Clifford W. Morden

Clifford W. Morden ( * 1955 -) es un botánico y profesor estadounidense. Trabaja activamente en el Proyecto de Flora centroamericana, en el Jardín botánico de Missouri. Y desarrolla su actividad académica como profesor adjunto en el "Departamento de Botánica, Universidad de Hawaii. Es curador en el "John S. Lehmann Curator of Grasses", Missouri Botanical Garden.^[1]

En 1978 obtuvo su B.Sc., y su M.Sc. en 1980, ambos de la Brigham Young University. Y en 1985, su Ph.D., de la Texas A&M University.

Algunas publicaciones

• Morden, C. W., D. Weniger, D. E. Gardner. 2002. Phylogeny and biogeography of Pacific Rubus subg. Idaeobatus (Rosaceae) species: investigating the origin of the endemic Hawaiian raspberry R. macraei. Pacific Science
• Kwon, J. A.; C. W. Morden. 2002. Population genetic structure of two rare tree species (Colubrina oppositifolia and Alphitonia ponderosa, Rhamnaceae) from Hawaiian dry and mesic forests using RAPD markers. Molecular Ecology 11: 991-1001.
• Steiger, D. L., C. Nagai, P. H. Moore, C. W. Morden, R. V. Osgood, R. Ming. 2002. AFLP analysis of genetic diversity within and among Coffea arabica cultivars. Theoretical and Applied Genetics
• Caraway, V., G. D. Carr, C. W. Morden. 2001. Assessment of hybridization and introgression in lava-colonizing Hawaiian Dubautia (Asteraceae: Madiinae) using RAPD markers. American Journal of Botany 88: 1688-1694.
• Millen, R. S., R. G. Olmstead, K. L. Adams, J. D. Palmer, N. T. Lao, L. Heggie, T. A. Kavanagh, J. M. Hibberd, J. C. Gray, C. W. Morden, P. J. Calie, L. S. Jermiin, K. H. Wolfe. 2001. Many parallel losses of infA from chloroplast DNA during angiosperm evolution with multiple independent transfers to the nucleus. The Plant Cell 13: 645-658
• Motley, T. J., C. W. Morden. 2001. Utility of RAPD Markers in Evaluating the Status of the Hawaiian Tree Fern Cibotium ´heleniae. Pacific Science 55: 145-155
• Phillips, N., C. M. Smith, C. W. Morden. 2001. An effective DNA extraction protocol for brown algae. Phycological Research 49: 97-102
• Randell, R. A., C. W. Morden. 1999. Hawaiian Plant DNA library II: endemic, indigenous, and introduced species. Pacific Science 53: 401-417
• Morden, C. W., W. Loeffler. 1999. Fragmentation and genetic differentiation among subpopulations of the endangered Hawaiian mint Haplostachys haplostachya (Lamiaceae). Molecular Ecology 8: 617-625
• Aradhya, M. K., R. M. Manshardt, F. Zee, C. W. Morden. 1999. A phylogenetic analysis of the genus Carica L. (Caricaceae) based on restriction fragment length variation in a cpDNA intergenic spacer region. Genetic Research in Crop Evolution 46: 579-586
• Howarth, D. G., D. E. Gardner, C. W. Morden. 1997. Phylogeny of Rubus subgenus Idaeobatus (Rosaceae) and its implications toward colonization of the Hawaiian Islands. Systematic Botany 22: 433-441
• Adams, D. N., C. W. Morden. 1997. Genetic variation among Hawaiian cultivars of uala (Ipomoea batatis). Newsl. Haw. Bot. Soc. 36: 37-41
• Loeffler, W., C. W. Morden. 1997. Effects of population fragmentation on genetic variation of Haplostachys haplostachya, an endangered Hawaiian mint. Newsl. Haw. Bot. Soc. 36: 42-46
• Carino, D. A., C. W. Morden. 1997. Identification of Dubautia paleata x D. raillardioides hybrids using RAPD markers. Newsl. Haw. Bot. Soc. 36: 47-51
• Hunter, C. L., C. W. Morden, C. M. Smith. 1997. The utility of ITS sequences in assessing relationships among zooxanthellae and corals. In H. A. Lessios (ed.) Proc. 8th International Coral Reef Symposium. Panamá
• Morden, C. W., S. L. Hatch. 1996. Morphological variation and synopsis of the Muhlenbergia repens complex (Poaceae). SIDA 17(2):
• Chesnick, J. M., C. W. Morden, A. M. Schmieg. 1996. Identity of the Peridinium foliaceum (Pyrrhophyta) endosymbiont: analysis of the rbcLS operon. J. Phycol. 32 ( 5): 850-857
• Goulding, S.E., Olmstead, R.G., Morden, C.W., Wolfe, K.H. 1996. Ebb and Flow of the Chloroplast Inverted Repeat. Mol. Gen. Genet. 252: 195-206
• Morden, C. W., V. C. Caraway, T. J. Motley. 1996. Development of a DNA library for native Hawaiian plants. Pacific Science 50: 324-335
• Ems, S., C. W. Morden, C. K. Dixon, K. H. Wolfe, C. W. dePamphilis, J. D. Palmer. 1995. Transcription, splicing, and editing of plastid RNAs in the nonphotosynthetic plant Epifagus virginiana. Plant Mol. Biol. 29: 721-733
