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Department of Botany and Plant Pathology


Aaron I. Liston

Professor, Director of OSU Herbarium,
Program Director, Professional Science Master's Degree - Applied Systematics

Ph.D., 1990, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA
listona@science.oregonstate.edu

 

Faculty of the Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing

Office/Lab: Cordley 4068/4079
Phone: 541-737-5301/5299

 

 

 

 

 








 

 

Research Area

Plant systematics and evolution.

Description of Research

My research focuses on the application of genomics to plant phylogeny  and speciation. Major topics of current investigation include 1) phylogenomic studies of pines (Pinus) and the pine family (Pinaceae); 2) phylogenomics of milkweeds (Asclepias) including the sequencing of the A. syriaca genome; and 3) genomic approaches to speciation in meadowfoam (Limnanthes).

Research Group Members

Faculty Research Assistants/Associates

Thea Cook
Linda Hardison
Katie Mitchell

Graduate Students

Matthew Barmann (PSM)
Joe Cannon (PSM)
Stephen Meyers (Ph.D. expected 2009)
Matthew Parks (Ph.D expected 2010)

Teaching

BOT 321 Plant Systematics

BOT/ZOO 556 Phylogenetics

BOT 599 ST/Angiosperm Diversity

BI 388 Flowering Plants of the World

Related Links

Publications

Cronn, R., A. Liston, M. Parks, D.S. Gernandt, R. Shen, and T. Mockler. 2008. Multiplex sequencing of plant chloroplast genomes using Solexa sequencing-by-synthesis technology. Nucleic Acids Research 18. published online Aug. 27, 2008. [pdf]

Gernandt, D.S., S.A. Magall?n, G.G. L?pez, O. Zer?n Flores, A. Willyard, and A. Liston.  2008. Use of simultaneous analyses to guide fossil-based calibrations of Pinaceae phylogeny. International Journal of Plant Sciences 169: 1086-1099. [pdf]

Meyers, S.M. and A. Liston. 2008. The biogeography of Plantago ovata Forssk. (Plantaginaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 169: 954-962. [pdf]

Severns, P.M. and A. Liston. 2008. Intraspecific chromosome number variation: a neglected threat to the conservation of rare plants. Conservation Biology published online S ept. 15, 2008. [pdf]

Syring, J., R. del Castillo, R. Cronn, and A. Liston. 2007. Multiple nuclear loci reveal the distinctiveness of the threatened, neotropical Pinus chiapensis (Pinaceae).  Systematic Botany 32: 703-717. [pdf]

Liston, A., M. Parker-Defeniks, J.V. Syring, A. Willyard, and R. Cronn. 2007. 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.