2019

• JG Monroe, T Powell, N Price, JL Mullen, A Howard, K Evans, JT Lovell, JK McKay. 2019. Drought adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana by extensive genetic loss-of-function. eLIFE

2018

• N Price, BT Moyers, L Lopez, JR Lasky, JG Monroe, JL Mullen, CG Oakley, J Lin, J Agron, DR Schrider, AD Kern, JK McKay. 2018. Combining population genomics and fitness QTLs to indentify the genetics of local adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana. PNAS, in press

2017

• P Tanger, S Klassen, JP Mojica, JT Lovell, BT Moyers, M Baraoidan, MEB Naredo, KL McNally, J Poland, DR Bush, H Leung, JE Leach, JK McKay. 2017. Field-based high throughput phenotyping rapidly identifies genomic regions controlling yield components in rice. Scientific Reports, in press

2016

• JP Mojica, J Mullen, JT Lovell, JG Monroe, JR Paul, CG Oakley, JK McKay. 2016. Genetics of water use physiology in locally adapted Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Science 251:12-22.
• JG Monroe, C McGovern, JR Lasky, K Grogan, J Beck, JK McKay. 2016. Adaptation to warmer climates by parallel functional evolution of CBF genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Ecology 25:3632-3644
• RS Fletcher, D Hermann, JL Mullen, Q Li, DR Schrider, N Price, J Lin, K Grogan, A Kern, JK McKay. 2016. Identification of polymorphisms associated with drought adaptation QTL in Brassica napus by resequencing. G3 6: 793-803. DOI: 10.1534/g3.115.021279
• M Zhu, JG Monroe, Y Suhail, F Villiers, JL Mullen, D Pater, F Hauser, BW Jeon, JS Bader, JM Kwak, JI Schroeder, JK McKay, SM Assmann. 2016. Molecular and systems approaches towards drought-tolerant canola crops. New Phytologist 210: 1169–1189

2015

• JT Lovell, JL Mullen, DB Lowry, K Awole, JH Richards, S Sen, PE Verslues, TE Juenger, JK McKay. 2015. Exploiting differential gene expression and epistasis to discover candidate genes for drought-associated QTLs in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell, 27:969-83. doi: 10.1105/tpc.15.00122
• HM Easlon, E Carlisle, JK McKay, AJ Bloom. 2015. Does low stomatal conductance enhance growth at elevated CO2 in Arabidopsis thaliana? Plant Physiology, in press. PDF
• Shafer ABA, Wolf JBW, Alves PC, Bergström L, Bruford MW, Brännström I, Colling G, Dalén L, De Meester L, Ekblom R, Fawcett KD, Fior S, Hajibabaei M, Hill JA, Hoezel AR, Höglund J, Jensen EL, Krause J, Kristensen TN, Krützen M, McKay JK, Norman AJ, Ogden R, Österling EM, Ouborg NJ, Piccolo J, Popovic D, Primmer CR, Reed FA, Roumet M, Salmona J, Schenekar T, Schwartz MK, Segelbacher G, Senn H, Thaulow J, Valtonen M, Veale A, Vergeer P, Vijay N, Vilà C, Weissensteiner M, Wennerström L, Wheat CW, Zieli?ski P. 2015. Genomics and the challenging translation into conservation practice. Trends in Ecology & Evolution DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2014.11.009. PDF

2014

• RS Fletcher, JL Mullen, A Heiliger, JK McKay. 2014. QTL analysis of root morphology, flowering time and yield reveals tradeoffs in response to drought in Brassica napus. Journal of Experimental Botany, doi:10.1093/jxb/eru423. PDF
• JT Lovell, K Grogan, T Sharbel, JK McKay. 2014. Mating system and environmental variation drive patterns of adaptation in Boechera spatifolia (Brassicaceae). Molecular Ecology, in press. PDF
• G Reuning, WL Bauerle, JL Mullen, JK McKay. 2014. Combining quantitative trait loci analysis with physiological models to predict genotype specific transpiration rates. Plant, Cell and Environment, 38: 710-7. doi: 10.1111/pce.12429. PDF
• AM Kenney, JK McKay, JH Richards, TE Juenger. 2014. Direct and indirect selection on flowering time, water-use efficiency (WUE, d13C), and WUE plasticity to drought in Arabidopsis thaliana. Ecology and Evolution, in press. PDF
• Des Marais DL, Auchincloss LC, Sukamtoh E, McKay JK, Logan T, Richards JH, Juenger TE. 2014. Variation in MPK12 affects water use efficiency in Arabidopsis and reveals a pleiotropic link between guard cell size and ABA response. Proceedings National Academy Sciences USA 111: 2836-2841. PDF

