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  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Sarah Mathews is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields including Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Social Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. They have contributed to several subfields such as Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Sociology and Political Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Education.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, mainly focused on plant biology and social science education. Key topics include Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, and Plant Molecular Biology Research.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Sarah Mathews are:

  • Deeply Altered Genome Architecture in the Endoparasitic Flowering Plant Sapria himalayana Griff. (Rafflesiaceae), 2021, Current Biology
  • Water lily ( Nymphaea thermarum ) genome reveals variable genomic signatures of ancient vascular cambium losses, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A genome resource for Acacia, Australia's largest plant genus, 2022, PLoS ONE
  • Black Lives Matter at School: Using the 13 Guiding Principles as Critical Race Pedagogies for Black Citizenship Education, 2022, The Journal of Social Studies Research
  • Phylogenetic Relationships Within Tribe Hibisceae (Malvaceae) Reveal Complex Patterns of Polyphyly inHibiscusandPavonia, 2024, Systematic Botany

Sarah Mathews has worked frequently with co-authors including Zhenxiang Xi, Charles C. Davis, Todd G. B. McLay, Craig M. McGill, and Liming Cai. The scientist's publications have appeared in journals such as Current Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE, Systematic Botany, and The Journal of Social Studies Research.

In 2016, Sarah Mathews was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Phylotranscriptomic analysis of the origin and early diversification of land plants

    Norman J. Wickett;Siavash Mirarab;Nam Nguyen;Tandy Warnow

  • The phytochrome apoprotein family in Arabidopsis is encoded by five genes: the sequences and expression of PHYD and PHYE.

    Ted Clack;Sarah Mathews;Robert A. Sharrock

  • Phylogeny and subfamilial classification of the grasses (Poaceae)

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

  • Data access for the 1,000 Plants (1KP) project.

    Naim Matasci;Ling Hong Hung;Zhixiang Yan;Eric J. Carpenter

  • Dated molecular phylogenies indicate a Miocene origin for Arabidopsis thaliana

    Mark A. Beilstein;Nathalie S. Nagalingum;Nathalie S. Nagalingum;Mark D. Clements;Steven R. Manchester

  • The root of angiosperm phylogeny inferred from duplicate phytochrome genes.

    Sarah Mathews;Michael J. Donoghue

  • Evolutionary history of the angiosperm flora of China

    Li Min Lu;Ling Feng Mao;Tuo Yang;Jian Fei Ye

  • Recent Synchronous Radiation of a Living Fossil

    N. S Nagalingum;N. S Nagalingum;C. R Marshall;Tiago Bosisio Quental;Tiago Bosisio Quental;H. S Rai;H. S Rai

  • Laurasian migration explains Gondwanan disjunctions: Evidence from Malpighiaceae

    Charles C. Davis;Charles D. Bell;Sarah Mathews;Michael J. Donoghue

  • Phylogenomics and a posteriori data partitioning resolve the Cretaceous angiosperm radiation Malpighiales

    Zhenxiang Xi;Brad R. Ruhfel;Brad R. Ruhfel;Hanno Schaefer;Hanno Schaefer;André M. Amorim

  • Phytochrome gene diversity

    S. Mathews;R. A. Sharrock

  • Hemisphere-scale differences in conifer evolutionary dynamics

    Andrew B. Leslie;Jeremy M. Beaulieu;Hardeep S. Rai;Peter R. Crane

  • The root of the angiosperms revisited.

    Michael J. Zanis;Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis;Sarah Mathews

  • Hydatellaceae identified as a new branch near the base of the angiosperm phylogenetic tree

    Jeffery M. Saarela;Hardeep S. Rai;James A. Doyle;Peter K. Endress

  • Phylogeny of the parasitic plant family Orobanchaceae inferred from phytochrome A.

    Jonathan R. Bennett;Sarah Mathews

  • Phylogenetic signal in nucleotide data from seed plants: implications for resolving the seed plant tree of life

    J. Gordon Burleigh;Sarah Mathews

  • Phytochrome‐mediated development in land plants: red light sensing evolves to meet the challenges of changing light environments

    Sarah Mathews

  • Brassicaceae phylogeny inferred from phytochrome A and ndhF sequence data: tribes and trichomes revisited

    Mark A. Beilstein;Mark A. Beilstein;Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz;Sarah Mathews;Elizabeth A. Kellogg

  • The phytochrome gene family in grasses (Poaceae): a phylogeny and evidence that grasses have a subset of the loci found in dicot angiosperms.

    S. Mathews;Robert A. Sharrock

  • Phylogenetic structure in the grass family (Poaceae): evidence from the nuclear gene phytochrome B.

    Sarah Mathews;Rocky C. Tsai;Elizabeth A. Kellogg

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Donoghue
Michael J. Donoghue Yale University
Robert A. Sharrock
Robert A. Sharrock Montana State University
Douglas E. Soltis
Douglas E. Soltis University of Florida
Charles C. Davis
Charles C. Davis Harvard University
Sean W. Graham
Sean W. Graham University of British Columbia
Elizabeth A. Kellogg
Elizabeth A. Kellogg Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Gane Ka-Shu Wong
Gane Ka-Shu Wong University of Alberta
Hervé Philippe
Hervé Philippe Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Pamela S. Soltis
Pamela S. Soltis University of Florida
Dennis W. Stevenson
Dennis W. Stevenson New York Botanical Garden

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