2012
T. Renner and C.D. Specht. Molecular evolution and selection patterns of class I chitinase genes in the carnivorous plants of the Caryophyllales. Molecular Biology and Evolution.
V.S.F.T. Merckx, E.F. Smets and C.D. Specht. Biogeography and conservation of mycoheterotrophic plants. In V. Merckx [ed.], Mycoheterotrophic plants.
V.S.F.T. Merckx, S.B. Janssens, N.A.Hynson, C.D. Specht, T.D.Bruns, and E.F. Smets. Mycoheterotrophic interactions are not limited to a narrow phylogenetic range of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Molecular Ecology, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05472.x.
2011
David B. Wake, Marvalee H. Wake and Chelsea D. Specht. Homoplasy: from detecting pattern to determining process and mechanism of evolution. Science. 331:1032. pdf
M.E. Bartlett and C.D. Specht. Changes in copy number and expression pattern of the TEOSINTE BRANCHED-like genes in the Zingiberales provide a mechanism for evolutionary shifts in symmetry across the order. American Journal of Botany, 98(2):227-243. pdf
A. Carroll and C.D. Specht. 2011. Understanding plant cellulose synthases through a comprehensive investigation of the cellulose synthase family
sequences. Frontiers in Plant Genetics and Genomics (Front. Plant Sci.) 2:5. pdf.
T. Renner and C.D. Specht. Escaping the trap: Redefining carnivorous plant gland evolution in the Caryophyllales. International Journal of Plant Sciences. @font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face { font-family: "Garamond"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } 172(7): 889-901 .
2010
A.D. Poulsen and C.D. Specht. 2010. A new species of Costaceae from Borneo. Gardens Bulletin Singapore 62 (1): 143-150. pdf
Chodon Sass and Chelsea D. Specht. 2010. Phylogenetic estimation of the core Bromelioids with an emphasis on the genus Aechmea (Bromeliaceae).Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55(2): 559-571 (pdf)
Madelaine E. Bartlett and Chelsea D. Specht. 2010. Evidence for the involvement of GLOBOSA-like gene duplications and expression divergence in the evolution of floral morphology in the Zingiberales. New Phytologist 187:521-541. (pdf)
Gene Robinson, Jody Banks, Dianna Padilla, Warren Burggren, C. Cohen, Charles Delwiche, Vicki Funk, Hopi Hoekstra, Erich Jarvis, Loretta Johnson, Mark Martindale, Carlos Martinez del Rio, Mónica Medina, David Salt, Saurabh Sinha, Chelsea Specht, Allan Spradling, Kevin Strange, Joan Strassmann, Billie Swalla, and Lars Tomanek. 2010. Empowering 21st Century Biology. BioScience. 60(11): 923-930. pdf
2009
Chelsea D. Specht and Madelaine E. Bartlett. 2009. Flower Evolution: The Origin and Subsequent Diversification of the Angiosperm Flower. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 40: 217-243 (pdf)
Ling-Jing Chen, Zhao-Yan Diao, Chelsea Specht & Z. Renee Sung. 2009. Molecular Evolution of VEF-Domain-Containing PcG Genes in Plants.Molecular Plant pp 1-17 (pdf)
Bruce K. Kirchoff, Laura P. Lagomarsino, Madelaine E. Bartlett & Chelsea D. Specht. 2009. Early floral development in Heliconia latispatha and comparative evolution across Zingiberales. American Journal of Botany 96(3): 580-593(pdf)
Tanya Renner, Jennifer Bragg, Heather E. Driscoll, Juliana Cho, Andrew O. Jackson & Chelsea D. Specht. 2009. Viral Induced Gene Silencing as a tool for investigating floral developmental genetics in the Zingiberales. Molecular Plant doi: 10.1093/mp/ssp033 (pdf)
2008
Nguyen, N, H.E. Driscoll, and C.D. Specht. 2008. A molecular phylogeny of the wild onions (Allium; Alliaceae) with a focus on the western North American center of diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47: 1157-1172. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.12.006. (pdf)
Bartlett, M.E., B.K. Kirchoff, and C.D. Specht. 2008. Epi-illuminescence microscopy coupled to in situ hybridization and its utility in the study of evolution and development in non-model species. Development, Genes and Evolution 218(5): 273-279. (pdf)
2007
Kress, W. J., M. Newman, A. Poulsen, and C. D. Specht. An analysis of generic circumscriptions in tribe Alpinieae (Alpinioideae: Zingiberaceae). The Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 59: 113-128.
