Todd J. Barkman

Mitochondrial DNA suggests at least 11 origins of parasitism in angiosperms and reveals genomic chimerism in parasitic plants (2007)

Barkman, Todd J, McNeal, Joel R, Lim, Seok-Hong, Coat, Gwen, Croom, Henrietta B, Young, Nelson D, ...

Abstract Background Some of the most difficult phylogenetic questions in evolutionary biology involve identification of the free-living relatives of parasitic organisms, particularly those of...

Positive Selection for Single Amino Acid Change Promotes Substrate Discrimination of a Plant Volatile-Producing Enzyme (2007)

Barkman, Todd J., Martins, Talline R., Sutton, Elizabeth, Stout, John T.

We used a combined evolutionary and experimental approach to better understand enzyme functional divergence within the SABATH gene family of methyltransferases (MTs). These enzymes catalyze the...

Positive Selection for Single Amino Acid Change Promotes Substrate Discrimination of a Plant Volatile-Producing Enzyme (2007)

Barkman, Todd J., Martins, Talline, Sutton, Elizabeth, Stout, John

We used a combined evolutionary and experimental approach to better understand enzyme functional divergence within the SABATH gene family of methyltransferases. These enzymes catalyze the formation...

Evidence for positive selection on the floral scent gene Isoeugenol-O-methyltransferase (2003)

Barkman, Todd J.

Isoeugenol-O-methyltransferase (IEMT) is an enzyme involved in the production of the floral volatile compounds methyl eugenol and methyl isoeugenol in Clarkia breweri (Onagraceae). IEMT likely...

Evidence for Positive Selection on the Floral Scent Gene Isoeugenol-O-methyltransferase (2003)

Barkman, Todd J.

Isoeugenol-O-methyltransferase (IEMT) is an enzyme involved in the production of the floral volatile compounds methyl eugenol and methyl isoeugenol in Clarkia breweri (Onagraceae). IEMT likely...

Evidence for positive selection on the floral scent gene Isoeugenol-O-methyltransferase (2003)

Barkman, Todd J.

Isoeugenol-O-methyltransferase (IEMT) is an enzyme involved in the production of the floral volatile compounds methyl eugenol and methyl isoeugenol in Clarkia breweri (Onagraceae). IEMT likely...

Hybrid Origin and Parentage of Dendrochilum acuiferum (Orchidaceae) Inferred in a Phylogenetic Context Using Nuclear and Plastid DNA Sequence Data (2002)

Todd J. Barkman, Beryl B. Simpson

In this paper, molecular phylogenetic analyses were used to investigate a putative hybrid origin for Dendrochilum acuiferum, a species endemic to Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Phylogenetic...

Origin of High-Elevation Dendrochilum Species (Orchidaceae) Endemic to Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia (2001)

Todd J. Barkman, Beryl B. Simpson

Mount Kinabalu, (Sabah, Malaysia) is the youngest (ca. 1.5 million yrs old) and highest (4,095 m) mountain between the Himalayas and Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Because of this combination of youth and...

Independent and combined analyses of sequences from all three genomic compartments converge on the root of flowering plant phylogeny

Barkman, Todd J., Chenery, Gordon, McNeal, Joel R., Lyons-Weiler, James, Ellisens, Wayne J., Moore, Gerry, ...

Plant phylogenetic estimates are most likely to be reliable when congruent evidence is obtained independently from the mitochondrial, plastid, and nuclear genomes with all methods of analysis. Here,...

Mitochondrial DNA sequences reveal the photosynthetic relatives of Rafflesia, the world's largest flower

Barkman, Todd J., Lim, Seok-Hong, Salleh, Kamarudin Mat, Nais, Jamili

All parasites are thought to have evolved from free-living ancestors. However, the ancestral conditions facilitating the shift to parasitism are unclear, particularly in plants because the...

Independent and combined analyses of sequences from all three genomic compartments converge on the root of flowering plant phylogeny

Barkman, Todd J., Chenery, Gordon, McNeal, Joel R., Lyons-Weiler, James, Ellisens, Wayne J., Moore, Gerry, ...

Plant phylogenetic estimates are most likely to be reliable when congruent evidence is obtained independently from the mitochondrial, plastid, and nuclear genomes with all methods of analysis. Here,...

Mitochondrial DNA sequences reveal the photosynthetic relatives of Rafflesia, the world's largest flower

Barkman, Todd J., Lim, Seok-Hong, Salleh, Kamarudin Mat, Nais, Jamili

All parasites are thought to have evolved from free-living ancestors. However, the ancestral conditions facilitating the shift to parasitism are unclear, particularly in plants because the...