Stacey D. Smith
Stacey D. Smith
Assistant Professor
Faculty
Contact Information
314A Manter Hall
(402) 472-6741

Research Interests


Evolutionary genetics, molecular phylogenetics, plant-pollinator interactions

Publications


Baum, D. A., and S. D. Smith. 2012. Tree-Thinking: An Introduction to Phylogenetic Biology. Roberts & Co., Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Smith, S. D., and M. D. Rausher. 2011. Gene loss and parallel evolution contribute to species difference in flower color.  Molecular Biology and Evolution 28: 2799-2810.

Smith, S. D. 2010. Using phylogenetics to detect pollinator-mediated floral evolution. New Phytologist 188: 354-363.

Johnson, M. T. J., S. D. Smith and M. D. Rausher. 2009. Plant sex and the evolution of plant defenses against herbivores. PNAS 106: 18079-18084.

Smith, S. D., P. R. Izquierdo S., S. J. Hall and D. A. Baum. 2008. Comparative pollination biology of sympatric and allopatric Andean Iochroma (Solanaceae). Ann. MO Bot. Gard. 95: 600-617.

Smith, S. D., C. Ané, and D. A. Baum. 2008. The role of pollinator shifts in the floral diversification of Iochroma (Solanaceae). Evolution 62: 793-806.

Smith, S. D., and D. A. Baum. 2006. Phylogenetics of the florally diverse Andean clade Iochrominae (Solanaceae). Am. J. Bot. 93: 1140-1153.

D. A. Baum, S. D. Smith and S. S. Donovan. 2005. The tree-thinking challenge. Science 310: 979-980.

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