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• ​Gupta, S., Groen, S. N., Zaidem, M. L., Sajise, A. G. C., Ćalić, I., Natividad, M., McNally, K., Vergara, G. V., Satija, R., Franks, S. J., Singh, R. K., Joly-Lopez, Z., Purugganan, M. D. (2025). Systems genomics of salinity stress response in rice. eLife,  DOI: 10.7554/eLife.99352.3.

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• Hamann, E., Groen, S. C., Dunivant, T. S., Ćalić, I., Cochran, C., Konshok, R., Purugganan, M. D., & Franks, S. J. (2024). Selection on genome‐wide gene expression plasticity of rice in wet and dry field environments. Molecular ecology, DOI: 10.1111/mec.17522.

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• ​Blanco‐Sánchez, M., Ramírez‐Valiente, J. A., Ramos‐Muñoz, M., Pías, B., Franks, S. J., Escudero, A., & Matesanz, S. (2024). Range‐wide intraspecific variation reflects past adaptation to climate in a gypsophile Mediterranean shrub. Journal of Ecology, 112(7), 1553-1549.

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• Blanco-Sánchez, M., Franks, S. J., Ramos-Muñoz, M., Pías, B., Ramírez-Valiente, J. A., Escudero, A., & Matesanz, S. (2023). Contrasting adaptive trait variation in response to drought in two Mediterranean shrubs. Environmental and Experimental Biology, 208, DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2023.105253.

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• Johnson, S. E., Tittes, S., & Franks, S. J. (2023). Rapid, nonparallel genomic evolution of Brassica rapa (field mustard) under experimental drought. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 36(3), 550-562.

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• Johnson, S. E., Hamann, E., & Franks, S. J. (2022). Rapid‐cycling Brassica rapa evolves even earlier flowering under experimental drought. American Journal of Botany, 109(11), 1683-1692.

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• Ćalić, I., Groen, S. C., Choi, J. Y., Joly-Lopez, Z., Hamann, E., Natividad, M. A., Dorph, K., Cabral, C. L., Torres, R. O., Vergara, G. V., Henry, A., Purugganan, M. D., & Franks, S. J. (2022). The influence of genetic architecture on responses to selection under drought in rice. Evolutionary Applications, 00, 1– 21. DOI: 10.1111/eva.13419.

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• Johnson, S. E., Hamann, E., & Franks, S. J. (2022). Rapid, parallel evolution of field mustard (Brassica rapa) under experimental drought. Evolution, 76(2), 262-274.

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• Hamann, E., Blevins, C., Franks, S. J., Jameel, M. I., & Anderson, J. T. (2021). Climate change alters plant–herbivore interactions. New Phytologist, 229(4), 1894-1910.

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• Hamann, E., Pauli, C. S., Joly‐Lopez, Z., Groen, S. C., Rest, J. S., Kane, N. C., ... & Franks, S. J. (2021). Rapid evolutionary changes in gene expression in response to climate fluctuations. Molecular ecology, 30(1), 193-206.

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• VanWallendael, A., Alvarez, M., & Franks, S. J. (2021). Patterns of population genomic diversity in the invasive Japanese knotweed species complex. American journal of botany, 108(5), 857-868.

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• Groen, SC, I Ćalić, Z Joly-Lopez, A Platts, JY Choi, M Natividad, BU Principe, K Dorph, WM Mauck, B Bracken, CL Cabral, A Kumar, RO Torres, R Satija, G Vergara, A Henry, SJ Franks, MD Purugganan. 2020. The strength and pattern of natural selection on rice gene expression. Nature. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-1997-2

• Franks, SJ, MR Sekor, S Davey, AE Weis. 2019. Artificial seed aging reveals the invisible fraction: Implications for evolution experiments using the resurrection approach. Evolutionary Ecology 33: 811-824. DOI: 10.1007/s10682-019-10007-2

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• Ansaldi, BH, JJ Weber, C Goodwillie, SJ Franks. 2019. Low levels of inbreeding depression and enhanced fitness in cleistogamous progeny in the annual plant Triodanis perfoliata. Botany 97: 405-415. DOI: 10.1139/cjb-2019-0022

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• Ziska, LH, DM Blumenthal, SJ Franks. 2019. Understanding the nexus of rising CO2, climate change, and evolution in weed biology Invasive Plant Science and Management 12: 79-88. (Cover article) DOI: 10.1017/inp.2019.12

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• Dickman, E, L Pennington, SJ Franks, J Sexton. 2019. Evidence for adaptive responses to historic drought across a native plant species range. Evolutionary Applications. DOI: 10.1111/eva.12803

