Publications
Zhan, S. and Lukens L. (2013). Protein coding cis natural antisense transcripts have high and broad expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology. [ http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.113.215632].
Downs, G.S., Bi, Y.M., Colasanti, J., Wu, W., Chen, X., Zhu, T, Rothstein, S.J. and Lukens, L.N. (2013). A developmental transcriptional network for Zea mays defines coexpression modules. Plant Physiology [.
Lukens, L. and Downs, G.S. (2012). Bioinformatics techniques for understanding and analyzing tree gene expression data. Schnell, R.J. and Priyadarshan, P.M. (ed). Genomics of Tree Crops. pp:17-38. Springer New York. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0920-5_2
Moore, S. and L. Lukens (2011). An evaluation of Arabidopsis thaliana hybrid traits and their genetic control. G3:Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 1:571-579; DOI:10.1534/g3.111.001156
Khanal, R., H. Earl, E. Lee, and L. Lukens (2011). Genetic architecture of flowering time and related traits in two early flowering maize lines. Crop Science, 51:146-156.
L. Lukens and S. Zhan (2010). Plant bioinformatics and microarray technologies. Murray Moo-Young (ed). Comprehensive Biotechnology 2nd edition, Volume 4, pp: 149-163. Elsevier Scientific
Page, E.R., M. Tollenaar, E.A. Lee, L. Lukens, and C.J. Swanton (2010). Shade avoidance: an integral component of crop-weed competition. Weed Research, 50: 281-288.
Zhan, S. and L. Lukens (2010). Identification of novel miRNAs and miRNA dependent developmental shifts of gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. PloS ONE, 5(4): e10157.doi:10.1371.
Palomeque, L., L. Liu, W. Li, B. Hedges, E. Cober, M. Smid, L. Lukens, I. Rajcan (2009). Validation of mega-environment universal and specific QTL associated with seed yield and agronomic traits in soybeans. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 120:997-1003.
Page, E., M. Tollenaar, E. Lee, L. Lukens and C. J. Swanton (2009). Does the shade avoidance response underlie the critical period for weed control in maize (Zea mays L.)? Weed Research, 49: 563–571.
Page. E.R., M. Tollenaar, E. A. Lee, L. Lukens and C. J. Swanton (2009). Timing, effect, and recovery from intraspecific competition in maize. Agronomy Journal, 102:1007-1013.
Iniguez-Luy, F., L. Lukens, M.Farnham, R. Amasino, and T. Osborn (2008). Development of public immortal mapping populations, molecular markers, and linkage maps for rapid cycling /Brassica rapa/ and /B. oleracea/. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 120:131-43.
Lukens, L., and S. Zhan (2007). The plant genome’s methylation status and response to stress: Implications for plant improvement. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 10: 317-322. [PDF - 146KB] Lukens, L., J. C.Pires, E. Leon, R. D. Vogelzang, L. Oslach and T. Osborn. (2006). Patterns of sequence loss and cytosine methylation within a population of newly resynthesized Brassica napus allopolyploids. Plant Physiology, 140: 336-348. [PDF - 337 KB] Zhan, S., J. Horrocks, and L. Lukens. (2006). Islands of co-expressed neighbouring genes in Arabidopsis thaliana suggest higher order chromosome domains. Plant Journal, 45: 347-357. [PDF - 126 KB] Ghosh, A. K., L. Lukens, D. Hunter and J. N. Strommer. (2006). European and Asian pears: SSR/PAGE-based analysis of commercially important North American cultivars. HortScience, 41:304-309. [PDF - 520 KB] Parkin, I., S. Gulden, A. Sharpe, L. Lukens, T. C. Osborn and D. J. Lydiate. (2005). Segmental structure of the Brassica napus genome based on comparative analysis with Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetics, 171: 765-781. Wang, H., T. Nussbaum-Wagler, B. Li, Q. Zhao, Y. Vigouroux, M. Faller, K. Bomblies, L. Lukens and J. Doebley. (2005). The origin of the maize ear by regulatory evolution. Nature, 436: 714-719. Lukens, L., P.A. Quijada, J. Udall, J. C. Pires, M.E. Schranz and T. Osborn. (2004). Genome redundancy and plasticity within ancient and recent Brassica crop species. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 82:675-688. [PDF - 150 KB] Pires J.C., J. Zhao, M.E. Schranz, E.J. Leon, P.A. Quijada, L. Lukens, and T. C. Osborn. (2004). Flowering time divergence and genomic rearrangements in resynthesized Brassica polyploids (Brassicaceae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 82:665-674. Lukens, L. (2003). Genetic map and genome comparisons within plants: approaches for the analysis of diverse genomes. Proceedings of the 7th Joint Conference on Information Sciences. 869-872. Lukens, L., F. Zou, I. Parkin, D. Lydiate and T. Osborn. (2003). Comparison of the Brassica oleracea genetic map with the Arabidopsis thaliana physical map. Genetics 164: 359-372. [PDF - 347 KB] Osborn T. and L. Lukens. (2003). The molecular genetic basis of flowering time variation in Brassica species. In: Nagata T, Tabata S. (eds.) Brassicas and Legumes: From Gene Structure to Breeding. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Schranz, M. E., P. Quijada, S. Sung, L. Lukens, R. Amasino and T. Osborn. (2002). Characterization and effects of the replicated flowering time gene FLC in Brassica rapa. Genetics 162: 1457-1468. Lukens, L. and J. Doebley. (2001). Molecular evolution of the teosinte branched gene among maize and related grasses. Molecular Biology and Evolution 18: 627-638. [PDF - 402 KB] Lukens, L. and J. Doebley. (1999). Epistatic and environmental interactions for QTL involved in maize evolution. Genetical Research 74: 291-302. [PDF - 358 KB] Wang, R.-L., A. Stec, L. Lukens, J. Hey and J. Doebley. (1999). The limits of selection during maize domestication. Nature 398: 263-269. Doebley, J. and L. Lukens. (1998). Transcriptional regulators and the evolution of plant form. Plant Cell 10: 1075-1082. [PDF - 279 KB] Zambino, P., J. Groth, L. Lukens, J. Garton and G. May. (1997). Variation at the B mating type locus of Ustilago maydis. Phytopathology 87: 1233-1239. Lukens, L., H. Yicun, and G. May. (1996). Correlation of genetic and physical maps at the A mating type locus of Coprinus cinereus. Genetics 144: 1471-1477. [PDF - 1.0 MB]