Sass, Chodon, D. Little, D. Wm. Stevenson & C.D. Specht. 2007. DNA-Barcoding in the Cycadales: Testing the potential of proposed barcoding markers for species identification of Cycads. PloS-ONE. 11: e1154. (pdf)
Funk, Vicki and C. D. Specht. 2007. Meta-trees: grafting for a global perspective. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 120(2): 233-241. (pdf)
Specht, C.D. 2007. A fine look at gingers of South India: Review of “Zingiberaceae and Costaceae of South India” by M. Sabu. Taxon 56(1): 276-277. (February 2007)
Sjölander, K. and Specht, C.D. “Functional prediction through phylogenetic inference and structural classification of proteins.” 2007. In R. Apweiler [ed.],The Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics. J. Wiley & Sons, Ltd., West Sussex, UK.
2006
Specht, C.D. and Stevenson, D.W. 2006. “A revised taxonomy for Costaceae (Zingiberales).” Taxon 55(1): 153-163.
Specht, C.D. 2006. “Systematics and Evolution of the tropical monocot family Costaceae (Zingiberales): a multiple dataset approach.” Systematic Botany31(1):88-108.
Davis, J.I., G. Petersen, O. Seberg, D.W. Stevenson, C.R. Hardy, M.P. Simmons, F.A. Michelangeli, D.H. Goldman, L.M. Campbell, C.D. Specht, and J.I. Cohen. 2006. Are mitochondrial genes useful for the analysis of monocot relationships? Taxon 55:857-870. (pdf)
Specht, C.D. “Gondwanan Vicariance or Dispersal in the Tropics? The biogeographic history of the tropical monocot family Costaceae (Zingiberales).” 2006. In J. T. Columbus, E. A. Friar, C. W. Hamilton, J. M. Porter, L. M. Prince, and M. G. Simpson, [eds.], Monocots: comparative biology and evolution. Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California.
Kress, W.J. and C.D. Specht. “The evolutionary and biogeographic origin and diversification of the tropical monocot order Zingiberales.” 2006. In J. T. Columbus, E. A. Friar, C. W. Hamilton, J. M. Porter, L. M. Prince, and M. G. Simpson, [eds.], Monocots: comparative biology and evolution. Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California.
Petersen, G., O. Seberg, J.I. Davis, D.H. Goldman, D.W. Stevenson, L.M. Campbell, F.A. Michelangeli, C. D. Specht, M.W. Chase, M.F. Fay, J.C. Pires, J.V. Freudenstein, C. R. Hardy and M.P. Simmons. “Mitochondrial DNA and Monocot Phylogeny.” 2006. In J. T. Columbus, E. A. Friar, C. W. Hamilton, J. M. Porter, L. M. Prince, and M. G. Simpson, [eds.], Monocots: comparative biology and evolution. Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California.
2001 - 2005
Specht, C.D. 2005. “Phylogenetics, Floral Evolution, and Rapid Radiation in the Tropical Monocot Family Costaceae (Zingiberales).” Pp. 29-60 in Plant Genome: Biodiversity and Evolution. A.K Sharma and A. Sharma (Eds.) Science Publishers, Inc. Enfield, NH. USA.
Kress, W. J. and C. D. Specht. 2005. “Between Cancer and Capricorn: phylogeny, evolution, and ecology of the tropical Zingiberales.“ In I. Friis and H. Balslev, eds. Proceedings of a symposium on plant diversity and complexity patterns - local, regional and global dimensions. Biologiske Skrifter, The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen.