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• Hamann, E, AE Weis and SJ Franks. 2018. Two decades of evolutionary changes in Brassica rapa in response to fluctuations in precipitation and severe drought. Evolution 72: 2682-2696. DOI: 10.1111/evo.13631

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• Ansaldi, BH, SJ Franks and JJ Weber. 2018. The influence of environmental factors on breeding system allocation at large spatial scales. AoB Plants 10: ply069. DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/ply069

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• Sekor, MR and SJ Franks. 2018. An experimentally introduced population of Brassica rapa (Brassicaceae). 2. Rapid evolution of phenotypic traits. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151: 293-302. DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1401

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• Kottler, E, A VanWallendael, SJ Franks. 2018. Experimental treatment with a hypomethylating agent alters life history traits and fitness in Brassica rapa. Journal of Botany vol. 2018, Article ID 7836845, 10 pages. DOI: 10.1155/2018/7836845

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• Ansaldi, BH, JJ Weber and SJ Franks. 2018. The role of phenotypic plasticity and pollination environment in the cleistogamous, mixed-mating breeding system of Triodanis perfoliata. Plant Biology 20: 1068-1074. DOI:10.1111/plb.12877

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• Sekor, MR and SJ Franks. 2018. An experimentally introduced population of Brassica rapa (Brassicaceae). 1. Phenotypic selection over three years following colonization of a novel environment. Plant Ecology and Evolution 151 (2): 209–218. DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1354.

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• VanWallendael, A, E Hamann and SJ Franks. 2018. Evidence for plasticity, but not local adaptation, in invasive Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica) in North America. Evolutionary Ecology.

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• Franks, SJ, N Genovese, M Stockdale, JJ Weber, B Ansaldi, E van Wilgenburg. 2018. The effects of artificial selection for rapid cycling in Brassica rapa on herbivore preference and performance. International Journal of Plant Sciences.

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• Franks, SJ, E Hamann and AE Weis. 2018. Using the resurrection approach to understand contemporary evolution in changing environments. Evolutionary Applications 11: 17-28. doi: 10.1111/eva.12528.

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• Emel, S, SJ Franks and R Spigler. 2017. Phenotypic selection varies with pollination intensity across populations of Sabatia angularis. New Phytologist 215: 813-824. doi: 10.1111/nph.14608.

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• Franks, SJ. 2016. A harvest of weeds yields insight into a case of contemporary evolution. Molecular Ecology 25: 4421-4423.

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• O’Hara, NB, JS Rest and SJ Franks. 2016. Factors affecting the disease severity of Alternaria blackspot in natural Brassica rapa populations on the California and Oregon coasts. Madroño 63: 249-257.

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• Franks, SJ, NC Kane, NB O’Hara, S Tittes, JS Rest. 2016. Rapid genome-wide evolution in Brassica rapa populations following drought revealed by sequencing of ancestral and descendent gene pools. Molecular Ecology, DOI:doi: 10.1111/mec.13615.

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• Weber, JJ, LB Vary, CES Berg, BH Ansaldi and SJ Franks. 2016. How evolution occurs in a population: The pollination game. American Biology Teacher. 78: 149-154. DOI: 10.1525/abt.2016.78.2.149.

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• O’Hara, NB, JS Rest and SJ Franks. 2016. Increased susceptibility to fungal disease accompanies adaptation to drought in Brassica rapa. Evolution 70: 241-248. DOI: 10.1111/evo.12833. 

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• Franks, SJ, B Perez-Sweeney, M Strahl, A Nowogrodzki, JJ Weber, R Lalchan, K Jordan, A Litt. 2015. Variation in the flowering time orthologs BrFLC and BrSOC1 in a natural population of Brassica rapa. PeerJ 3:e1339. DOI 10.7717/peerj.1339 

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• Etterson, JR, SJ Franks, SJ Mazer, RG Shaw, NL Soper-Gorden, HE Schneider, JJ Weber, KJ Winkler, AE Weis. 2016. Project Baseline: An unprecedented resource to study plant evolution across space and time. Invited paper in a special feature in American Journal of Botany 103: 164-173. doi:10.3732/ajb.1500313.​

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• Brown, JL, JJ Weber, D Alvarado-Serrano, MJ Hickerson, SJ Franks, AC Carnaval. 2016. Predicting the genetic consequences of future climate change: the power of coupling demography, the coalescent, and contemporary genetic patterns. Invited paper in a special feature in American Journal of Botany103: 153-163. doi:10.3732/ajb.1500117.

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• Franks, SJ. 2015. The unique and multifaceted importance of the timing of flowering. American Journal of Botany.