• Morden, C. W. 1995. A new combination in Muhlenbergia (Poaceae). Phytologia 79: 28-30
• Morden, C. W., C. F. Delwiche, M. Kuhsel, J. D. Palmer. 1992. Gene phylogenies and the endosymbiotic origin of plastids. BioSystems 28:75-90
• Wolfe, K. H., C. W. Morden, J. D. Palmer. 1992. Function and evolution of a minimal plastid genome from a nonphotosynthetic parasitic plant. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89 :10648-10652
• Wolfe, K. H., C. W. Morden, S. C. Ems, J. D. Palmer. 1992. Rapid evolution of the plastid translational apparatus in a nonphotosynthetic plant: loss or accelerated sequence evolution of tRNA and ribosomal protein genes. J. Mol. Evol. 35:304-317
• Wolfe, K. H., C. W. Morden, J. D. Palmer. 1992. Small single-copy region of plastid DNA in the non-photosynthetic angiosperm Epifagus virginiana contains only two genes: differences among dicots, monocots and bryophytes in gene organization at a non-bioenergetic locus. J. Mol. Biol. 223:95-104
• Wolfe, K. H., D. S. Katz-Downie, C. W. Morden, J. D. Palmer. 1992. Evolution of the plastid ribosomal RNA operon in a nongreen parasitic plant: Accelerated sequence evolution, altered promoter structure, and tRNA pseudogenes. Plant Mol. Biol. 18:1037-1048.
• Morden, C. W., K. H. Wolfe, J. D. Palmer. 1991. Plastid translation and transcription genes in a non-photosynthetic plant: intact, missing and pseudo genes. EMBO J. 10:3281-3288
• Wolfe, K. H., C. W. Morden, J. D. Palmer. 1991. Ins and outs of plastid genome evolution. Current Opinions in Genetics and Development 1:523-529
• Taylor, G. W., K. H. Wolfe, C. W. Morden, C. W. de Pamphilis, J. D. Palmer. 1991. Lack of a functional plastid tRNACys gene is associated with loss of photosynthesis in a lineage of parasitic plants. Curr. Genet. 20: 515-518
• Morden, C. W., S. S. Golden. 1991. Sequence analysis and phylogenetic reconstruction of the genes encoding the large and small subunits of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from the chlorophyll b -containing prokaryote Prochlorothrix hollandica. J. Mol. Evol. 32:379-395
• Douglas, S., D. G. Durnford, C. W. Morden. 1990. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the gene for the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from Cryptomonas F: evidence supporting the polyphyletic origin of plastids J. Phycol. 26:500-508
• Morden, C. W., J. Doebley, K. F. Schertz. 1990. Allozyme variation among the spontaneous species of Sorghum section Sorghum (Poaceae). Theor. Appl. Gen. 80:296-304
• Morden, C. W., S. S. Golden. 1989. psbA genes indicate common ancestry of prochlorophytes and chloroplasts. Nature 337:382-385. Corrigendum 339:400
• Morden, C. W., J. Doebley, K. F. Schertz. 1989. Allozyme variation in old world races of Sorghum bicolor (Poaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 76 (2) :247-255
• Morden, C. W., S. L. Hatch. 1989. An analysis of morphological variation in Muhlenbergia capillaris (Poaceae) and its allies in the southeastern United States. SIDA 13: 303-314
• Morden, C. W., J. F. Doebley, K. F. Schertz. 1988. Genetic control and subcellular localization of aconitase isozymes in Sorghum. J. Hered. 79: 294-299
• Morden, C. W., J. Doebley, K. F. Schertz. 1987. A manual of techniques for starch gel electrophoresis of Sorghum isozymes. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station MP-1635, College Station, Texas. pp. 1-10
• Morden, C. W., S. L. Hatch. 1987. Anatomical study of the Muhlenbergia repens complex (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Eragrostideae). SIDA 12: 347-359

Abreviatura

La abreviatura Morden se emplea para indicar a Clifford W. Morden como autoridad en la descripción y clasificación científica de los vegetales. (Ver listado de especies descritas por este autor en IPNI)

Referencias

• Brummitt, RK; CE Powell. 1992. Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4
• «Clifford W. Morden», Índice Internacional de Nombres de las Plantas (IPNI), Real Jardín Botánico de Kew, Herbario de la Universidad de Harvard y Herbario nacional Australiano (eds.), http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearch?id=23614-1&query_type=by_id&output_format=object_view 

Enlaces externos

• Wikiespecies tiene un artículo sobre Clifford W. Morden. Wikispecies