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SCHOEN D.J., SPEED, D. 2024. The heritability of fitness in a wild annual plant population with hierarchical size structure. Evolution 78:1739-1745.

ANDERSON, B., et al 2023. Opposing effects of plant traits on diversification. iScience 26, 106362

SCHOEN D.J., BALDWIN S.J. 2023. Self‐incompatibility and the genetic architecture of inbreeding depression. New Phytologist 237:1040-1049.

LEMÉNAGER M., BURKIEWICZ J., SCHOEN D.J., JOLY S. 2023. Studying flowers in 3D using photogrammetry. New Phytologist 237: 1922-1933.

ZHAO, Y., SCHOEN, D.J.  2022. Relaxed selection and the evolution of the chasmogamous flower of Impatiens capensis. Evolutionary Ecology 36:233-250.

JOLY, S., SCHOEN, D.J.  2021.  Repeated evolution of a phenotypic polyphenism in plants is strongly associated with flower symmetry.  Current Biology 31: 1520-1525.

JOSEPHS, E. B., LEE, Y. W., WOOD, C. W., SCHOEN, D. J., WRIGHT, S. I., STINCHCOMBE, J. R.  2020. The evolutionary forces shaping cis and trans regulation of gene expression within a population of outcrossing plants. Molecular Biology and Evolution 37: 2386-2393.

SCHOEN, D. J., SCHULTZ, S. T.  2019.  Somatic mutation and evolution in plants.  Annual Reviews of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 50: 49-73.

SCHOEN, D. J., JOHNSON, M.T.K., WRIGHT, S. I. 2019. The ecology, evolution, and genetics of plant reproductive systems.  New Phytologist 224: 999-1004.

BALDWIN, S. J., SCHOEN, D. J. 2019. Inbreeding depression not purged by three generations of selfing in Leavenworthia alabamica.  New Phytologist 224: 3300-3308.

HENDRY, A. P., SCHOEN, D. J., WOLAK, M. E, REID, J. M.  2018. Thecontemporary evolution of fitness.  Annual Reviews of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 49:457-476.

CHANTHA, S.-C., HERMAN, A. C., CASTRIC, V., VEKEMANS, X., SCHOEN, D.J.  2017. The unusual S-locus of Leavenworthia is composed of two sets of paralogous loci.  New Phytologist 216:1 247-1255

WU, L.-Y., WANG, B. SCHOEN, D.J., HUANG, S.-Q. 2017. Transitions from distyly                to homostyly are associated with floral evolution in the buckwheat genus (Fagopyrum). American Journal of Botany 104:1232-1240.

JOSEPHS, E.B., WRIGHT, S.I., STINCHCOMBE, J.R., SCHOEN, D.J. 2017. The relationship between selection, network connectivity, and regulatory variation within a population of Capsella grandiflora. Genome Biology and Evolution 9:1099-1109. (featured in Faculty of 1000)

BALDWIN S. J., SCHOEN D. J. 2017. Genetic variation for pseudo-self-compatibility in self-incompatible populations of Leavenworthia alabamica (Brassicaceae).  New Phytologist 213:430-439

FLYNN. J, CHAIN F., SCHOEN D.J., CRISTESCU M.E. 2017.  Spontaneous mutation accumulation in Daphnia pulex in selection-free versus competitive environments. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34:160-173.

ZELT N.H., SCHOEN D.J. 2016. Testing for heterosis in Camelina sativa.  Canadian Journal of Plant Science 96:525-529.

SCHOEN D.J., RODA M.  2016. Selection of sporophytic and gametophytic self-incompatibility in the absence of a superlocus.  Evolution 70:1409-1417.

HERMAN, A.C., SCHOEN D.J.  2016. Recent selection for self-compatibility in Leavenworthia alabamica.  Evolution 70:1212-1224.

JESSON L.K., FULTON M., BOBIWASH K., SCHOEN, D.J. 2015. Mitigation of pollen-limited fruit set in commercial lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium): How effective is augmenting the natural pollinator community? Ecosphere 6: Article 235.

HAUDRY A., plus 28 authors including SCHOEN D.J. 2013. An atlas of over 90,000 conserved non-coding sequences provides insight into crucifer regulatory regions. Nature Genetics 45: 891-898

CHANTHA S.-C, HERMAN A.C., PLATTS A., VEKEMANS X., SCHOEN D.J. 2013. Secondary evolution of a self-incompatibility locus in the Brassicaceae genus Leavenworthia. PLoS Biology 11: e1001560 (Cover)

BOBIWASH K., SCHULTZ S.T., SCHOEN D.J. 2013. Somatic deleterious mutation rate in a woody plant:  from estimation from phenotypic data. Heredity 111:  338-344. (featured in News and Commentary and in the Heredity podcast)

JENSEN, H.R., DREISEITL, A., SADIKI, SCHOEN, D.J. 2013. High diversity, low spatial structure and rapid pathotype evolution in Moroccan populations of Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei. European Journal of Plant Pathology 136: 323-336.

JENSEN, H.R., BELQADI, L., DE SANTIS, P., SADIKI, M., JARVIS, D.I., SCHOEN, D.J. 2013. A case study of seed exchange networks and gene flow for barley (Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare) in Morocco. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 60: 1119-1138.

JENSEN, H. R., DREISEITL, A., SADIKI, SCHOEN, D.J. 2012. The Red Queen and the seed bank: Pathogen resistance of ex situ and in situ conserved barley. Evolutionary Applications 5: 353-367.

HERMAN, A., BUSCH, J.W., SCHOEN, D.J. 2012. Phylogenetic analysis of S-locus variation and its implications for studies of mating system evolution in the genus Leavenworthia. Evolution 66: 1849-1861.

BUSCH, J.W., JOLY, S., SCHOEN, D.J. 2011. Demographic signatures accompanying the evolution of selfing in Leavenworthia alabamica. Molecular Biology and Evolution 28: 1717-1729. (Faculty of 1000 Recommended)

JOLY, S. and SCHOEN, D.J. 2011. Migration rates, frequency-dependent selection and the self-incompatibility locus in Leavenworthia (Brassicaceae). Evolution 65: 2357-2368.

BUSCH, J.W., JOLY, S., SCHOEN, D.J. 2010. Does mate limitation in self- incompatible species promote the evolution of self-pollination? The case of Leavenworthia alabamica. Evolution 64: 1657-1670

SCHOEN, D.J. and BUSCH, J.W. 2009. The evolution of dominance in sporophytic self-incompatibility systems. II. Mate availability and recombination. Evolution 63: 2099-2113.

JARVIS, D.I., 27 other authors including SCHOEN D.J. 2008. A global perspective of the richness and evenness of traditional crop genetic diversity maintained by farming communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105: 5326-5331.

BUSCH, J.W. and SCHOEN, D.J. 2008. Molecular characterization of an SRK-like gene linked to the S-locus in the wild mustard, Leavenworthia alabamica. Genetics 178: 2055-2067.

BUSCH, J. W. and SCHOEN, D.J. 2008. The molecular ecology of self-incompatibility in small populations. Trends in Plant Science 13: 128-136.

SCHOEN, D.J., REICHMAN, J. R., ELLSTRAND, N. C. 2008. Transgene escape monitoring, population genetics and the law. Bioscience 58: 71-77.

SCHOEN, D.J. and BUSCH, J. W. 2008. The evolution of self-fertilization in a metapopulation. Intl. J. Plant Sci. 169: 119-127.

CLOUTIER, D., KANASHIRO, M., CIAMPI, A.Y., SCHOEN, D.J. 2007. Impact of selective logging on inbreeding and gene dispersal in an Amazonian tree population of Carapa guianensis. Molecular Ecology 16: 797-809.

CLOUTIER D., HARDY, O.J., CARON, H., CIAMPI, A.Y., DEGEN B., KANASHIRO, M., SCHOEN, D.J. 2007. Low inbreeding and high pollen dispersal distances in populations of two tropical Amazonian forest tree species. Biotropica 29: 406-415.

CHEPTOU P.-O., SCHOEN, D.J. 2007. The interplay of genes and individuals in plant mating systems. Oikos 116:  271-279.

BEGIN M., SCHOEN, D.J. 2007. Transposable elements, mutational correlations, and population divergence in C. elegans.  Evolution 61: 1062-1070.

BEGIN, M. and SCHOEN, D.J. 2006. Low impact of germline transposition on the mildly deleterious mutation rate in C. elegans. Genetics 174: 2129-2136.

DOCKING, T.R, SAADE, F.E., ELLIOT, M.C., SCHOEN, D.J. 2006. Retrotransposon sequence variation in four asexual species. Jour. Mol. Evol. 62: 375-387.

CLOUTIER, D., SCHOEN, D.J. et al. 2006. Chloroplast DNA variation of Carapa guianensis in the Amazon basin. Silvae Genetica 54: 270-274.

COWAN, R., HOEN, D., SCHOEN, D.J., BUREAU, T.E. 2005. Selfish DNA domestication in plant genomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 10: 2084-2089.

SCHOEN, D.J. 2005. Spontaneous deleterious mutation in wild plant species with contrasting mating systems. Evolution 59: 2370-2377.

MACKENZIE, J. L., SAADE, F. E. LE Q. H., BUREAU, T. E., SCHOEN, D.J. 2005.  Genomic mutation and tests for transposon mobility in lines of Arabidopsis thaliana exposed to ultraviolet-B radiation. Genetics 171: 715-723.

LATTA R.G., MACKENZIE, J. L., VATS, A., SCHOEN, D.J. 2004. Divergence and segregation of quantitative traits between allozyme genotypes of Avena barbata from contrasting habitats. Journal of Ecology 92: 57-71.

PERUSSE J., SCHOEN DJ. 2004. Molecular evolution of the GapC gene family in Amsinckia spectabilis populations that differ in outcrossing rate. Journal of Molecular Evolution 59:  427-436.

CHEPTOU P-O., SCHOEN, D.J. 2003. Frequency-dependent fitness and the selection of selfing. American Naturalist 162: 744-763

CLOUTIER, D., RIOUX, D. BEAULIEU, J., SCHOEN, D.J. 2003. Low rate of somatic mutation at microsatellite loci in Eastern White Pine, Pinus strobus L.  Heredity 90: 247-252.

NAVARRO-QUEZADA A., SCHOEN, D.J. 2002. Sequence evolution and copy number of Ty1-copia retrotransposons in diverse plant genomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 99: 268-273. (Faculty of 1000 Must Read)

CHEPTOU P-O., SCHOEN, D.J. 2002. The cost of fluctuating inbreeding depression. Evolution 56: 1059-1062.

SCHOEN D.J., BROWNSTEIN J., WHITE P. 2002. Mutation load in natural populations of sensitive fern Onoclea sensibilis exposed to environmental mutagens. Ecological Applications 12: 124-137.

WRIGHT S.I., SCHOEN D.J., BUREAU T.E., LE Q. H. 2001. Population dynamics of an Ac-like transposable element in self- and cross-pollinating Arabidopsis.  Genetics 158: 1279-1288.

SCHOEN, D.J. and BROWN, A.H.D. 2001. The conservation of wild plant species in seed banks.  Bioscience 51: 960-966.

Gouesnard, B., Bataillon, T., Decoux, G., Rozale, C., SCHOEN, D.J., DAVID J. 2001. MSTRAT:  An algorithm for building germ plasm core collections by maximizing allelic or phenotypic richness.  Journal of Heredity 92: 93-94.

SCHOEN, D.J. 2000. Marker density and estimates of chromosome rearrangement. In:  Comparative Genomics:  Empirical and Analytical Approaches to Gene Order Dynamics, Map Alignment and the Evolution of Gene Families, D. Sankoff and J. H. Nadeau, eds. Kluwer Academic Press.

SCHOEN, D.J. 2000. Comparative genomics, marker density, and statistical analysis of chromosome rearrangements.  Genetics 154: 943-952.

WRIGHT, S.I. and SCHOEN, D.J. 1999. Transposon dynamics and the mating system.  Genetica 107: 139-148.

TREMBLAY, N.O. and SCHOEN, D.J. 1999. Molecular phylogeography of Dryas integrifolia:  glacial refugia and postglacial recolonization.  Molecular Ecology 8: 1187-1198.

SCHOEN, D.J. 1998. Book review of Plant Variation and Evolution (by Briggs and Walters).  Trends in Plant Science 3: 241.

SCHOEN, D.J., DAVID, J.L., BATAILLON, T.M. 1998.Deleterious mutation and the regeneration of plant genetic resources. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 95: 394-399.

MORGAN, M.T., SCHOEN, D.J., BATAILLON, T.M. 1997. The evolution of self-pollination in perennials.  American Naturalist 150: 618-638.

SCHOEN, D.J., JOHNSTON, M.O., L'HEUREUX, A.-M., MARSOLAIS, J. 1997. Evolutionary history of the mating system in Amsinckia (Boraginaceae). Evolution 51: 1090-1099.

MORGAN, M.T. and SCHOEN, D.J. 1997. Theory and the new plant reproductive biology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 12: 231-234.

MORGAN, M.T. and SCHOEN, D.J. 1997. Selection of floral characters in Asclepias syriaca. Heredity 79: 433-441.

ASHMAN, T.L. and SCHOEN, D.J. 1997. The cost of floral longevity. Evolutionary Ecology 11: 289-300.

ASHMAN, T.L. and SCHOEN, D.J. 1996. Flower lifespan and disease risk. Nature 379: 780. (cover)

BATAILLON, T., DAVID, J.L., SCHOEN, D.J. 1996. Neutral genetic markers and conservation genetics.  Genetics 144: 409-417.

SCHOEN, D.J., MORGAN, M.T., BATAILLON, T.M. 1996. How does self-pollination evolve? Inferences from floral ecology and neutral theory. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 351: 1291-1298.

JOHNSTON, M.O. and SCHOEN, D.J. 1996. Inbreeding depression in self- and cross-pollinating taxa of Amsinckia. Evolution 50: 1478-1491.

JOHNSTON, M.O. and SCHOEN, D.J. 1995. Mutation rate and dominance values of viability loci. Science 267: 226-229 (Cover)

ASHMAN, T.-L. and SCHOEN, D.J. 1995. Floral longevity:  Fitness consequences and resource costs. In:  Barrett, S.C.H., and Lloyd, D.G. (eds.) Floral Biology. Chapman and Hall.

SCHOEN, D.J. and ASHMAN, T.-L. 1995. The evolution of floral longevity:  resource allocation to maintenance versus construction of repeated structures in modular organisms. Evolution 49: 131-139.

ASHMAN, T.-L. and SCHOEN, D.J. 1994. How long should flowers live? Nature 371: 788-791. (Cover)

JOHNSTON, M.O. and SCHOEN, D.J. 1994. On the estimation of inbreeding depression with family-structured data. Evolution 48: 1735-1741.

BROWN, A.H.D. and SCHOEN, D.J. 1994. Optimal sampling strategies for core collections of genetic resources, In:  Loeschcke, V. et al. (eds), Conservation Genetics. Birkhäuser.

BROWN, A.H.D. and SCHOEN, D.J. 1994. A revised measure of association of gene diversity. Hereditas 120: 77-79.

SCHOEN, D.J., BELL, G., LECHOWICZ, M.J. 1994. The ecology and genetics of fitness in forest plants. IV. Quantitative genetics of fitness components in Impatiens pallida estimated under natural and greenhouse conditions. American Journal of Botany 81: 232-239.

SCHOEN, D.J. and BROWN, A.H.D. 1994. Maximizing genetic diversity in core collections of crop relatives:  the role of genetic markers, In Brown, A.H.D., Hodgkin, T., van Hintum, T., and Morales, E. (eds.) Core Collections of Plant Genetic Resources, Wiley-Sayce.

SCHOEN, D.J. and BROWN, A.H.D. 1993. Conservation of allelic richness in wild crop relatives is aided by genetic markers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 90: 10623-10627.

SCHOEN, D.J. and LLOYD, D.G. 1992. Self- and cross-fertilization in plants. III. Estimation of modes of selfing and functional factors.  International Journal of Plant Science 153: 381-393

LLOYD, D.G. and SCHOEN, D.J. 1992. Self- and cross-fertilization in plants. I. Functional dimensions. International Journal of Plant Science 153: 358-369.

BROWN, A.H.D. and SCHOEN, D.J. 1992. Plant population genetic structure and biological conservation. In Sandlund, O.T., Hindar, K., and Brown, A.H.D. (eds.)  Conservation of Biodiversity for Sustainable Development. Oxford Univ. Press, London.

SCHOEN, D.J., BURDON, J.J., BROWN, A.H.D. 1992. Resistance to soybean leaf rust Phakopsora polyrhiza in diploid and tetraploid accessions of Glycine tomentella: Pattern of variation and genetic control. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 83: 827-832.

BELL, G., LECHOWICZ, M.J., SCHOEN, D.J. 1992. The ecology and genetics of fitness in forest plants. III. Environmental variance in natural populations of Impatiens pallida.  Journal of Ecology 79: 697-713.

SCHOEN, D.J. and BROWN, A.H.D. 1991. Whole- and part-flower self-pollination in Glycine clandestina and G. argyrea and the evolution of autogamy. Evolution 45: 1651-1654.

SCHOEN, D.J. and BROWN, A.H.D. 1991. Intraspecific variation in population gene diversity and effective population size correlates with the mating system in plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 88: 4494-4497.

SCHOEN, D.J. and DUBUC, M. 1990. The evolution of inflorescence size and number: a gamete packaging strategy in plants. American Naturalist 135:  841-857.

BRASSARD, J. and SCHOEN, D.J. 1990. Analysis of phenotypic selection among locations in Impatiens pallida and Impatiens capensis.  Canadian Journal of Botany 68: 1098-1105.

POTVIN, C., LECHOWICZ, M., BELL, G., SCHOEN, D.J. 1990. Spatial, temporal, and species-specific patterns of heterogeneity in growth chamber experiments. Canadian Journal of Botany 68: 499-504.

SCHOEN, D.J. and LATTA, R. 1989. Spatial autocorrelation of genotypes in populations of Impatiens pallida and I. capensis. Heredity 63: 181-190.

SCHOEN, D.J. 1988. Mating system estimation via the one pollen parent model with the progeny array as the unit of observation. Heredity 60: 439-444.

DENTI, D. and SCHOEN, D.J. 1988. Self-fertilization in white spruce:  effect of pollen and seed production. Journal of Heredity 79: 284-288

LECHOWICZ, M.J., SCHOEN, D.J., BELL, G. 1988. Environmental correlates of habitat distribution and fitness components in Impatiens capensis and Impatiens pallida.  Journal of Ecology 76: 1043-1054.

STEWART, S.C. and SCHOEN, D.J. 1987. Pattern of phenotypic viability and fecundity selection in a natural population of Impatiens pallida. Evolution 41: 1290-1301.

SCHOEN, D.J. and CHELIAK, W.M. 1987. Male fertility variation in a polycross with Picea abies. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 74: 554-560.

SCHOEN, D.J. and STEWART, S.C. 1987. Variation in male fertilities and pairwise mating probabilities in white spruce. Genetics 116: 141-152.

SCHOEN, D.J. 1987. Review of A.J. Richards, Plant Breeding Systems and G. Wricke, Quantitative Genetics and Selection in Plant Breeding. Nature 326: 220.

SCHOEN, D.J. 1987. Review of Natural Selection in the Wild. Taxon 36: 530.

SCHOEN, D.J., DENTI, D., STEWART, S.C. 1986. Strobilus production in a white spruce seed orchard:  implications for the mating system. Silvae Genetica 35:  201-205.

SCHOEN, D.J. and STEWART, S.C. 1986. Variation in male reproductive investment and male reproductive success in white spruce. Evolution 40: 1109-1121.

SCHOEN, D.J., STEWART, S.C., LECHOWICZ, M.J., BELL, G. 1986. Partitioning the transplant site effect in reciprocal transplant experiments with Impatiens capensis and I. pallida. Oecologia 70: 149-154.

STEWART, S.C. and SCHOEN, D.J. 1986. Segregation of allozyme loci in megagametophytes of white spruce, Picea glauca.  Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology 28: 149-153.

SCHOEN, D.J. and CLEGG, M.T. 1986. Monte Carlo studies of plant mating models: The one pollen parent and mixed mating models. Genetics 112: 927-945.

SCHOEN, D.J. 1985. Correlations between classes of mating events in two experimental plant populations. Heredity 55: 381-385.

SCHOEN, D.J. and CLEGG, M.T. 1985. The influence of flower color on outcrossing rate and male reproductive success in Ipomoea purpurea.  Evolution 39: 1242-1249.

CLEGG, M.T., SCHOEN, D.J., EPPERSON, B. 1985. The interaction between phenotypic diversity and mating patterns in plant populations, in J. Haeck and J.W. Woldendorp (eds.). Structure and functioning of plant populations II. Phenotypic and genotypic variation in plant populations. North Holland Publ. Co., New York.

SCHOEN, D.J. and CLEGG, M.T. 1984. Estimation of mating parameters when outcrossing events are correlated. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 81: 5358-5262.

SCHOEN, D.J., GIANNASI, D., ENNOS, R.A., CLEGG, M.T. 1984. Genetic control of stem color in Ipomoea purpurea. Journal of Heredity 75: 113-116.

SCHOEN, D.J. 1984. Cleistogamy in Microlaena polynoda. American Journal of Botany 71: 711-719.

SCHOEN, D.J. and LLOYD, D.G. 1984. The selection of cleistogamy and heteromorphic fruits. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 23: 303-322.

SCHOEN, D.J. and FRUCHTER, D. 1983. A calculator-assisted method of random sampling. Ecology 64:  205-206.

SCHOEN, D.J. 1983. Fitness of selfed and outcrossed progeny in Gilia achilleifolia. Evolution 37: 292-301.

SCHOEN, D.J. 1982. Male reproductive effort and breeding system in an hermaphroditic plant. Oecologia 53: 255-257.

SCHOEN, D.J. 1982. Genetic diversity and the breeding system of Gilia achilleifolia. Evolution 36: 361-370.

SCHOEN, D.J. 1982. The breeding system of Gilia achilleifolia:  variation in floral characteristics and outcrossing rates. Evolution 36:  352-360.

SCHOEN, D.J. 1980. Half tetrad analysis in angiosperms. Journal of Theoretical Biology 86: 315-322.

SCHOEN, D.J. 1979. An angiosperm analogue to megagametophyte analysis.  Journal of Theoretical Biology 79: 534-536.

SCHOEN, D.J. 1977. Morphological, phenological, and pollen-distribution evidence of autogamy and xenogamy in Gilia achilleifolia.  Systematic Botany 2: 280-286.

SCHOEN, D.J. 1977.  Floral biology of Diervilla lonicera. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 104: 234-240.

WAGNER, W.H., Jr. and SCHOEN, D.J. 1976. Shingle oak and its hybrids in Michigan. Michigan Botanist 15: 141-155.

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