Davis, J.I., D.W. Stevenson, G. Petersen, O. Seberg, L.M. Campbell, J.V. Freudenstein, D.H. Goldman, C.R. Hardy, F.A. Michelangeli, M.P. Simmons,C.D. Specht, F. Vergara-Silva, and M.A. Gandolfo. 2004. “A phylogeny of the monocots, as inferred from rbcL and atpA sequence variation, and a comparison of methods for calculating jackknife and bootstrap values.” Systematic Botany 29(3):467-510.
Specht, C.D. and Stevenson, D.W. 2003. “Easy Trees? - Review of "Phylogenetic trees made easy: a how-to manual for molecular biologists" by Barry Hall.” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 27:168-171.
Specht, C.D., Kress, W.J., Stevenson, D.W., and DeSalle, R. 2001. “A Molecular Phylogeny of Costaceae (Zingiberales).” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 21(3):333-345.
1997-2000
Stevenson, D.W., Davis, J.D., Freudenstein, J.V., Hardy, C.R., Simmons, M.P., and Specht, C.D. 2000. “A Phylogenetic analysis of the Monocotyledons based on Morphological and Molecular character sets, with comments on the placement of Acoris and Hydetellaceae.” Monocots: Systematics and Evolution. Eds K.L. Wilson and D.A. Morrison. CSIRO:Melbourne.
Lim, J., Heliarutta, Y., Specht, C.D., Jung, J., Sims, L., Bruce, W.B., Diehn, S., and Benfey, P.N. 2000. “Molecular Analysis of the SCARECROW Gene in Maize Reveals a Common Basis for Radial Patterning in Diverse Meristems.”The Plant Cell 12:1307-1318.
Specht, C.D. and Caffrey, P. 1999. “Manejo Sostenible de Recursos y Conservación de la Biodiversidad.” BOLFOR 17: 1-3.
Goldstein, Paul Z. and Specht, C.D. 1997. “Pitfalls in phylogenetic analysis of Large Molecular Data.” In Molecular Ecology and Evolution, in B. Schierwater et al. (eds.) Berlin: Birkhauser Verlag.
T. Renner and C.D. Specht. Molecular evolution and selection patterns of class I chitinase genes in the carnivorous plants of the Caryophyllales. Molecular Biology and Evolution.
V.S.F.T. Merckx, E.F. Smets and C.D. Specht. Biogeography and conservation of mycoheterotrophic plants. In V. Merckx [ed.], Mycoheterotrophic plants.
V.S.F.T. Merckx, S.B. Janssens, N.A.Hynson, C.D. Specht, T.D.Bruns, and E.F. Smets. Mycoheterotrophic interactions are not limited to a narrow phylogenetic range of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Molecular Ecology, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05472.x.
2011
David B. Wake, Marvalee H. Wake and Chelsea D. Specht. Homoplasy: from detecting pattern to determining process and mechanism of evolution. Science. 331:1032. pdf
M.E. Bartlett and C.D. Specht. Changes in copy number and expression pattern of the TEOSINTE BRANCHED-like genes in the Zingiberales provide a mechanism for evolutionary shifts in symmetry across the order. American Journal of Botany, 98(2):227-243. pdf
A. Carroll and C.D. Specht. 2011. Understanding plant cellulose synthases through a comprehensive investigation of the cellulose synthase family
sequences. Frontiers in Plant Genetics and Genomics (Front. Plant Sci.) 2:5. pdf.
T. Renner and C.D. Specht. Escaping the trap: Redefining carnivorous plant gland evolution in the Caryophyllales. International Journal of Plant Sciences. @font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face { font-family: "Garamond"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } 172(7): 889-901 .
