Selected publications
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- Goodwillie, C., R.D. Sargent, D.A. Moeller, R.H. Ree, M.O. Johnston, E. Porcher, P.-O. Cheptou, C.G. Eckert, E. Elle, M.A. Geber, S. Kalisz, J.K. Kelly, M. Vallejo-Marin and A.A. Winn. 2010. Correlated evolution of mating system and floral display traits in flowering plants and its implications for the distribution of mating system variation. New Phytologist 185: 311-321. [PDF]
- Eckert, C.G., S. Kalisz, M.A. Geber, R. Sargent, E. Elle, P.-O. Cheptou, C. Goodwillie, M.O. Johnston, J.K. Kelly, D.A. Moeller, E. Porcher, R.H. Ree, M. Vallejo-Marin and A.A. Winn. 2010. Plant mating systems in a changing world. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 25: 35-43. [PDF]
- Whittle, C.-A., S.P. Otto, M.O. Johnston and J.E. Krochko. 2009. Adaptive epigenetic memory of ancestral temperature regime in Arabidopsis thaliana. Botany 87: 650-657. [PDF]
- Burd, M., T.-L. Ashman, D.R. Campbell, M.R. Dudash, M.O. Johnston, T.M. Knight, S.J. Mazer, R.J. Mitchell, J.A. Steets and J.C. Vamosi. 2009. Ovule number per flower in a world of unpredictable pollination. American Journal of Botany 96: 1159-1167. [PDF]
- Bartkowska, M.P., and M.O. Johnston. 2009. Quantitative genetic variation in populations of Amsinckia spectabilis that differ in rate of self-fertilization. Evolution 63: 1103-1117. [Abs] [PDF]
- Porcher, E., J.K. Kelly, P.-O. Cheptou, C.G. Eckert, M.O. Johnston and S. Kalisz. 2009. The genetic consequences of fluctuating inbreeding depression and the evolution of plant selfing rates. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 708-717. [PDF]
- Johnston, M.O., E. Porcher, P-O. Cheptou, C.G. Eckert, E. Elle, M.A. Geber, S. Kalisz, J.K. Kelly, D.A. Moeller, M. Vallejo-Marín and A.A. Winn. 2009. Correlations among fertility components can maintain mixed mating in plants. American Naturalist 173:1-11. [Abs] [PDF]
- Simons, A.M., and M.O. Johnston. 2006. A quantitative genetic analysis of diversification in the timing of seed germination within and among years: implications for the evolution of bet hedging. Evolution 60:2280-2292 (and cover). [PDF]
- Hill, N.M., M.T.D. Myra, and M.O. Johnston. 2006. Breeding system and early-stage inbreeding depression in a Nova Scotian population of the global rarity, Sabatia kennedyana (Gentianaceae). Rhodora 108: 307-328.
- Whittle, C.-A., and M.O. Johnston. 2006. Moving forward in determining the causes of mutations: the features of plants that make them suited to assessing the impact of environmental factors and cell age. Journal of Experimental Botany 57: 1847-1855). [PDF]
- Knight, T.M., J.A. Steets, J.C. Vamosi, S.J. Mazer, M.Burd, D.R. Campbell, M.R. Dudash, M. O. Johnston, R.J. Mitchell and T.-L. Ashman. 2005. Pollen limitation of plant reproduction: pattern and process. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 36: 467-497. [PDF] [Abs]
- Ashman, T.-L., T.M. Knight, J.A. Steets, P. Amarasekare, M. Burd, D.R. Campbell, M.R. Dudash, M.O. Johnston, S.J. Mazer, R.J. Mitchell, M.T. Morgan, and W.G. Wilson. 2004. Pollen limitation of plant reproduction: ecological and evolutionary causes and consequences. Ecology 85: 2408-2421. [PDF] [Abs]
- Whittle, C.-A., and M.O. Johnston. 2003. Male-biased transmission of deleterious mutations to the progeny in A. thaliana. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 100: 4055-4059. [PDF] [Abs]
- Whittle, C.-A., and M.O. Johnston. 2003. Broad-scale analysis contradicts the theory that generation time affects molecular evolutionary rate in plants. Journal of Molecular Evolution 56: 223-233. [PDF] [Abs]
- Simons, A.M., and M.O. Johnston. 2003. Suboptimal timing of reproduction in Lobelia inflata may be a conservative bet-hedging strategy. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16:233-243. [PDF] [Abs]
- Whittle, C.-A., and M.O. Johnston. 2002. Male-driven evolution of mitochondrial and chloroplastidial DNA sequences in plants. Molecular Biology and Evolution 19: 938-949. [PDF] [Abs]
- Johnston, M.O. 2002. Homeosis. Oxford Encyclopedia of Evolution. Oxford University Press.
