Publications

In revision:

  • Lüthi, M.N.*, Chopy, M.*, Berardi, A.E., Tenreira, T.E., Cannarozzi, G., Li, C., Jäggi, L., Binaghi, M., Freitas, L.B., Kuhlemeier, C. From hawkmoths to bees: reconstruction of speciation by modification of major-effect genes.
    • * co-first authors, equal contribution

Published:

  • Lüthi, M.N., Berardi, A.E., Mandel, T., Freitas, L.B. , Kuhlemeier, C. 2022. Single gene mutation in a plant MYB transcription factor causes a major shift in pollinator preference. Current Biology, 32(24): 5295–5308. Link
  • Berardi, A.E., 2022. Floral color is not as simple as it once seemed. Science Advances, 8. eade2347 (Invited Focus article) Link
  • Berardi, A.E., Betancourt Morejón, A.C.*, Hopkins, R. 2022. Convergence without divergence in North American red-flowering Silene. Frontiers in Plant Sciences. Link
    • * undergraduate co-author
  • Berardi, A.E., Esfeld, K., Jäggi, L., Mandel, T., Cannarozzi, G.M., and Kuhlemeier, C. 2021. Complex evolution of novel red floral color in Petunia. The Plant Cell. 33(7):2273–2295. Link
    • Press for this paper in Science: Link
    • Press for this paper in Horizonte (SNSF magazine): Link (EN) (DE)
  • Koski, M.H., Berardi, A.E., Galloway, L.F. Pollen color morphs take different paths to fitness. 2020. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 33(4): 388-400. Link
  • Larter, M., Dunbar-Wallis, A., Berardi, A.E., Smith, S.D. 2019. Developmental control of convergent floral pigmentation across evolutionary timescales. Developmental Dynamics. 2019; 1– 10. Link
  • Esfeld, K.*, Berardi, A.E.*, Moser, M.*, Bossolini, E., Freitas, L. and Kuhlemeier, C. 2018. Pseudogenization and resurrection of a speciation gene. Current Biology 28:1–11. Link
    • * co-first authors, equal contribution
    • Press for this paper in Current Biology Dispatches for Dec 2018: Link
  • Tripp, E.A., Zhuang, Y., Schreiber, M., Stone, H., and Berardi, A.E. 2018. Evolutionary and ecological drivers of plant flavonoids across a large latitudinal gradient. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 128:147-161. Link
  • Larter, M., Dunbar-Wallis, A., Berardi, A.E. and Smith, S.D. 2018.Convergent evolution at the pathway level: predictable regulatory changes during flower color transitions. Molecular Biology and Evolution 35(9): 2159–2169. Link
  • McCarthy, E.W., Berardi, A.E., Smith, S.D., & Litt, A. 2017. Related allopolyploids display distinct floral pigment profiles and transgressive pigments. American Journal of Botany 104:92-101. Link
  • Berardi, A.E., Hildreth, S.B., Helm, R.F., Winkel, B.S.J., & Smith, S.D. 2016. Evolutionary correlations in flavonoid production across flowers and leaves in the Iochrominae (Solanaceae). Phytochemistry. 130:119-127. Link
  • Berardi, A.E., Fields, P.D., Abbate, J.L., & Taylor, D.R. 2016. Elevational divergence in floral color and leaf chemistry in Silene vulgaris (Caryophyllaceae). American Journal of Botany: 103(8): 1–16. Link
    • Press for this paper in AJB Highlights for Aug 2016: Link
  • Schultheis, E.H., Berardi, A.E. & J.A. Lau. 2015. No release for the wicked – enemy release is dynamic and not associated with invasiveness. Ecology 96: 2446–2457.Link
  • Keller, S.R., Fields, P.D., Berardi, A.E. & Taylor, D.R. 2014. Recent admixture generates heterozygosity-fitness correlations during the range expansion of an invading species. J. Evol. Biol. 27: 616–627. Link
  • Berardi, A.E., Frey, F.M., Denton, E.M., & Wells, J.H. 2013. Betalain color morphs exhibit differential growth, defensive ability, and pollen tube growth rates in Mirabilis jalapa (Nyctaginaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 174(9): 1229–1238.Link
  • Sloan, D.B., Keller, S.R., Berardi, A.E., Sanderson, B.J., Karpovich, J.F., & Taylor, D.R. 2012. De novo transcriptome assembly and SNP detection in the flowering plant Silene vulgaris (Caryophyllaceae). Molecular Ecology Resources 12: 333–343. Link