2010
A.D. Poulsen and C.D. Specht. 2010. A new species of Costaceae from Borneo. Gardens Bulletin Singapore 62 (1): 143-150. pdf
Chodon Sass and Chelsea D. Specht. 2010. Phylogenetic estimation of the core Bromelioids with an emphasis on the genus Aechmea (Bromeliaceae).Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55(2): 559-571 (pdf)
Madelaine E. Bartlett and Chelsea D. Specht. 2010. Evidence for the involvement of GLOBOSA-like gene duplications and expression divergence in the evolution of floral morphology in the Zingiberales. New Phytologist 187:521-541. (pdf)
Gene Robinson, Jody Banks, Dianna Padilla, Warren Burggren, C. Cohen, Charles Delwiche, Vicki Funk, Hopi Hoekstra, Erich Jarvis, Loretta Johnson, Mark Martindale, Carlos Martinez del Rio, Mónica Medina, David Salt, Saurabh Sinha, Chelsea Specht, Allan Spradling, Kevin Strange, Joan Strassmann, Billie Swalla, and Lars Tomanek. 2010. Empowering 21st Century Biology. BioScience. 60(11): 923-930. pdf
2009
Chelsea D. Specht and Madelaine E. Bartlett. 2009. Flower Evolution: The Origin and Subsequent Diversification of the Angiosperm Flower. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 40: 217-243 (pdf)
Ling-Jing Chen, Zhao-Yan Diao, Chelsea Specht & Z. Renee Sung. 2009. Molecular Evolution of VEF-Domain-Containing PcG Genes in Plants.Molecular Plant pp 1-17 (pdf)
Bruce K. Kirchoff, Laura P. Lagomarsino, Madelaine E. Bartlett & Chelsea D. Specht. 2009. Early floral development in Heliconia latispatha and comparative evolution across Zingiberales. American Journal of Botany 96(3): 580-593(pdf)
Tanya Renner, Jennifer Bragg, Heather E. Driscoll, Juliana Cho, Andrew O. Jackson & Chelsea D. Specht. 2009. Viral Induced Gene Silencing as a tool for investigating floral developmental genetics in the Zingiberales. Molecular Plant doi: 10.1093/mp/ssp033 (pdf)
2008
Nguyen, N, H.E. Driscoll, and C.D. Specht. 2008. A molecular phylogeny of the wild onions (Allium; Alliaceae) with a focus on the western North American center of diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47: 1157-1172. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.12.006. (pdf)
Bartlett, M.E., B.K. Kirchoff, and C.D. Specht. 2008. Epi-illuminescence microscopy coupled to in situ hybridization and its utility in the study of evolution and development in non-model species. Development, Genes and Evolution 218(5): 273-279. (pdf)
2007
Kress, W. J., M. Newman, A. Poulsen, and C. D. Specht. An analysis of generic circumscriptions in tribe Alpinieae (Alpinioideae: Zingiberaceae). The Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 59: 113-128.
Sass, Chodon, D. Little, D. Wm. Stevenson & C.D. Specht. 2007. DNA-Barcoding in the Cycadales: Testing the potential of proposed barcoding markers for species identification of Cycads. PloS-ONE. 11: e1154. (pdf)
Funk, Vicki and C. D. Specht. 2007. Meta-trees: grafting for a global perspective. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 120(2): 233-241. (pdf)
Specht, C.D. 2007. A fine look at gingers of South India: Review of “Zingiberaceae and Costaceae of South India” by M. Sabu. Taxon 56(1): 276-277. (February 2007)
Sjölander, K. and Specht, C.D. “Functional prediction through phylogenetic inference and structural classification of proteins.” 2007. In R. Apweiler [ed.],The Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics. J. Wiley & Sons, Ltd., West Sussex, UK.
2006
Specht, C.D. and Stevenson, D.W. 2006. “A revised taxonomy for Costaceae (Zingiberales).” Taxon 55(1): 153-163.
Specht, C.D. 2006. “Systematics and Evolution of the tropical monocot family Costaceae (Zingiberales): a multiple dataset approach.” Systematic Botany31(1):88-108.
Davis, J.I., G. Petersen, O. Seberg, D.W. Stevenson, C.R. Hardy, M.P. Simmons, F.A. Michelangeli, D.H. Goldman, L.M. Campbell, C.D. Specht, and J.I. Cohen. 2006. Are mitochondrial genes useful for the analysis of monocot relationships? Taxon 55:857-870. (pdf)
Specht, C.D. “Gondwanan Vicariance or Dispersal in the Tropics? The biogeographic history of the tropical monocot family Costaceae (Zingiberales).” 2006. In J. T. Columbus, E. A. Friar, C. W. Hamilton, J. M. Porter, L. M. Prince, and M. G. Simpson, [eds.], Monocots: comparative biology and evolution. Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California.