2013

• J Ågren, CG Oakley, JK McKay, JT Lovell, DW Schemske. 2013. Genetic mapping of adaptation reveals fitness trade-offs in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110: 21077-21082. PDF
• J-N Enjalbert, S Zheng, JJ Johnson, JL Mullen, PF Byrne, JK McKay. 2013. Brassicaceae germplasm diversity for agronomic and seed quality traits under drought stress. Industrial Crops and Products 47: 176-185. PDF
• KJ Rice, JD Gerlach, AR Dyer, JK McKay. 2013. Evolutionary ecology along invasion fronts of the annual grass Aegilops triuncialis. Biological Invasions 15: 2531-2545. PDF
• RS Fletcher, JL Mullen, S Yoder, WL Bauerle, G Reuning, S Sen, E Meyer, TE Juenger, JK McKay. 2013. Development of a next-generation NIL library in Arabidopsis thaliana for dissecting complex traits. BMC Genomics 14: 655. PDF
• Lowry, D. B., T. L. Logan, L. Santuari, C. S. Hardtke, J. H. Richards, L. J. DeRose-Wilson, J. K. McKay, S. Sen, T. E. Juenger. 2013. Expression QTL mapping across water availability environments reveals contrasting associations with genomic features in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Cell. PDF
• HM Easlon, KS Nemali, JH Richards, DT Hanson, TE Juenger, JK McKay. 2013. The physiological basis for genetic variation in water use efficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana. Photosynthesis Research. PDF
• JT Lovell, TE Juenger, S Michaels, JR Lasky, A Platt, JH Richards, X Yu, S Sen, JK McKay. 2013. Protagonistic pleiotropy of FRIGIDA promotes adaptation and positive assortative mating. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280: 1043. PDF
• BF Econopoly, JK McKay, P Westra, SD Reid, AL Helm, PF Byrne. 2013. Phenotypic diversity of Aegilops cylindrica (jointed goatgrass) accessions from the western United States under irrigated and dryland conditions. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 164: 244-251. PDF

2012

• J Mei, Y Ding, K Lu, D Wei, Y Liu, JO Disi, J Li, L Liu, S Liu, JK McKay, W Qian. 2012. Identification of genomic regions involved in resistance against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum from wild Brassica oleracea. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, in press. PDF
• JR Lasky, JK McKay, JH Richards, TE Juenger, TH Keitt. 2012. The role of geography, climate and phenology in explaining genomic variation of Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Ecology 22: 5512-29. PDF
• WC Funk, JK McKay, PA Hohenlohe, FW Allendorf. 2012. Harnessing genomics for delineating conservation units. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 27: 489-96 PDF
• S Wang, E Meyer, JK McKay, and MV Matz.. 2012. 2b-Rad: A simple and flexible method for genome-wide genotyping. Nature Methods 9: 808-810. PDF
• DL Des Marais, JK McKay, JH Richards, S Sen, T Wayne, and TE Juenger. 2012. Physiological genomics of response to soil drying in diverse Arabidopsis accessions. The Plant Cell 24:3 893-914. PDF

2011

• JK McKay, JE Leach. 2011. Linkage illuminates a complex genome. Nature Biotechnology 29: 717-718. PDF
• BF Econopoly, JK McKay, P Westra, NLV Lapitan, PL Chapman, PF Byrne. 2011. Backcrossing provides an avenue for gene introgression from wheat to jointed goatgrass in the Great Plains. Weed Science 59: 188-194. PDF
• CE Jahn, J Stephens, DR Bush, H Leung, JK McKay, JE Leach. 2011. Genetic variation in biomass traits among 20 diverse rice varieties. Plant Physiology 155: 157-168. PDF

2010

• H Meimberg, NF Milan, M Karatassiou, EK Espeland, JK McKay, KJ Rice. 2010. Patterns of introduction and adaptation during the invasion of Aegilops triuncialis (Poaceae) into Californian serpentine soils. Molecular Ecology 19: 5308-5319. PDF
• TE Juenger, S Sen, E Bray, E Stahl, T Wayne, JK McKay, JH Richards. 2010. Exploring genetic and expression differences between physiologically extreme ecotypes: comparative genomic hybridization and gene expression studies of Kas-1 and Tsu-1 accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant, Cell and Environment 33: 1268-84. PDF
• AR Dyer, CS Brown, EK Espeland, JK McKay, H Meimberg, KJ Rice. 2010. The role of adaptive trans-generational plasticity in biological invasions of plants. Evolutionary Applications 3: 179-192. PDF

2009

• Gerlach, J.D., B.S. Bushman, J.K. McKay, H. Meimberg. 2009. Taxonomic Confusion Permits the Unchecked Invasion of Vernal Pools in California by Low Mannagrass (Glyceria declinata). Invasive Plant Science and Management, 2: 92-97. PDF
• Meimberg, H., K.J. Rice, N.F. Milan, C.C. Njoku, J.K. McKay. 2009. Multiple Origins Promote the Ecological Amplitude of Allopolyploid Aegilops (Poaceae). American Journal of Botany, 96(7): 1262-1273. PDF

