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Thomas Mitchell-Olds

Thomas Mitchell-Olds

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
96
Citations
34195
World Ranking
1821
National Ranking
1005

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Thomas Mitchell-Olds is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their work involves several key subfields including Plant Science, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Thomas Mitchell-Olds has contributed to research topics such as Genetic diversity and population structure, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics, Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress, Moringa oleifera research and applications, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, and Plant and animal studies.

Recent papers by this researcher include:

  • Ecological factors influence balancing selection on leaf chemical profiles of a wildflower (2021) published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Genetic architecture and adaptation of flowering time among environments (2021) published in New Phytologist
  • Chromosomal Evolution and Apomixis in the Cruciferous Tribe Boechereae (2020) published in Frontiers in Plant Science
  • An epigenetic pathway in rice connects genetic variation to anaerobic germination and seedling establishment (2021) published in PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Are genetic variation and demographic performance linked? (2022) published in Evolutionary Applications

Frequent publication venues for Thomas Mitchell-Olds include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), UNC Libraries, Nature Ecology & Evolution, and New Phytologist.

They frequently collaborate with several coauthors such as Maggie R. Wagner, Catherine A. Rushworth, Lauren N. Carley, Baosheng Wang, and Ya-Ping Lin.

Thomas Mitchell-Olds was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • The draft genome of the transgenic tropical fruit tree papaya (Carica papaya Linnaeus)

    Ray Ming;Shaobin Hou;Yun Feng;Qingyi Yu

  • Comparative Evolutionary Analysis of Chalcone Synthase and Alcohol Dehydrogenase Loci in Arabidopsis, Arabis, and Related Genera (Brassicaceae)

    Marcus A. Koch;Bernhard Haubold;Thomas Mitchell-Olds

  • Regression analysis of natural selection statistical inference and biological interpretation

    Thomas Mitchell‐Olds;Ruth G. Shaw

  • Host genotype and age shape the leaf and root microbiomes of a wild perennial plant

    Maggie R. Wagner;Derek S Lundberg;Tijana G. del Rio;Susannah G. Tringe

  • Genetic control of natural variation in Arabidopsis glucosinolate accumulation.

    Daniel J. Kliebenstein;Juergen Kroymann;Paul Brown;Antje Figuth

  • Which evolutionary processes influence natural genetic variation for phenotypic traits

    Thomas Mitchell-Olds;John H. Willis;David B. Goldstein

  • Disarming the mustard oil bomb

    Andreas Ratzka;Heiko Vogel;Daniel J. Kliebenstein;Thomas Mitchell-Olds

  • Anova for Unbalanced Data: An Overview

    Ruth G. Shaw;Thomas Mitchell-Olds

  • Successful herbivore attack due to metabolic diversion of a plant chemical defense

    Ute Wittstock;Niels Agerbirk;Einar J. Stauber;Carl Erik Olsen

  • The ABC's of comparative genomics in the Brassicaceae: building blocks of crucifer genomes

    M. Eric Schranz;Martin A. Lysak;Martin A. Lysak;Thomas Mitchell-Olds

  • Phenotypic plasticity and adaptive evolution contribute to advancing flowering phenology in response to climate change

    Jill T. Anderson;David W. Inouye;David W. Inouye;Amy M. McKinney;Amy M. McKinney;Robert I. Colautti

  • The Arabidopsis Epithiospecifier Protein Promotes the Hydrolysis of Glucosinolates to Nitriles and Influences Trichoplusia ni Herbivory

    Virginia Lambrix;Michael Reichelt;Thomas Mitchell-Olds;Daniel J. Kliebenstein

  • Molecular systematics of the Brassicaceae: evidence from coding plastidic matK and nuclear Chs sequences

    Marcus Koch;Bernhard Haubold;Thomas Mitchell-Olds

  • Evolutionary genetics of plant adaptation

    Jill T. Anderson;John H. Willis;Thomas Mitchell-Olds

  • Genetic mechanisms and evolutionary significance of natural variation in Arabidopsis

    Thomas Mitchell-Olds;Johanna Schmitt

  • Genetics of drought adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana: I. Pleiotropy contributes to genetic correlations among ecological traits

    J. K. Mckay;J. H. Richards;T. Mitchell-Olds

  • Evolutionary and ecological functional genomics.

    Martin E Feder;Thomas Mitchell-Olds

  • Gene duplication in the diversification of secondary metabolism: tandem 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases control glucosinolate biosynthesis in Arabidopsis.

    Daniel J. Kliebenstein;Virginia M. Lambrix;Michael Reichelt;Jonathan Gershenzon

  • Genetic isolation by distance in Arabidopsis thaliana: biogeography and postglacial colonization of Europe

    Timothy F. Sharbel;Bernhard Haubold;Thomas Mitchell-Olds

  • Rapid evolution in plant chitinases: molecular targets of selection in plant-pathogen coevolution.

    J. G. Bishop;A. M. Dean;T. Mitchell-Olds

Frequent Co-Authors

Jill T. Anderson
Jill T. Anderson University of Georgia
M. Eric Schranz
M. Eric Schranz Wageningen University & Research
Marcus A. Koch
Marcus A. Koch Heidelberg University
Jonathan Gershenzon
Jonathan Gershenzon Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Daniel J. Kliebenstein
Daniel J. Kliebenstein University of California, Davis
Heiko Vogel
Heiko Vogel Max Planck Society
Jeremy Schmutz
Jeremy Schmutz Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Martin A. Lysak
Martin A. Lysak Masaryk University
Daniel S. Rokhsar
Daniel S. Rokhsar University of California, Berkeley
Michael Reichelt
Michael Reichelt Max Planck Society

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