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11. Gaynor ML, Kortessis N, Soltis DE, Soltis PS, and Ponciano JM. Dynamics of mixed-ploidy populations under demographic and environmental stochasticities. Just Accepted at The American Naturalist. doi: 10.1086/734411. Preprint Available. R package: AutoPop.
10. Gaynor ML, Landis JB, O’Connor TK, Laport RG, Doyle JJ, Soltis DE, Ponciano JM, and Soltis PS. (2024). nQuack: An R package for predicting ploidy level from sequence data using site-based heterozygosity. Applications in Plant Science, 12(4): e11606. doi: 10.1002/aps3.11606. R package: nQuack.
9. Patten N**, Gaynor ML, Soltis DE, and Soltis PS. (2024). Geographic And Taxonomic Occurrence R-based scrubbing (gatoRs): An R package and reproducible workflow for processing biodiversity data. Applications in Plant Science, 12(2): e11575. doi: 10.1002/aps3.11575. R package: gatoRs.
8. Mabry ME*, Caomhanach N*, Abrahams RS*, Gaynor ML*, Pham KK*, Williams TM, Murphy KS, Smocovitis VB, Soltis DE, and Soltis PS. (2024). Building an inclusive plant taxonomy: A radicle dream. Plants, People, Planet, 6(3): 544-557. doi: 10.1002/ppp3.10478
7. Folk RA*, Gaynor ML*, Engle-Wrye NJ, O’Meara BC, Soltis PS, Soltis DE, Guralnick RP, Smith SA, Grady CJ, and Okuyama Y. (2023). Identifying climatic drivers of hybridization with a new ancestral niche reconstruction method. Systematic Biology, 72(4): 856 – 873. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syad018
6. Gaynor ML, Fu C, Gao L, Lu L, Soltis DE, and Soltis PS. (2020). Biogeography and ecological niche evolution in Diapensiaceae inferred from phylogenetic analysis. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 58(5): 646 – 662. doi: 10.1111/jse.12646
5. Gaynor ML*, Lim-Hing S*, and Mason CM. (2020). Genome duplication impact on secondary metabolite composition in non-cultivated species: A systematic meta-analysis. Annals of Botany, 126: 363–376. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa107
4. Gaynor ML, Walters L, and Hoffman EA. (2019). Ensuring effective restoration efforts with saltmarsh grass populations by assessing genetic diversity. Restoration Ecology, 27(6): 1452-1462. doi: 10.1111/rec.13014
3. An H, Qi X, Gaynor ML, Hao Y, Grebken SC, Mabry ME, Conant GC, Barker M, Fu T, Yi B, and Pires JC. (2019). Transcriptome and organellar sequencing highlights the complex origin and diversification of allotetraploid Brassica napus. Nature Communication, 10: 2878. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-10757-1
2. Gaynor ML, Marchant DB, Soltis DE, and Soltis PS. (2018). Climatic niche comparison among ploidal levels in the classic autopolyploid system, Galax urceolata (Diapensiaceae). American Journal of Botany, 105(10): 1–12. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1161
1. Gaynor ML, Ng J, and Laport RG. (2018). Phylogenetic structure of plant communities: are polyploids distantly related to co-occurring diploids? Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 6(52). doi: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00052