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Research
Latest papers
The ecology of polyploid establishment and exclusion, with implications for polyploid biogeography.
The New phytologist · 2025
Rethinking pathways to the dioecy-polyploidy association: Genera with many dioecious species have fewer polyploids.
American journal of botany · 2024
Dispersal and establishment traits provide a colonization advantage for a polyploid apomictic plant.
American journal of botany · 2023 · senior author
Latest funding
- $196,000
The origins, spread, and persistence of asexual reproduction in plants
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
- $150,000
Operations and Maintenance Support for Canadensys: Pancanadian Biodiversity Informatics Network and Portal
NSERC · 2017 · Co-investigator
- $22,807
A partnership to enhance rare plant surveys and environmental assessment in the boreal forest of northeastern British Columbia
NSERC · 2012 · Principal investigator
13 publications.
The ecology of polyploid establishment and exclusion, with implications for polyploid biogeography.
Osterman WHA, Hagan JG, Whitton J, Bjorkman AD
Rethinking pathways to the dioecy-polyploidy association: Genera with many dioecious species have fewer polyploids.
Osterman WHA, Hill A, Hagan JG, Whitton J, Bacon CD, Bjorkman AD
Dispersal and establishment traits provide a colonization advantage for a polyploid apomictic plant.
Hersh EW, Medina AR, Whitton J
Townsendialemhiensis (Asteraceae, Astereae): A narrowly endemic new species from Idaho, USA.
Lee C, Björk CR, Whitton J
Phylogenetic history of vascular plant metabolism revealed using a macroevolutionary common garden.
Neto-Bradley BM, Muir CD, Whitton J, Pennell MW
Macroevolutionary history predicts flowering time but not phenological sensitivity to temperature in grasses.
Neto-Bradley BM, Whitton J, Lipsen LPJ, Pennell MW
Phylogenetic analysis of the distribution of deadly amatoxins among the little brown mushrooms of the genus Galerina.
Landry B, Whitton J, Bazzicalupo AL, Ceska O, Berbee ML
Using herbarium-derived DNAs to assemble a large-scale DNA barcode library for the vascular plants of Canada.
Kuzmina ML, Braukmann TWA, Fazekas AJ, Graham SW, Dewaard SL, Rodrigues A, Bennett BA, Dickinson TA, Saarela JM, Catling PM, Newmaster SG, Percy DM, Fenneman E, Lauron-Moreau A, Ford B, Gillespie L, Subramanyam R, Whitton J, Jennings L, Metsger D, Warne CP, Brown A, Sears E, Dewaard JR, Zakharov EV, Hebert PDN
Co-occurrence of related asexual, but not sexual, lineages suggests that reproductive interference limits coexistence.
Whitton J, Sears CJ, Maddison WP
Attack of the clones: reproductive interference between sexuals and asexuals in the Crepis agamic complex.
Hersh E, Grimm J, Whitton J
The origins, spread, and persistence of asexual reproduction in plants
Principal investigators: Whitton, Jeannette
Keywords: Apomixis; Asexual reproduction; Genetic divergence; Local adaptation; Polyploidy; Range limits; Reproductive interference; Sexual-asexual systems; Speciation
Operations and Maintenance Support for Canadensys: Pancanadian Biodiversity Informatics Network and Portal
Principal investigators: Bruneau, Anne
A partnership to enhance rare plant surveys and environmental assessment in the boreal forest of northeastern British Columbia
Principal investigators: Whitton, Jeannette
The origin, spread and consequences of asexual polyploidy in the sunflower family
Principal investigators: Whitton, Jeannette
The Genetics of Invasiveness: what makes a weed a weed?
Principal investigators: Rieseberg, Loren
Ultracold freezers for collaborative use
Principal investigators: Whitlock, Michael
Studies of divergence and speciation in the sunflower family
Principal investigators: Whitton, Jeannette
The genetics and transmission of apomixis in townsendia (asteraceae)
Principal investigators: Whitton, Jeannette
Flow cytometer for field and laboratory use
Principal investigators: Suttle, Curtis
A video imaging system for documentation of agarose gels in genetic, developmental and evolutionary studies
Principal investigators: Whitton, Jeannette
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