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1828
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157

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Genetics

Mark R. Macnair focuses on Botany, Mimulus guttatus, Holcus lanatus, Arsenate and Phosphorus. He has included themes like Mimicry and Vacuolar transport in his Botany study. His Mimulus guttatus research includes elements of Evolutionary biology and Reproductive isolation.

His Holcus lanatus research spans across into fields like Phosphate, Poaceae, Soil contamination and Horticulture. His work deals with themes such as Phytotoxicity, Plant nutrition and Mutant, which intersect with Phosphate. His Pollinator research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Zoology and Frequency-dependent selection.

His most cited work include:

  • Suppression of the High Affinity Phosphate Uptake System: A Mechanism of Arsenate Tolerance in Holcus lanatus L. (429 citations)
  • Negative frequency-dependent selection maintains a dramatic flower color polymorphism in the rewardless orchid Dactylorhiza sambucina (L.) Soo. (261 citations)
  • An altered phosphate uptake system in arsenate‐tolerant Holcus lanatus L. (227 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary scientific interests are in Botany, Mimulus guttatus, Holcus lanatus, Arsenate and Pollen. His Botany research includes themes of Hyperaccumulator and Major gene. His studies deal with areas such as Evolutionary biology, Heritability, Natural selection and Locus as well as Mimulus guttatus.

His Arsenate study spans across into fields like Poaceae, Phosphate and Phosphorus. Mark R. Macnair has included themes like Soil water and Plant physiology in his Poaceae study. His Pollinator research includes elements of Zoology, Foraging and Nectar.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (62.50%)
  • Mimulus guttatus (37.50%)
  • Holcus lanatus (19.44%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2005-2020)?

  • Botany (62.50%)
  • Genetics (18.06%)
  • Holcus lanatus (19.44%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Botany, Genetics, Holcus lanatus, Efflux and Arsenite. His work carried out in the field of Botany brings together such families of science as Flowering time, Thlaspi caerulescens and Life history. Genetics is frequently linked to Population genetics in his study.

His Holcus lanatus research overlaps with Phenotype, Biochemistry, Arsenate, Phosphate and Xylem. His Adaptation research integrates issues from Mimulus guttatus, Natural selection, Locus and Reproductive isolation. His Arabidopsis lyrata research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Genome, Synteny and Genomics.

Between 2005 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Indirect Evolution of Hybrid Lethality Due to Linkage with Selected Locus in Mimulus guttatus (95 citations)
  • The Genetics of Metal Tolerance and Accumulation in Higher Plants (86 citations)
  • Comparison of gene expression in segregating families identifies genes and genomic regions involved in a novel adaptation, zinc hyperaccumulation. (73 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Genetics

Mark R. Macnair spends much of his time researching Genetics, Botany, Metal, Synteny and Quantitative trait locus. His Genetics study combines topics in areas such as Evolutionary biology and Reproductive isolation. His study in Synteny is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Candidate gene, Arabidopsis and Comparative genomics, Genomics.

His study connects Arabidopsis lyrata and Quantitative trait locus.

Best Publications

  • Suppression of the High Affinity Phosphate Uptake System: A Mechanism of Arsenate Tolerance in Holcus lanatus L.

    A. A Meharg;M. R. Macnair

  • Negative frequency-dependent selection maintains a dramatic flower color polymorphism in the rewardless orchid Dactylorhiza sambucina (L.) Soo.

    Luc D. B. Gigord;Mark R. Macnair;Ann Smithson

  • An altered phosphate uptake system in arsenate‐tolerant Holcus lanatus L.

    Andrew A. Meharg;Mark R. Macnair

  • The genetics of metal tolerance in vascular plants.

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  • Zinc tolerance and accumulation in metallicolous and nonmetallicolous populations of Arabidopsis halleri (Brassicaceae).

    V. Bert;M. R. Macnair;P. De Laguerie;P. Saumitou-Laprade

  • Zinc tolerance and hyperaccumulation are genetically independent characters.

