Selected Publications

2025

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Loew-Mendelson, E., Wickell, D., Mrozinski, C., Doan, E., Hupp, J., Vath, R.L., Yuan, L. and Heyduk, K., 2025. Techniques and challenges in studying photosynthetic diversity in freshwater aquatic vascular plants. bioRxiv, pp.2025-09. doi: 10.1101/2025.09.24.677520

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Castanedo, L., Bianconi, M.E., Pellen, T., Vernié, T., Lefort, C., Libourel, C., Le Ru, A., Rodde, N., Cauet, S., Callot, C., Forrest, L., Nishiyama, T., Wickell, D., Li, F.W., Keller, J., and Delaux, P.M. 2025. Leafy liverwort genomes shed light on the evolution of ericoid symbiosis. bioRxiv, pp.2025-04. doi: 10.1101/2025.04.01.646537

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2024

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Wickell, D.A., Field, R., Weitz, K., Chu, R., Trejo, J., Tolic, N., Munoz Munoz, N., Hundley, H., Savage, E., Lipzen, A. and Leebens-Mack, J., 2024. Integrative analysis of CAM photosynthesis reveals its impact on primary metabolism in Yucca. bioRxiv, pp.2024-11. doi: 10.1101/2024.11.01.621533

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Suissa, J.S., De La Cerda, G.Y., Graber, L.C., Jelley, C., Wickell, D., Phillips, H.R., Grinage, A.D., et al., 2024. Comparative phylogenomic analyses of SNP versus full locus datasets: insights and recommendations for researchers. Applications in Plant Sciences, Early view online publication, e11611. doi: 10.1002/aps3.11611

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Wickell, D., Landis, J., Zimmer, E. and Li, F.W., 2024. Population genomics of the Isoetes appalachiana (Isoetaceae) complex supports a ‘diploids-first’approach to conservation. Annals of Botany, 133(2), pp.261-272. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcad180

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Li, C.*, Wickell, D.*, Kuo, L.Y., Chen, X., Nie, B., Liao, X., Peng, D., et al., 2024. Extraordinary preservation of gene collinearity over three hundred million years revealed in homosporous lycophytes. PNAS, 121(4), e2312607121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2312607121

*Authors contributed equally

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2022

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Huang, X.*, Wang, W.*, Gong, T.*, Wickell, D.*, Kuo, L.Y., Zhang, X., Wen, J., et al., 2022. The flying spider-monkey tree fern genome provides insights into fern evolution and arborescence. Nature plants, 8(5), pp.500-512. doi: 10.1038/s41477-022-01146-6

*Authors contributed equally

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2021

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Wickell, D., Kuo, L.Y., Yang, H.P., Dhabalia Ashok, A., Irisarri, I., Dadras, A., de Vries, S., et al., 2021. Underwater CAM photosynthesis elucidated by Isoetes genome. Nature communications, 12(1), p.6348. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-26644-7

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2020

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Wickell, D.A. and Li, F.W., 2020. On the evolutionary significance of horizontal gene transfers in plants. New Phytologist, 225(1), pp.113-117. doi: 10.1111/nph.16022

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2017

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Wickell, D.A., Windham, M.D., Wang, X., Macdonald, S.J. and Beck, J.B., 2017. Can asexuality confer a short‐term advantage? Investigating apparent biogeographic success in the apomictic triploid fern Myriopteris gracilis. American Journal of Botany, 104(8), pp.1254-1265. doi: 10.3732/ajb.1700126

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2015

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Moore, M.R., Beza‐Beza, C.F., Wickell, D.A., Beck, J.B. and Jameson, M.L., 2015. Molecules, morphology and Mimeoma scarabs: evolutionary and taxonomic implications for a palm‐associated scarab group. Systematic Entomology, 40(4), pp.891-900. doi: 10.1111/syen.12139

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