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Aaron I. ListonProfessor, Director of OSU Herbarium,
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Plant systematics and evolution.
My research focuses on the application of molecular tools to basic questions of plant phylogeny (evolutionary relationships), biogeography, and genetic diversity. Major topics of current investigation include 1) phylogenetic studies in Pinus and the Pinaceae; 2) phylogenetic studies in Astragalus, Lathyrus and Trifolium (Fabaceae); 3) phylogenetic analysis of breeding system evolution in Thalictrum (Ranunculaceae); and 4) genetic diversity studies in the Oregon flora.
Thea Cook
Linda Hardison
Katie Mitchell
Joe Cannon (PSM)
Stephen Meyers (Ph.D. expected 2008)
Matthew Parks (Ph.D expected 2010)
Paul Severns (Ph.D. expected 2007)
BOT 321 Plant Systematics
BOT/ZOO 556 Phylogenetics
BOT 599 ST/Angiosperm Diversity
BI 388 Flowering Plants of the World
Liston, A., M. Parker-Defeniks, J.V. Syring, A. Willyard, and R. Cronn. Interpsecific phylogenetic analysis enhances intraspecific phylogeographic inference: a cast study in Pinus lambertiana. Molecular Ecology 16:3926-3938 [pdf]
Syring, J., K. Farrell, R. Businský, R. Cronn, and A. Liston. 2007. Widespread genealogical nonmonophyly in species of Pinus subgenus Strobus. Systematic Biology 56:163-181 [pdf]
Willyard, A., J. Syring, D.S. Gernandt, A. Liston, and R. Cronn. 2007. Fossil calibration of molecular divergence infers a moderate mutation rate and recent radiations for Pinus . Molecular Biology and Evolution 24: 90-101.[pdf]
Ellison, N., A. Liston, J.J. Steiner, N.L. Taylor, and W.M. Williams. 2006. Molecular phylogeny of Trifolium L. (Fabaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39: 688-705. [pdf]
Syring, J., A. Willyard, R.C. Cronn, and A. Liston. 2005. Evolutionary relationships among Pinus (Pinaceae) subsections inferred from multiple low-copy nuclear loci. American Journal of Botany 92: 2086-2100. [pdf]
Gernandt, D.S., G. Gaeda López, S. Ortiz García, and A. Liston. 2005. Phylogeny and classification of Pinus. Taxon 54: 29-42.[pdf]
Alexander, J.A., A. Liston, and S. J. Popovich. 2004. Genetic diversity of the narrow endemic Astragalus oniciformis (Fabaceae). American Journal of Botany 91: 2004-2012. [pdf]
Coleman, M., A. Liston, J.W. Kadereit, and R.J. Abbott. 2003. Repeat intercontinental dispersal and Pleistocene speciation in disjunct mediterranean and desert Senecio (Asteraceae) American Journal of Botany 90: 1446-1454. [pdf]
Gernandt, D.S., A. Liston, and D. Piñero. 2003. Phylogenetics of Pinus subsections Cembroides and Nelsoniae based on chloroplast DNA sequences. Systematic Botany 28: 657-673. [pdf]
Liston, A. 2003. A new interpretation of floral morphology in Garrya (Garryaceae). Taxon 52: 271-276. [pdf]
Liston, A., B. L. Wilson, P. S. Doescher W. A. Robinson, N. Harris, and T. Svejcar. 2003. Genetic evidence for sexual and clonal reproduction in a 59-year old population of Festuca idahoensis (Poaceae). Oecologia 137: 216-225.[pdf]
Liston, A. 2002. Genomics, bioinformatics and plant systematics. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 50: S-89-S-94.[pdf]
Brunet, J., A. Liston, J. S. Miller, and D. L. Venable. 2001. Polyploidy and gender dimorphism. Science 291:1441 [pdf]
Whittall, J., A. Liston, S. Gisler, and R. J. Meinke. 2000. Detecting nucleotide additivity from direct sequences is a SNAP: An example from Sidalcea (Malvaceae). Plant Biology 2: 211-217.[pdf]
Gernandt, D.S. and A. Liston. 1999. Internal transcribed spacer region evolution in Larix and Pseudotsuga (Pinaceae). American Journal of Botany 86: 711-723.[pdf]
Liston, A., W. A. Robinson, D. Piñero, and E. R. Alvarez-Buylla. 1999. Phylogenetics of Pinus (Pinaceae) based on nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer region sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 11: 95-109.[pdf]
Price, R.A., A. Liston, and S.H. Strauss. 1998. Phylogeny and systematics. In D.M. Richardson (ed.). Ecology and Biogeography of Pines, pp. 49-68. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
Wolfe, A.D. and A. Liston. 1998. Contributions of PCR-based methods to plant systematics and evolutionary biology. In D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis, and J.J. Doyle (eds.). Molecular Systematics of Plants: DNA Sequencing, 2nd ed. pp. 43-86. Kluwer Academic, Boston.
Liston, A. 1997. Biogeographic relationships between the Mediterranean and North American floras: insights from molecular data. Lagascalia 19: 323-330.
