Sex and the Single Gametophyte: Revising the Homosporous Vascular Plant Life Cycle in Light of Contemporary Research

Vittaria appalachiana continues to provide insight into the biology of ferns: A commentary on two studies recently published in American Journal of Botany

(2016) Donald R. Farrar   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

On the widespread capacity for, and functional significance of, extreme inbreeding in ferns

(2016) Emily B. Sessa et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Independent Gametophytes ofHymenophyllum wrightiiin North America: Not as Rare as We Thought

(2015) Aaron M. Duffy et al.   AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL

Ever since Klekowski: Testing a set of radical hypotheses revives the genetics of ferns and lycophytes

(2014) C. H. Haufler   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Dynamics of asymmetrical hybridization in North American wood ferns: reconciling patterns of inheritance with gametophyte reproductive biology

(2014) Weston L. Testo et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Phylotranscriptomic analysis of the origin and early diversification of land plants

(2014) Norman J. Wickett et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Antheridiogen determines sex in ferns via a spatiotemporally split gibberellin synthesis pathway

(2014) Junmu Tanaka et al.   SCIENCE

Patterns of Diversification in the Xeric-adapted Fern Genus Myriopteris (Pteridaceae)

(2014) Amanda L. Grusz et al.   SYSTEMATIC BOTANY

Understanding mechanisms of rarity in pteridophytes: Competition and climate change threaten the rare fern Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum (Aspleniaceae)

(2013) Weston L. Testo et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

A survey of the fern gametophyte flora of Japan: Frequent independent occurrences of noncordiform gametophytes

(2013) Atsushi Ebihara et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

The physiological resilience of fern sporophytes and gametophytes: advances in water relations offer new insights into an old lineage

(2013) Jarmila Pittermann et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Ferns in an Angiosperm World: Cretaceous Radiation into the Epiphytic Niche and Diversification on the Forest Floor

(2012) J. E. Watkins et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Evolution of the life cycle in land plants

(2012) Yin-Long QIU et al.   Journal of Systematics and Evolution

DO ASEXUAL POLYPLOID LINEAGES LEAD SHORT EVOLUTIONARY LIVES? A CASE STUDY FROM THE FERN GENUS ASTROLEPIS

(2011) James B. Beck et al.   EVOLUTION

Early evolution of life cycles in embryophytes: A focus on the fossil evidence of gametophyte/sporophyte size and morphological complexity

(2010) Philippe GERRIENNE et al.   Journal of Systematics and Evolution

The frequency of polyploid speciation in vascular plants

(2009) T. E. Wood et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA