Pamela K. Diggle
Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Colorado
Publications
Diggle, P.K., V.S. Di Stilio, A.R. Gschwend, E.M. Golenberg, R.C. Moore, J.R.W. Russell, and J.P. Sinclair. Multiple developmental processes underlie sex differentiation in angiosperms. Trends in Genetics. In Press.
Lay, C.R, Y.B Linhart, P.K. Diggle. 2011. The good, the bad and the ugly: interactions of plants with pollinators and herbivores in space and time. Annals of Botany. In Press.
Friedman, W.E. and P.K. Diggle. 2011. Charles Darwin and the origins of plant evolutionary developmental biology. Plant Cell 23: 1194-1207. | pdf
Wu, C.C., P. K. Diggle, and W. E. Friedman. 2011. Female gametophyte development and double fertilization in Balsas teosinte, Zea mays subsp. parviglumis (Poaceae). (Frist published online on the Sexual Plant Reproduction | pdf)
Bissell, E.K. and P.K. Diggle. 2010. Modular genetic architecture of floral morphology in Nicotiana: comparative phenotypic and quantitative genetic approaches to floral integration. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 1744-1758. | pdf
Diggle, P.K., N.J. Abrahamson, R.L. Baker, M.G. Barnes, T.L. Koontz, C.R. Lay, J.S. Medeiros, J.L. Murgel, M.G.M. Shaner, H.L. Simpson, C.C. Wu, D.L. Marshall. 2010. Dynamics of maternal and paternal effects on embryo and seed development in wild radish (Raphanus sativus). Annals of Botany 106: 309-319. | pdf
Friedman, W.E., S.C.H.Barrett, P.K. Diggle, V.F. Irish and L. Hufford. 2008. Whither plant evo-devo? Investigating the evolution of plant form: conceptual integration from the molecular to the ecological. New Phytologist 178: 468-471. | pdf
Bissell, E.K. and P.K. Diggle. 2008. Floral morphology in Nicotiana: architectural and temporal effects on phenotypic integration. International Journal of Plant Sciences 169: 225-240. | pdf
Miller, J.S. and P.K. Diggle. 2007. Correlated evolution of fruit size and sexual expression in andromonoecious Solanum sections Acanthophora and Lasiocarpa (Solanaceae). American Journal of Botany 94: 1706-1715. | pdf
Mitchell, C.H. and P. K. Diggle. 2005. The evolution of unisexual flowers: morphological and functional convergence result from diverse developmental transitions. American Journal of Botany 92:1068-1076. | pdf (This paper was selected by the faculty of 1000 as a must read | link)
Diggle, P.K. and J.S. Miller. 2004. Architectural effects mimic floral sexual dimorphism in Solanum (Solanaceae). American Journal of Botany 91: 2030-2040. | pdf
Diggle, P.K. 2003. Architectural effects on floral form and function: a review. In: T. Stuessy, E. Horandl and V. Mayer (eds.) Deep Morphology: Toward a Renaissance of Morphology in Plant Systematics. Koeltz, Konigstein. | pdf
Meloche, C.G. and P.K. Diggle. 2003. The pattern of carbon allocation supporting growth of preformed shoot primoridia in Acomastylis rossii. American Journal of Botany 90: 1313-1320. | pdf
Miller, J.S. and P.K. Diggle. 2003. Diversification of andromonoecy in Solanum section Lasiocarpa (Solanaceae): the roles of phenotypic plasticity and architecture. American Journal of Botany 90: 707-715. | pdf
Bechtold, H.A., T.A. Forbis, W.D. Bowman, and P.K. Diggle. 2002. Lack of reproductive plasticity in alpine Saxifraga rhomboidea Greene (Saxifragaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 22: 361-368.
Diggle, P.K. 2002. A developmental morphologist's perspective on plasticity. Evolutionary Ecology 16: 267-283. (Invited contribution). | pdf
Diggle, P.K., M.A. Meixner, A.B. Carroll, and C.F. Aschwanden. 2002. Barriers to sexual reproduction in Polygonum viviparum: a comparative developmental analysis of P. viviparum and P. bistortoides. Annals of Botany 89:145-156. | pdf
Forbis, T.A. and P.K. Diggle. 2001. Sub-nivean embryo development in the alpine herb Caltha leptosepala (Ranunculaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany 79: 635-642. | pdf
Meloche, C.G. and P.K. Diggle. 2001. Preformation, architectural complexity and developmental flexibility in Acomastylis rossii (Rosaceae). American Journal of Botany 88: 980-992. | pdf
Marshall, D.L. and P.K. Diggle. 2001. Mechanisms of differential pollen donor performance in wild radish, Raphanus sativus (Brassicaceae). American Journal of Botany 88: 242-257. | pdf
Diggle, P.K. 1999. Heteroblasty and the evolution of flowering phenologies. International Journal of Plant Sciences 160: S123-S134. | pdf
Moody, A., P.K. Diggle and D.A. Steingraber. 1999. Developmental analysis of the evolutionary origin of the vegetative propagule of Mimulus gemmiparus (Scrophulariaceae). American Journal of Botany 86: 1512-1522. | pdf
Diggle, P.K., S.S. Lower and T.A. Ranker. 1998. Clonal diversity in alpine populations of Polygonum viviparum. International Journal of Plant Sciences 159: 606-615. | pdf
Gibson J.P. and P.K. Diggle. 1998. Flower development and male sterility in Ocotea tenera Mez & J.D. Smith ex Mez (Lauraceae): A gynodioecious tropical tree. International Journal of Plant Sciences 159: 405-417. | pdf
Diggle, P.K. 1997. Ontogenetic contingency and floral morphology: the effects of architecture and resource limitation. International Journal of Plant Sciences 158: S99-S107. | pdf
Aydelotte, A.R. and P.K. Diggle. 1997. Analysis of developmental preformation in the alpine herb, Caltha leptosepala. American Journal of Botany 84: 1648-1657. | pdf
Diggle, P.K. 1997. Extreme preformation in alpine Polygonum viviparum: an architectural and developmental analysis. American Journal of Botany 84: 154-169. | pdf
Gibson, J.P. and P.K. Diggle. 1997. Structural analysis of female and hermaphroditic flowers of a gynodioecious tree Ocotea tenera (Lauraceae). American Journal of Botany 84: 298-307. | pdf
Diggle, P.K. 1995. Architectural effects and the interpretation of patterns of fruit and seed development. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 26: 531-552. | pdf
Fenster, C.B., P.K. Diggle, S.C.H. Barrett and K.R. Ritland. 1995. The genetics of floral development differentiating two species of Mimulus (Scrophulariaceae). Heredity 74: 258-266. | pdf
Diggle, P.K. 1994. The expression of andromonoecy in Solanum hirtum: phenotypic plasticity and ontogenetic contingency. American Journal of Botany 81: 1354-1365. | pdf
Diggle, P.K. 1993. Developmental plasticity, genetic variation and the evolution of andromonoecy. American Journal of Botany 80: 967-973. | pdf
Diggle, P.K. 1992. Development and the evolution of plant reproductive characters. In: R. Wyatt (ed.), Ecology and Evolution of Plant Reproduction: New Approaches. Chapman and Hall. New York. Pp. 326-355. |
Diggle, P.K. 1991. Labile sex expression in andromonoecious Solanum hirtum: floral morphogenesis and sex determination. American Journal of Botany 78: 377-393. | pdf
Diggle, P.K. 1991. Labile sex expression in andromonoecious Solanum hirtum: sources of variation in mature floral structure. Canadian Journal of Botany 69: 2033-2043. |
Diggle, P.K. 1988. Sex expression in Solanum hirtum: an Overview. In: P.L. Leins, S.C. Tucker, and P.K. Endress (eds.), Aspects of Floral Development. E. Schweizerbartsche Verlagbuchhandlung, Stuttgart. |
DeMason, D.A. and P.K. Diggle. 1984. The relationship between the primary thickening meristem and secondary thickening meristem in Yucca whipplei Torr. III. Observations from histochemistry and autoradiography. American Journal of Botany 71: 1260-1267. | pdf
Diggle, P.K. and D.A. DeMason. 1983. The relationship between the primary thickening meristem and secondary thickening meristem in Yucca whipplei Torr. I. Histology of the mature vegetative stem. American Journal of Botany 70: 1195-1204. | pdf
Diggle, P.K. and D.A. DeMason. 1983. The relationship between the primary thickening meristem and secondary thickening meristem in Yucca whipplei Torr. II. Ontogenetic relationship within the vegetative stem. American Journal of Botany 70: 1205-1216. | pdf
Edited Volumes
Diggle, P.K. and P.K. Endress (editors). 1999. Development, Function, and Evolution of Symmetry in Plants. International Journal of Plant Sciences, Supplement to volume 160. | pdf
Diggle, P.K. and L. Hufford (editors). 1997. The Morphology and Evolution of Flowers. International Journal of Plant Sciences, Supplement to volume 158. | pdf
Non-refereed Publications
Kuzma, J., P.K. Diggle, D. Heron, S. Strauss, D. Tomes and C.-J. Tsai. 2002. Report from the lignin modification case study working group. Workshop on Criteria for Field-testing of Plants with Engineered Regulatory, Metabolic and Signaling Pathways. Sponsored by Information Systems for Biotechnology and USDA/APHIS. |
Diggle, P.K. 2000. Creativity and Development. Review of The Art of Genes: How Organisms Make Themselves. Enrico Coen. 1999. Oxford University Press. American Journal of Botany 87: 597-600. | pdf
Diggle, P.K. and P.K. Endress. 1999. Symmetry in plants: an introduction. International Journal of Plant Sciences 160: S1-S2. | pdf
Hufford, L. and P.K. Diggle. 1997. Introduction to morphology and evolution of flowers. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 158: S1-S2. | pdf