User:Andrew J. Alverson

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 * Andrew J. Alverson
 * Indiana University
 * 1001 E Third Street
 * Bloomington, IN 47408
 * Email me through OpenWetWare

Education

 * 2006, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
 * 2000, MS, Iowa State University
 * 1997, BS, Grand Valley State University

Research interests

 * 1) Diatoms
 * 2) Organelle genomes

Publications
Origins and recombination of the bacterial-sized multichromosomal mitochondrial genome of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) The Plant Cell, in press. Andrew J. Alverson, D.W. Rice, S. Dickinson, K. Berry, and J.D. Palmer.

The model marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana likely descended from a freshwater ancestor in the genus Cyclotella BMC Evolutionary Biology 2011, 11:125 Andrew J. Alverson, B. Beszteri, M.L. Julius, and E.C. Theriot URL | PDF reprint

The mitochondrial genome of the legume Vigna radiata and the analysis of recombination across short mitochondrial repeats. PLoS ONE 6(1): e16404. Andrew J. Alverson, S. Zhuo, D.W. Rice, D.B. Sloan, and J.D. Palmer. URL | PDF reprint

Extensive loss of translational genes in the structurally dynamic mitochondrial genome of the angiosperm Silene latifolia. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2011, 10:274 D.B. Sloan, A.J. Alverson, H. Štorchová, J.D. Palmer, and D.R. Taylor. URL | PDF reprint

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