Clifford W. Morden ( n. 1955) es un botánico y profesor estadounidense. Trabaja activamente en el Proyecto de Flora centroamericana, en el jardín botánico de Misuri. 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.http://www.mobot.org/mobot/Research/curators/davidse.shtml

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

Referencias

Brummitt, RK; CE Powell. 1992. Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4

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