- Li, P., and M.O. Johnston. 2001. Comparative floral morphometrics of distyly and homostyly in three evolutionary lineages on Amsinckia (Boraginaceae) Canadian Journal of Botany 79: 1332-1348. [PDF]
- Whittle, C.-A., T. Beardmore and M.O. Johnston. 2001. Is G1 arrest in plant seeds induced by a p53-related pathway? Trends in Plant Science 6:248-251. [PDF]
- Simons, A.M., and M.O. Johnston. 2000. Plasticity and the genetics of reproductive behaviour in the monocarpic perennial, Lobelia inflata (Indian tobacco). Heredity 85:356-365. [PDF]
- Li, P., and M.O. Johnston. 2000. Heterochrony in plant evolutionary studies through the twentieth century. Botanical Review 66: 57 -88. [PDF]
- Simons, A.M., and M.O. Johnston. 2000. Variation in seed traits of Lobelia inflata (Campanulaceae): Sources and fitness consequences. American Journal of Botany 87: 124-132 (and cover photo). [PDF]
- Johnston, M.O. 2000 (updated 2004). Mutation and new variation: overview. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Macmillan Publishing, London, UK [published on the internet (http://www.grovereference.com/els/) and on paper].
- Simons, A.M., and M.O. Johnston 1999. The cost of compensation. American Naturalist 153: 683-687. [PDF]
- Li, P., and M.O. Johnston. 1999. Evolution of meiosis timing during floral development. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 266: 185-190 (and cover photo). [PDF] [Abs] [More Info]
- Johnston, M.O. 1998. Evolution of intermediate selfing rates in plants: Pollination ecology versus deleterious mutations. Genetica 102/103: 267-278 (special issue, “Mutation and Evolution.” Published in book form as well by Kluwer Press). [PDF] [Abs]
- O’Connell, L.M., and M. O. Johnston. 1998. Male and female pollination success in a deceptive orchid, a selection study. Ecology 79: 1246-1260. [PDF]
- Johnston, M.O., B. Das, and W.R. Hoeh. 1998. Negative correlation between male allocation and self-fertilization in a hermaphroditic animal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 95: 617-620. [PDF] [Abs]
- Simons, A.M., and M.O. Johnston. 1997. Developmental instability as a bet-hedging strategy. Oikos 80: 401-406. [PDF]
- Schoen, D. J., M.O. Johnston, A. -M. L'Heureux and J. M. Marsolais. 1997. Evolutionary history of the mating system in Amsinckia (Boraginaceae). Evolution 51: 1090-1099. [PDF]
- Johnston, M.O., and D.J. Schoen. 1996. Correlated evolution of self-fertilization and inbreeding depression: An experimental study of nine populations of Amsinckia (Boraginaceae). Evolution 50: 1478-1491.
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- Johnston, M.O., and D.J. Schoen. 1995. Mutation rates and dominance levels of genes affecting total fitness in two angiosperm species. Science 267: 226-229 (and cover photo). [PDF] [Abs]
- Johnston, M.O., and D.J. Schoen. 1994. On the measurement of inbreeding depression Evolution 48: 1735-1741. [PDF]
- Johnston, M.O. 1993. Tests of two hypotheses concerning pollen competition in a self-compatible, long-styled species (Lobelia cardinalis: Lobeliaceae). American Journal of Botany 80: 1400-1406. [PDF]
- Johnston, M.O. 1992. Effects of cross and self-fertilization on progeny fitness in Lobelia cardinalis and L. siphilitica. Evolution 46: 688-702. [PDF]
- Johnston, M.O. 1991. Natural selection on floral traits in two species of Lobelia with different pollinators. Evolution 45: 1468-1479. [PDF]
- Johnston, M.O. 1991. Pollen limitation of female reproduction in Lobelia cardinalis and L. siphilitica. Ecology 72: 1500-1503. [PDF]