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Michael McKain

University of Alabama

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Organism:plant (other)· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1

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Establishment of the grass lignin metabolic network during monocot evolution

Bethany M. Moore, Yuri Takeda, Steven D. Karlen, Jorge El‐Azaz, Michael McKain, James Leebens-Mack, John Ralph, Hiroshi A. Maeda

This study traces the evolutionary development of the grass lignin metabolic network through phylogenomics and biochemical analyses across multiple monocot species.

bioRxiv · Sep 16, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology

Retrotransposon proliferation coincident with the evolution of dioecy in Asparagus

Alex Harkess, Francesco Mercati, Loredana Abbate, Michael McKain, J. Chris Pires, Tea Sala, Francesco Sunseri, Agostino Falavigna, Jim Leebens-Mack

The paper investigates genome size expansion in dioecious Asparagus species and finds retrotransposon proliferation, not polyploidization, is the main driver.

bioRxiv · Apr 13, 2016Evolutionary Biology

Strongly asymmetric hybridization barriers shape the origin of a new polyploid species and its hybrid ancestor

Mario Vallejo-Marin, Arielle Cooley, Michelle Qi, Madison Folmer, Michael McKain, Joshua Puzey

The paper investigates the asymmetric hybridization barriers in the origin of a new polyploid species, finding paternal-excess crosses more successful than maternal-excess ones.

bioRxiv · Feb 13, 2016Evolutionary Biology