Current projects:
- Sex chromosome evolution and gender determination in poplar (Populus spp)
- Comparative molecular control of flower development in Leguminosae
- Evolution of major organ systems of plants
Book: Quentin C.B. Cronk (2009) The Molecular Organography of Plants. Oxford University Press.
Selected other publications:
Bailey S, Percy DM, Hefer CA, Cronk QCB (2015) The transcriptional landscape of insect galls: psyllid (Hemiptera) gall formation in Hawaiian Metrosideros polymorpha (Myrtaceae). BMC Genomics 16: 943 doi:10.1186/s12864-015-2109-9
Geraldes A, Hefer C A, Capron A, Kolosova N, Martinez-Nuñez F, Soolanayakanahally RY, Stanton B, Guy RD, Mansfield SD, Douglas CJ, Cronk QCB (2015) Recent Y chromosome divergence despite ancient origin of dioecy in poplars (Populus). Molecular Ecology DOI: 101111/mec13126
McKown AD, Klápště J, Guy RD, Geraldes A, Porth I, Hannemann J, Friedmann M, Muchero W, Tuskan GA, Ehlting J, Cronk QC, El-Kassaby YA, Mansfield SD, Douglas CJ. (2014) Genome-wide association implicates numerous genes underlying ecological trait variation in natural populations of Populus trichocarpa. New Phytol. 203: 535–553, doi: 10.1111/nph.12815.
Porth I, Klápště J, McKown AD, La Mantia J, Hamelin RC, Skyba O, Unda F, Friedmann MC, Cronk QCB, Ehlting J, Guy RD, Mansfield SD, El-Kassaby YA, & Douglas CJ. (2014). Extensive functional pleiotropy of REVOLUTA substantiated through forward genetics. Plant Physiology, 164(2), 548-554.
Groover A, Cronk Q (2013) From Nehemiah Grew to genomics: The emerging field of evo-devo research for woody plants. International Journal of Plant Sciences 174: 959-963.
Porth I, Klapšte J, Skyba O, Hannemann J, McKown AD, Guy RD, DiFazio SP, Muchero W, Ranjan P, Tuskan GA, Friedmann MC, Ehlting J, Cronk QCB, El-Kassaby YA, Douglas CJ, Mansfield SD (2013) Genome-wide association mapping for wood characteristics in Populus identifies an array of candidate single nucleotide polymorphisms. New Phytologist: doi: 10.1111/nph.12422
Bao H, Li E, Mansfield SD, Cronk QC, El-Kassaby YA, Douglas CJ (2013) The developing xylem transcriptome and genome-wide analysis of alternative splicing in Populus trichocarpa (black cottonwood) populations. BMC Genomics 14: 359
Ojeda I, Santos-Guerra A, Oliva-Tejera F, Valido A, Xue X, Marrero A, Caujapé-Castells J, Cronk QCB (2013) Bird-pollinated Macaronesian Lotus (Leguminosae) evolved within a group of entomophilous ancestors with post-anthesis flower colour change. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 15:193–204.
Ojeda I, Santos-Guerra A, Caujapé-Castells J, Jaén-Molina R, Marrero A, Cronk QCB (2012) Comparative micromorphology of petals in Macaronesian Lotus (Leguminosae) reveals a loss of papillose conical cells during the evolution of bird pollination. International Journal of Plant Sciences 173: 365-374.
Ojeda I, Santos-Guerra A, Jaén-Molina R, Oliva-Tejera F, Caujapé-Castelis J, Cronk QCB (2012). The origin of bird pollination in Macaronesian Lotus (Loteae, Leguminosae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62: 306-18.
Cronk QCB (2009) Evolution in reverse gear: the molecular genetics of loss and reversal. In: Evolution: The Molecular Landscape (Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology LXXIV). Pp. 259-266.
Ojeda, I, Francisco-Ortega, J, Cronk, QCB (2009) Evolution of petal epidermal micromorphology in Leguminosae and its use as a marker of petal identity. Annals of Botany 104(6), 1099–1110.
*Earlier work
Bird-pollinated flowers in an evolutionary and molecular context.
Cronk Q, Ojeda I.
J Exp Bot. 2008;59(4):715-27. Epub 2008 Mar 7. Review.
Phenotype ontologies: the bridge between genomics and evolution.
Mabee PM, Ashburner M, Cronk Q, Gkoutos GV, Haendel M, Segerdell E, Mungall C, Westerfield M.
Trends Ecol Evol. 2007 Jul;22(7):345-50. Epub 2007 Apr 9.
An apparent reversal in floral symmetry in the legume Cadia is a homeotic transformation.
Citerne HL, Pennington RT, Cronk QC.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Aug 8;103(32):12017-20. Epub 2006 Jul 31.
Plant eco-devo: the potential of poplar as a model organism.
Cronk QC.
New Phytol. 2005 Apr;166(1):39-48. Review.
The role of KNOX genes in the evolution of morphological novelty in Streptocarpus.
Harrison J, Möller M, Langdale J, Cronk Q, Hudson A.
Plant Cell. 2005 Feb;17(2):430-43. Epub 2005 Jan 19.
Altered expression of GFLO, the Gesneriaceae homologue of FLORICAULA/LEAFY, is associated with the transition to bulbil formation in Titanotrichum oldhamii.
Wang CN, Möller M, Cronk QC.
Dev Genes Evol. 2004 Mar;214(3):122-7. Epub 2004 Feb 13.
Plant evolution and development in a post-genomic context.
Cronk QC.
Nat Rev Genet. 2001 Aug;2(8):607-19. Review.