Kress, W.J. and C.D. Specht. “The evolutionary and biogeographic origin and diversification of the tropical monocot order Zingiberales.” 2006. In J. T. Columbus, E. A. Friar, C. W. Hamilton, J. M. Porter, L. M. Prince, and M. G. Simpson, [eds.], Monocots: comparative biology and evolution. Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California.
Petersen, G., O. Seberg, J.I. Davis, D.H. Goldman, D.W. Stevenson, L.M. Campbell, F.A. Michelangeli, C. D. Specht, M.W. Chase, M.F. Fay, J.C. Pires, J.V. Freudenstein, C. R. Hardy and M.P. Simmons. “Mitochondrial DNA and Monocot Phylogeny.” 2006. In J. T. Columbus, E. A. Friar, C. W. Hamilton, J. M. Porter, L. M. Prince, and M. G. Simpson, [eds.], Monocots: comparative biology and evolution. Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California.
2001 - 2005
Specht, C.D. 2005. “Phylogenetics, Floral Evolution, and Rapid Radiation in the Tropical Monocot Family Costaceae (Zingiberales).” Pp. 29-60 in Plant Genome: Biodiversity and Evolution. A.K Sharma and A. Sharma (Eds.) Science Publishers, Inc. Enfield, NH. USA.
Kress, W. J. and C. D. Specht. 2005. “Between Cancer and Capricorn: phylogeny, evolution, and ecology of the tropical Zingiberales.“ In I. Friis and H. Balslev, eds. Proceedings of a symposium on plant diversity and complexity patterns - local, regional and global dimensions. Biologiske Skrifter, The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen.
Davis, J.I., D.W. Stevenson, G. Petersen, O. Seberg, L.M. Campbell, J.V. Freudenstein, D.H. Goldman, C.R. Hardy, F.A. Michelangeli, M.P. Simmons,C.D. Specht, F. Vergara-Silva, and M.A. Gandolfo. 2004. “A phylogeny of the monocots, as inferred from rbcL and atpA sequence variation, and a comparison of methods for calculating jackknife and bootstrap values.” Systematic Botany 29(3):467-510.
Specht, C.D. and Stevenson, D.W. 2003. “Easy Trees? - Review of "Phylogenetic trees made easy: a how-to manual for molecular biologists" by Barry Hall.” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 27:168-171.
Specht, C.D., Kress, W.J., Stevenson, D.W., and DeSalle, R. 2001. “A Molecular Phylogeny of Costaceae (Zingiberales).” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 21(3):333-345.
1997-2000
Stevenson, D.W., Davis, J.D., Freudenstein, J.V., Hardy, C.R., Simmons, M.P., and Specht, C.D. 2000. “A Phylogenetic analysis of the Monocotyledons based on Morphological and Molecular character sets, with comments on the placement of Acoris and Hydetellaceae.” Monocots: Systematics and Evolution. Eds K.L. Wilson and D.A. Morrison. CSIRO:Melbourne.
Lim, J., Heliarutta, Y., Specht, C.D., Jung, J., Sims, L., Bruce, W.B., Diehn, S., and Benfey, P.N. 2000. “Molecular Analysis of the SCARECROW Gene in Maize Reveals a Common Basis for Radial Patterning in Diverse Meristems.”The Plant Cell 12:1307-1318.
Specht, C.D. and Caffrey, P. 1999. “Manejo Sostenible de Recursos y Conservación de la Biodiversidad.” BOLFOR 17: 1-3.
Goldstein, Paul Z. and Specht, C.D. 1997. “Pitfalls in phylogenetic analysis of Large Molecular Data.” In Molecular Ecology and Evolution, in B. Schierwater et al. (eds.) Berlin: Birkhauser Verlag.
