David Baum
Professor of Botany and Genetics
PhD. Washington University (1991)
Postdoctoral Research: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1991-1994
Address: 340 Birge Hall
Telephone: 265-5385
E-mail: dbaum@wisc.edu
Research Interests:
Molecular basis of plant morphological evolution; phylogenetics; evolutionary developmental genetics
Research Fields:
Arabidopsis
Developmental Genetics
Population/Evolution
Research Description: A major research goal in my lab is to understand how plant form evolves as a function of changes in developmental regulatory genes and to relate this to the functioning of plants in their natural environments. We conduct research on a number of plants groups using a diversity of experimental strategies including developmental genetics, transgenetics, phylogenetics, pollination ecology, and phylogenetic analysis.
Representative Publications:
Cacho, N. I. and Baum, D. A. 2012. The Caribbean slipper spurge Euphorbia tithymaloides, the first example of a ring species in plants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.0498 1471-2954
Cellinese, N., Baum, D. A., and Mishler, B. D. 2012. Species and phylogenetic nomenclature. Systematic Biology. In press.
Correa, R. Stanga, J., Larget, B., Roznowski, A., Shu, G., Dilkes, B., and Baum, D. A. 2012. An assessment of transgenomics as a tool for identifying genes involved in the evolutionary differentiation of closely related plant species. New Phytologist 193: 494–503.
Duarte, M.C., Esteves, G. L., Salatino, M. L. F., Walsh, K. C., and Baum, D. A. 2011. Phylogenetic analyses of Eriotheca and related genera (Bombacoideae, Malvaceae). Systematic Botany. 36: 690–701
Prenner, G., Cacho, N. I., Baum, D. A., and Rudall1 P. J. 2011. Is LEAFY a useful marker gene for the flower–inflorescence boundary in the Euphorbia cyathium? Journal of Experimental Biology. 62: 345–350
Liu, N., Sliwinski M.K., Correa, R. and Baum, D. A. 2011. Possible contributions of TERMINAL FLOWER 1 to the evolution of rosette flowering in Leavenworthia (Brassicaceae). New Phytologist 189:616-28.
Oyama, R. K., Jones, K. N., and Baum, D. A.. 2010. Sympatric sister species of Californian Antirrhinum and their transiently specialized pollinators. American Midland Naturalist 164(2):337-347.
Koopman, M. and Baum, D. A. 2010. Isolating nuclear genes and identifying lineages without monophyly: An example of closely related species from Southern Madagascar. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 171: 761-771.
Cacho, N. I., Berry, P. E., Olson, M. E., Steinmann, V. W., and Baum, D. A. 2010. Are spurred cyathia a key innovation? Molecular systematics and trait evolution in the slipper-spurges (Pedilanthus clade - Euphorbia, Euphorbiaceae). American Journal of Botany 97: 493–510.
Professor of Botany and Genetics
PhD. Washington University (1991)
Postdoctoral Research: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1991-1994
Address: 340 Birge Hall
Telephone: 265-5385
E-mail: dbaum@wisc.edu
Research Interests:
Molecular basis of plant morphological evolution; phylogenetics; evolutionary developmental genetics
Research Fields:
Arabidopsis
Developmental Genetics
Population/Evolution
A major research goal in my lab is to understand how plant form evolves as a function of changes in developmental regulatory genes and to relate this to the functioning of plants in their natural environments. We conduct research on a number of plants groups using a diversity of experimental strategies including developmental genetics, transgenetics, phylogenetics, pollination ecology, and phylogenetic analysis.
Cacho, N. I. and Baum, D. A. 2012. The Caribbean slipper spurge Euphorbia tithymaloides, the first example of a ring species in plants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.0498 1471-2954
Cellinese, N., Baum, D. A., and Mishler, B. D. 2012. Species and phylogenetic nomenclature. Systematic Biology. In press.
Correa, R. Stanga, J., Larget, B., Roznowski, A., Shu, G., Dilkes, B., and Baum, D. A. 2012. An assessment of transgenomics as a tool for identifying genes involved in the evolutionary differentiation of closely related plant species. New Phytologist 193: 494–503.
Duarte, M.C., Esteves, G. L., Salatino, M. L. F., Walsh, K. C., and Baum, D. A. 2011. Phylogenetic analyses of Eriotheca and related genera (Bombacoideae, Malvaceae). Systematic Botany. 36: 690–701
Prenner, G., Cacho, N. I., Baum, D. A., and Rudall1 P. J. 2011. Is LEAFY a useful marker gene for the flower–inflorescence boundary in the Euphorbia cyathium? Journal of Experimental Biology. 62: 345–350
Liu, N., Sliwinski M.K., Correa, R. and Baum, D. A. 2011. Possible contributions of TERMINAL FLOWER 1 to the evolution of rosette flowering in Leavenworthia (Brassicaceae). New Phytologist 189:616-28.
Oyama, R. K., Jones, K. N., and Baum, D. A.. 2010. Sympatric sister species of Californian Antirrhinum and their transiently specialized pollinators. American Midland Naturalist 164(2):337-347.
Koopman, M. and Baum, D. A. 2010. Isolating nuclear genes and identifying lineages without monophyly: An example of closely related species from Southern Madagascar. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 171: 761-771.
Cacho, N. I., Berry, P. E., Olson, M. E., Steinmann, V. W., and Baum, D. A. 2010. Are spurred cyathia a key innovation? Molecular systematics and trait evolution in the slipper-spurges (Pedilanthus clade - Euphorbia, Euphorbiaceae). American Journal of Botany 97: 493–510.