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• Welt, RS, A Litt, SJ Franks. 2015. Analysis of population genetic structure and gene flow in Brassica rapa following a rapid evolutionary response to drought. AoB Botany. This paper received an ‘Editor’s Choice’ award.​

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• Weis, AE, SM Wadgymar, MR Sekor and SJ Franks. 2014. The shape of selection: Using alternative fitness functions to explore patterns of selection on flowering time. Evolutionary Ecology 28: 885-904.

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• Franks, SJ, J Munshi-South. 2014. Go forth, evolve, and prosper: The genetic basis of adaptive evolution in an invasive species. Molecular Ecology 23: 2137-2140.

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• Colautti, RI, SJ Franks, RA Hufbauer, PM Kotanen, M Torchin, JE Byers, P Pyšek, O Bossdorf. 2014. The Global Garlic Mustard Field Survey: challenges and opportunities of a unique, large-scale collaboration for invasion biology. Neobiota 21: 29–47.

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• Franks, SJ, JJ Weber and S Aitken. 2014. Evolutionary and plastic responses to climate change in terrestrial plant populations. Evolutionary Applications 7: 123-139.

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• Barnum, K and SJ Franks. 2013. Seed extracts impede germination in Brassica rapa plants. International Journal of Plant Biology 4:e2: 8-10.

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• Franks, SJ, AA Hoffmann. 2012. Genetics of climate change adaptation. Annual Review of Genetics 46: 185-208. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-110711-155511.

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• Franks, SJ, G Wheeler and C Goodnight. 2012. Genetic variation and evolution of secondary compounds in native and introduced populations of the invasive plant Melaleuca quinquenervia. Evolution. 66: 1398–1412.

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• Franks, SJ. 2011. Plasticity and evolution in drought avoidance and escape in the annual plant Brassica rapa. New Phytologist 190: 249-257.

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• Franks, SJ, PD Pratt and ND Tsutsui. 2011. Genetic consequences of a demographic bottleneck in a biological control insect. Conservation Genetics 12: 201-211.

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• Franks, SJ. 2010. Population genetics of island and coastal dune plants. Journal of Plant Biology. 2: 481-488.

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• Franks, SJ, and AE Weis. 2009. Climate change alters reproductive isolation and potential gene flow in an annual plant. Evolutionary Applications 2:481-488.

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• Franks, SJ, PD Pratt, FA Dray, and EL Simms. 2008. Selection of herbivory resistance and growth rate in an invasive plant. American Naturalist 171:678-691.

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• Franks, SJ, JC Avise, WE Bradshaw, JK Conner, JR Etterson, SJ Mazer, RG Shaw, and AE Weis. 2008. The Resurrection Initiative: storing ancestral genotypes to capture evolution in action. BioScience 58: 870-873.

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• Franks, SJ, PD Pratt, FA Dray, and EL Simms. 2007. No evolution of increased competitive ability or decreased allocation to defense in Melaleuca quinquenervia since release from natural enemies. Biological Invasions 10: 455-466. 

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• Franks, SJ, S Sim, and AE Weis. 2007. Rapid evolution of flowering time by annual plant in response to a climate fluctuation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104: 1278-1282.

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• Franks, SJ, AM Kral, and PD Pratt. 2006. Herbivory by introduced insects reduces growth and survival of Melaleuca quinquenervia seedlings. Environmental Entomology. 35: 366-372.

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• Weis, AE and SJ Franks. 2006. Herbivory tolerance and coevolution: an alternative to the arms race? New Phytologist 170: 423-425.

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• Center, TD, TK Van, FA Dray, SJ Franks, MT Rebelo, PD Pratt, and MB Rayamajhi. 2005. Herbivory alters competitive interactions between two invasive aquatic plants. Biological Control 33: 173-185.

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• Franks, SJ, PD Pratt, FA Dray, and EL Simms. 2004. Selection for resistance in invasive plants. Weed Technology 18: 1486-1489.

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• Franks, SJ, CL Richards, E Gonzales, J Cousins, and JL Hamrick. 2004. Multi-scale genetic analysis of Uniola paniculata L.: a coastal species with a fragmented linear distribution. American Journal of Botany 91(9): 1345-1351.

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• Franks, SJ. 2003. Facilitation in multiple life-history stages: evidence for nucleated succession in coastal dunes. Plant Ecology 168(1): 1-11.

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• Franks, SJ and CJ Peterson. 2003. Burial disturbance leads to facilitation among coastal dune plants. Plant Ecology 168(1): 13-21.l

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• Franks, SJ. 2003. Competitive and facilitative interactions among two species of coastal dune perennials. Canadian Journal of Botany 81(4): 330-337. 

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