2008

• McKay, J.K., J.R. Stinchcombe. 2008. Ecological Genomics of Model Eukaryotes. Evolution, 62: 2954-2957. PDF
• McKay, J.K., J.H. Richards, K.S. Nemali, S. Sen, T. Mitchell-Olds, S. Boles, E.A. Stahl, T. Wayne, T.E. Juenger. 2008. Genetics of drought adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana II. QTL analysis of a new mapping population, Kas-1 x Tsu-1. Evolution, 62: 3014-3026. PDF
• Christman M.A., J.H. Richards, J.K. McKay, E.A. Stahl, T.E. Juenger, L.A. Donovan. 2008. Genetic variation in Arabidopsis thaliana for night-time leaf conductance. Plant, Cell and Environment, 31: 1170-1178. PDF
• Lau J., A. McCall, K. Davies , J.K. McKay, J. Wright. 2008. Herbivores and edaphic factors constrain the realized niche of a native plant. Ecology 89: 754–762. PDF

2007

• Ghalambor, C., J.K. McKay, S. Carroll, D. Reznick. 2007. Adaptive versus non-adaptive phenotypic plasticity and the potential for contemporary adaptation in new environments. Functional Ecology 21: 394–407. PDF
• Meimberg, H., T. Abele, C. Bräuchler, J.K. McKay, P.L. Pérez de Paz and G. Heubl. 2007. Molecular evidence for adaptive radiation of Micromeria Benth. (Lamiaceae) on the Canary Islands as inferred from chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences and ISSR fingerprint data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 41: 566-578. PDF

2006

• Wright, J., K. Davies, J. Lau*, A. McCall* and J.K. McKay. 2006. Experimental determination of the niche reveals the importance of local adaptation in a species with broad tolerance. Ecology, 87: 2433-2439. PDF
• Juenger, T.E., T. Wayne, S. Boles, V. Symonds, J.K. McKay and S. J. Coughlan. 2006. Natural genetic variation in whole-genome expression in Arabidopsis thaliana: the impact of physiological QTL introgression. Molecular Ecology>15: 1351-1365. PDF
• Meimberg, H., J. Hammond*, C. Jorgensen*, T. Park*, K.J. Rice and J.K. McKay. 2006. Molecular evidence for an extreme genetic bottleneck during introduction of an invading grass to California. Biological Invasions 8: 1355- 1366. PDF

2005

• McKay, J.K., C. Christian*, S. Harrison, and K.J. Rice. 2005. “How local is local?” Practical and conceptual Issues in the genetics of restoration. Restoration Ecology 13: 432-440. PDF
• Forister*, M. and J.K. McKay. 2005. Post-Modern Speciation. Book Review of Speciation by J.A. Coyne and H.A. Orr. Ecology 86: 808-809.
• Juenger, T., J.K. McKay, N. Hausman, J.H. Richards, E. Simms, T. Dawson and S. Sen. 2005. Identification and characterization of physiological QTL in Arabidopsis thaliana:δ13C, stomatal conductance, and plant performance. Plant, Cell and Environment 28: 697-708. PDF

2004

• Martin*, P.R. and J.K. McKay. 2004. Latitudinal variation in genetic divergence of populations and the potential for future speciation. Evolution58: 938-945. PDF

2003

• McKay, J.K., J.H. Richards, and T. Mitchell-Olds. 2003. Genetics of drought adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana. I. Pleiotropy contributes to genetic correlations among ecological traits. Molecular Ecology 12: 1137-1151. PDF

2002

• McKay, J.K.and R.G. Latta. 2002. Adaptive population divergence: markers, QTL and traits. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17: 285-291. PDF
• Sexton*, J.P., J.K. McKay and A. Sala. 2002. Ecological genetics of the invasive shrub, Tamarix ramosissima, at latitudinal extremes. Ecological Applications 12: 1652-1660. PDF
• Latta, R.G. and J.K. McKay. 2002. Genetic population divergence: markers and traits. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17: 501-502. PDF

2001

• McKay, J.K., J.G. Bishop, J.Z. Lin, A. Sala, J.H. Richards, and T. Mitchell-Olds. 2001. Local adaptation across a climatic gradient despite small effective population size in the rare sapphire rockcress. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Biological Sciences 268: 1715-1721. PDF

1998

• Bradshaw, H.D., K.G. Otto, B.E. Frewen, J.K. McKay and D.W. Schemske. 1998. Quantitative trait loci affecting differences in floral morphology between two species of monkeyflower (Mimulus). Genetics 149: 367-382. PDF