The Olsen Lab
Washington University, Department of Biology
Evolution, Ecology, and Population Biology Program
Plant Biology Program
Selected Publications:
Olsen, K.M. and M.C. Ungerer (2008). Freezing tolerance and cyanogenesis in white clover (Trifolium repens L., Fabaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences, in press.
Hurtado, P., K.M. Olsen, C. Buitrago, C. Ospina, J. Marin, M. Duque, C. de Vicente, P. Wongtiem, P. Wenzel, A. Killian, and M. Fregene (2008). Comparison of simple sequence repeat (SSR) and diversity array technology (DArT) markers for assessing genetic diversity in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). Plant Genetic Resources, in press.
Olsen, K.M., S.-C. Hsu, and L.L. Small (2008). Evidence on the molecular basis of the Ac/ac adaptive cyanogenesis polymorphism in white clover (Trifolium repens L.). Genetics 179: 517-526.
Halsey, M. E., K.M. Olsen, N.J.Taylor and P. Chavarriaga-Aguirre (2008). Reproductive biology of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) and isolation of experimental field trials. Crop Science 48: 49-58.
Mather, K.A., A.L. Caicedo, N. Polato, K.M. Olsen, S.R. McCouch, and M.D Purugganan (2007). The extent of linkage disequilibrium in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Genetics 177: 2223-2232.
Caicedo, A.L., S.H. Williamson, A. Fledel-Alon, T.L. York, N. Polato, K.M. Olsen, R. Nielsen, S. McCouch, C.D. Bustamante, and M.D. Purugganan (2007). Genome-wide patterns of nucleotide polymorphism in domesticated rice. PLOS Genetics 3: e163 (1745-1756).
Olsen, K.M., B.L. Sutherland and L.L. Small (2007). Molecular evolution of the Li/li chemical defence polymorphism in white clover (Trifolium repens L.). Molecular Ecology 16: 4180-4193.
Olsen, K.M. and B.A. Schaal (2007). Insights on the evolution of a vegetatively propagated crop species. Molecular Ecology 16 (14): 2838-2840.
Olsen, K.M., A.L. Caicedo and Y. Jia (2007). Evolutionary genomics of weedy red rice in the USA. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 49 (6): 811-816.
Narasimhamoorthy, B., J.H. Bouton. K.M. Olsen and M.K. Sledge (2007). Quantitative trait loci and candidate gene mapping of aluminum tolerance in diploid alfalfa. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 114: 901-913.
Kuo, H.-F., Olsen, K.M., and E.J. Richards (2006) Natural variation in a subtelomeric region of Arabidopsis: implications for the genomic dynamics of a chromosome end. Genetics 173: 401-417.
Olsen, K.M., A.L. Caicedo, N. Palato, A. McClung, S. McCouch, and M.D. Purugganan (2006) Selection under domestication: evidence for a sweep in the rice Waxy genomic region. Genetics 173: 975-983.
Caicedo, A.L., J.R. Stinchcombe, K.M. Olsen, J. Schmitt, and M.D. Purugganan (2004) Epistatic interaction between the Arabidopsis FRI and FLC flowering time genes generates a latitudinal cline in a life history trait. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 101:15670-15675.
Olsen, K.M. (2004) SNPs, SSRs and inferences on cassava's origin. Plant Molecular Biology 56: 517-526.
Olsen, K.M., S.S. Halldorsdottir, J.R. Stinchcombe, J. Schmitt, and M.D. Purugganan. (2004) Linkage disequilibrium mapping of Arabidopsis CRY2 flowering time alleles. Genetics 167: 1361-1369.
Olsen, K.M. (2002) Population history of Manihot esculenta (Euphorbiaceae) inferred from nuclear DNA sequences. Molecular Ecology 11: 901-911.
Bustamante, C.D., R. Nielsen, S.A. Sawyer, K.M. Olsen, M.D. Purugganan, and D.L. Hartl (2002) The cost of inbreeding in Arabidopsis. Nature 416:531-534.
Olsen, K.M., A. Womack, A.R. Garrett, J.I. Suddith, and M.D. Purugganan (2002) Contrasting evolutionary forces in the Arabidopsis thaliana floral developmental pathway. Genetics 160:1641-1650.