    Mark R. Macnair;Valerie Bert;Valerie Bert;Simone B. Huitson;Pierre Saumitou-Laprade

  • Phosphorus Nutrition of Arsenate-Tolerant and Nontolerant Phenotypes of Velvetgrass

    A. A. Meharg;J. Naylor;M. R. Macnair

  • Heavy metal tolerance in plants: A model evolutionary system.

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  • The genetic control of copper tolerance in the yellow monkey flower, Mimulus guttatus

    M R MacNair

  • The hyperaccumulation of metals by plants

    Mark R. Macnair

  • NEGATIVE FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT SELECTION BY POLLINATORS ON ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS WITHOUT REWARDS

    Ann Smithson;Mark R. Macnair

  • The Genetics of Metal Tolerance and Accumulation in Higher Plants

    Mark R. Macnair;Gavin H. Tilstone;Susanne E. Smith

  • The mechanisms of arsenate tolerance in Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) Beauv. and Agrostis capillaris L. Adaptation of the arsenate uptake system

    Andrew A. Meharg;Mark R. Macnair

  • Indirect Evolution of Hybrid Lethality Due to Linkage with Selected Locus in Mimulus guttatus

    Kevin M. Wright;Deborah Lloyd;David B. Lowry;Mark R. Macnair

  • The effects of floral display size on pollinator service to individual flowers of Myosotis and Mimulus

    Alastair W. Robertson;Mark R. Macnair

  • The genetic architecture of interspecific variation in mimulus.

    Mark R. Macnair;Quinton J. Cumbes

  • Uptake, accumulation and translocation of arsenate in arsenate-tolerant and non-tolerant Holcus lanatus L.

    Andrew A. Meharg;Mark R. Macnair

  • Evidence for a role for the cell membrane in copper tolerance of Mimulus guttatus Fischer ex DC.

    Julie Strange;Mark R. Macnair

  • Bumble bee selection of Mimulus guttatus flowers : The effects of pollen quality and reward depletion

    Alastair W. Robertson;Claire Mountjoy;Brian E. Faulkner;Matthew V. Roberts

  • Within and between population genetic variation for zinc accumulation in Arabidopsis halleri

    Mark R. Macnair

  • The quantitative genetics of floral characters in Mimulus guttatus

    Alastair W Robertson;Anita Diaz;Mark R Macnair

  • Factors affecting the co-existence of the serpentine endemic Mimulus nudatus Curran and its presumed progenitor, Mimulus guttatus Fischer ex DC

    Michael Gardner;Mark Macnair

  • EVIDENCE THAT ARSENIC TOLERANCE IN HOLCUS LANATUS L. IS CAUSED BY AN ALTERED PHOSPHATE UPTAKE SYSTEM.

    Mark R. Macnair;Quinton Cumbes

  • Genetic correlation between arsenate tolerance and the rate of influx of arsenate and phosphate in Holcus lanatus L.

    Andrew A Meharg;Mark R MacNair

  • Adaptive speciation in Mimulus: an ecological comparison of M. cupriphilus with its presumed progenitor, M. guttatus

    M. R. Macnair;V. E. Macnair;B. E. Martin

  • Relationship between plant phosphorus status and the kinetics of arsenate influx in clones of deschampsia cespitosa (L.) beauv. that differ in their tolerance to arsenate

    Andrew A. Meharg;Mark R. Macnair

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew A. Meharg
Andrew A. Meharg Queen's University Belfast
Gavin H. Tilstone
Gavin H. Tilstone Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Alastair W. Robertson
Alastair W. Robertson Massey University
Nicholas Smirnoff
Nicholas Smirnoff University of Exeter
Richard F. Shore
Richard F. Shore Lancaster University
Alan J. M. Baker
Alan J. M. Baker University of Queensland
Brian Ford-Lloyd
Brian Ford-Lloyd University of Birmingham
Steve P. McGrath
Steve P. McGrath Rothamsted Research
Paul R. Poulton
Paul R. Poulton Rothamsted Research
Fang-Jie Zhao
Fang-Jie Zhao Nanjing Agricultural University

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