in a variety of scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Nature Genetics
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • The Plant Journal

Their recent notable papers, reflecting ongoing work in cotton genomics and plant molecular biology, include:

  • "Genomic diversifications of five Gossypium allopolyploid species and their impact on cotton improvement," 2020, Nature Genetics
  • "Homoeologous Exchanges, Segmental Allopolyploidy, and Polyploid Genome Evolution," 2020, Frontiers in Genetics
  • "The miR319-Targeted GhTCP4 Promotes the Transition from Cell Elongation to Wall Thickening in Cotton Fiber," 2020, Molecular Plant
  • "Genomics of Evolutionary Novelty in Hybrids and Polyploids," 2020, Frontiers in Genetics
  • "Genomic innovation and regulatory rewiring during evolution of the cotton genus Gossypium," 2022, Nature Genetics

Their frequent co-authors reflect collaborations within the plant genomics and related fields, with the most common collaborators being:

  • Corrinne E. Grover
  • Guanjing Hu
  • Daniel G. Peterson
  • Mark A. Arick
  • Justin L. Conover

Throughout their career, Jonathan F. Wendel has been recognized by the scientific community, receiving the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) distinction in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Ribosomal ITS sequences and plant phylogenetic inference.

    Inés Álvarez;Jonathan F. Wendel

  • Genome evolution in polyploids

    Jonathan F. Wendel

  • Visualization and Interpretation of Plant Isozymes

    Jonathan F. Wendel;Norman F. Weeden

  • Polyploidy and genome evolution in plants.

    Keith L Adams;Jonathan F Wendel

  • A rapid method for extraction of cotton (Gossypium spp.) genomic DNA suitable for RFLP or PCR analysis

    Andrew H. Paterson;Curt L. Brubaker;Jonathan F. Wendel

  • Repeated polyploidization of Gossypium genomes and the evolution of spinnable cotton fibres

    Andrew H Paterson;Jonathan F Wendel;Heidrun Gundlach;Hui Guo

  • Bidirectional interlocus concerted evolution following allopolyploid speciation in cotton (Gossypium)

    Jonathan F. Wendel;Andrew Schnabel;Tosak Seelanan

  • Genes duplicated by polyploidy show unequal contributions to the transcriptome and organ-specific reciprocal silencing

    Keith L. Adams;Richard Clark Cronn;Ryan J. Percifield;Jonathan F. Wendel

  • Polyploidy and the Evolutionary History of Cotton

    Jonathan F. Wendel;Richard Clark Cronn

  • Molecular-Marker-Facilitated Investigations of Quantitative-Trait Loci in Maize. I. Numbers, Genomic Distribution and Types of Gene Action

    M. D. Edwards;C. W. Stuber;J. F. Wendel

  • Gene duplication and evolutionary novelty in plants.

    Lex E. Flagel;Jonathan F. Wendel

  • Genetics of Plant Isozymes

    Norman F. Weeden;Jonathan F. Wendel

  • Phylogenetic Incongruence: Window into Genome History and Molecular Evolution

    Jonathan F. Wendel;Jeff J. Doyle

  • Evolutionary Genetics of Genome Merger and Doubling in Plants

    Jeff J. Doyle;Lex E. Flagel;Andrew H. Paterson;Ryan A. Rapp

  • The tortoise and the hare: choosing between noncoding plastome and nuclear Adh sequences for phylogeny reconstruction in a recently diverged plant group

    Randall L. Small;Julie A. Ryburn;Richard C. Cronn;Tosak Seelanan

  • Molecular marker-facilitated investigations of quantitative trait loci in maize. II. Factors influencing yield and its component traits

    Charles W. Stuber;M. D. Edwards;Jonathan F. Wendel

  • New World tetraploid cottons contain Old World cytoplasm

    J. F. Wendel

  • L. A. S. JOHNSON REVIEW No. 2 Use of nuclear genes for phylogeny reconstruction in plants

    Randall L. Small;Richard Clark Cronn;Jonathan F. Wendel

  • A Detailed RFLP Map of Cotton, Gossypium Hirsutum X Gossypium Barbadense: Chromosome Organization and Evolution in a Disomic Polyploid Genome

    A. J. Reinisch;Jian-Ming Dong;C. L. Brubaker;D. M. Stelly

  • Divergent Evolution of Plant NBS-LRR Resistance Gene Homologues in Dicot and Cereal Genomes

    Qilin Pan;Jonathan Wendel;Robert Fluhr

Frequent Co-Authors

Joshua A. Udall
Joshua A. Udall Agricultural Research Service
Andrew H. Paterson
Andrew H. Paterson University of Georgia
Richard Cronn
Richard Cronn US Forest Service
Bao Liu
Bao Liu Northeast Normal University
David M. Stelly
David M. Stelly Texas A&M University
Rod A. Wing
Rod A. Wing University of Arizona
Candace H. Haigler
Candace H. Haigler North Carolina State University
Peng W. Chee
Peng W. Chee University of Georgia
Haibao Tang
Haibao Tang Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Jeff J. Doyle
Jeff J. Doyle Cornell University

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