Evolution of fruit types and seed dispersal: a phylogenetic and ecological snapshot

CM Lorts, T Briggeman - Journal of systematics and evolution, 2008 - jse.ac.cn
Abstract: Success of flowering plants is greatly dependent on effective seed dispersal. Specific
fruit types aid different mechanisms of seed dispersal. However, little is known about what …

Genomics of sorghum local adaptation to a parasitic plant

ES Bellis, EA Kelly, CM Lorts, H Gao… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Host–parasite coevolution can maintain high levels of genetic diversity in traits involved in
species interactions. In many systems, host traits exploited by parasites are constrained by …

Competition× drought interactions change phenotypic plasticity and the direction of selection on Arabidopsis traits

CM Lorts, JR Lasky - New Phytologist, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… 1–2 cm below the soil level and were preserved in 75% ethanol at 4C. These rosettes were
later measured for total leaf area, dry rosette biomass (excluding root), root diameter at 1 cm

CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Mutagenesis of Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenase (CCD) Genes in Sorghum Alters Strigolactone Biosynthesis and Plant Biotic Interactions

…, Y Yang, S Futrell, EA Kelly, CM Lorts… - Phytobiomes …, 2023 - Am Phytopath Society
… to a depth of 20 cm and bulked together as one replicate sample. Bulk soil was taken between
plant rows at a depth of 30 cm using a shovel. Soil near roots (approximately 1 cm of soil …

Effects of genomic and functional diversity on stand-level productivity and performance of non-native Arabidopsis

KG Turner, CM Lorts, AT Haile… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
LortsLorts … Canopy area was similarly measured for each stand just prior to the first
harvested plant using Easy Leaf Area and a red 4 cm 2 square reference [40]. …

Genetic testing in pediatric left ventricular noncompaction

EM Miller, RB Hinton, R Czosek, A Lorts… - Circulation …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
… The data included in cardiomyopathy (CM) gene panel yield calculation is shown with the
number of cardiomyopathy gene panels indicated by dark gray (n=65) and the number of …

Virtual implantation evaluation of the total artificial heart and compatibility: beyond standard fit criteria

RA Moore, PC Madueme, A Lorts… - The Journal of Heart …, 2014 - jhltonline.org
… The standard fit criteria includes a body surface area (BSA) of 1.7 m 2 and an
anteroposterior distance greater than 10 cm from the sternum to the 10th thoracic vertebra (T10). …

A novel method of donor‒recipient size matching in pediatric heart transplantation: a total cardiac volume‒predictive model

…, F Zafar, NJ Ollberding, C Villa, A Lorts… - The Journal of Heart and …, 2021 - Elsevier
… These predictors included weight (kg), height (cm), age (years), and maximal horizontal
cardiac width (cm). Sex was included in prediction models as a binary variable. Data on maximal …

Parental effects and provisioning under drought and low phosphorus stress in common bean

C Lorts, JP Lynch, KM Brown - Food and Energy Security, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… Two 20-cm probes were buried directly under a row at 15 cm and 40 cm, in six evenly …
Rows were planted 76 cm apart, and plants within rows were planted every 10 cm. A 1-m …

First use of HeartMate 3 in a failing Fontan circulation

A Lorts, C Villa, KW Riggs, J Broderick… - The Annals of Thoracic …, 2018 - Elsevier
… Over his postoperative course, the patient’s ventricle was unloaded (right ventricular end-diastolic
dimension from 5.8 to 3.8 cm by M-mode imaging), and Fontan pressures decreased (…