Sunni Taylor

Dr Sunni Taylor

Dr. Sunni J. Taylor, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Instruction
sunni.taylor@txstate.edu
512.245.4809
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Ph.D., 2012, Texas State University
M.S., 2008, Texas State University
B.S., 2006, Tarleton State University

Courses

GS 3310 - General Science
GS 3320 - General Science

Research Interests

Aquatic Resources, General Biology

Selected Publications

Shaw, J. P., Taylor, S. J., Dobson, M. C., & Martin, N. H. (2017). Pollinator
isolation in Louisiana iris: legitimacy and pollen transfer. EVOLUTIONARY
ECOLOGY RESEARCH, 18(4), 429–441.

Arnold, M. L., Brothers, A. N., Hamlin, Jennafer A. P., Taylor, S. J., & Martin,
N. H. (2015). Divergence-with-Gene-Flow-What Humans and Other
Mammals Got up to. RETICULATE EVOLUTION: SYMBIOGENESIS,
LATERAL GENE TRANSFER, HYBRIDIZATION AND INFECTIOUS
HEREDITY, 3, 255–295. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16345-1_10

Martin, N. H., & Taylor, S. J. (2013). Floral preference, flower constancy, and
pollen transfer efficiency of the ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus
colubris) in mixed arrays of Iris nelsonii and Iris fulva. EVOLUTIONARY
ECOLOGY RESEARCH, 15(7), 783–792.

Taylor, S. J., Rojas, L. D., Ho, S., & Martin, N. H. (2013). Genomic collinearity
and the genetic architecture of floral differences between the homoploid
hybrid species Iris nelsonii and one of its progenitors, Iris hexagona.
Heredity, 110, 63–70.

Taylor, S. J., AuBuchon, K. J., & Martin, N. H. (2012). Identification of Floral
Visitors of Iris nelsonii. SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST, 11(1), 141–144.
https://doi.org/10.1656/058.011.0114

Ballerini, E. S., Brothers, A. N., Tang, S., Knapp, S. J., Bouck, A., Taylor, S. J.,
… Martin, N. H. (2012). QTL mapping reveals the genetic architecture of loci
affecting pre- and post-zygotic isolating barriers in Louisiana Iris. BMC
PLANT BIOLOGY, 12. Published. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2229-12-91

Taylor, S. J., Willard, R. W., Shaw, J. P., Dobson, M. C., & Martin, N. H. (2011).
DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE OF THE HOMOPLOID HYBRID SPECIES
IRIS NELSONII (IRIDACEAE) AND ITS PROGENITORS TO ABIOTIC
HABITAT CONDITIONS. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 98(8),
1309–1316. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1100012

Dobson, M. C., Taylor, S. J., Arnold, M. L., & Martin, N. H. (2011). Patterns of
herbivory and fungal infection in experimental Louisiana Iris hybrids.
EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY RESEARCH, 13(5), 543–552.

Taylor, S. J., Arnold, M., & Martin, N. H. (2009). THE GENETIC
ARCHITECTURE OF REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION IN LOUISIANA
IRISES: HYBRID FITNESS IN NATURE. EVOLUTION, 63(10),
2581–2594. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00742.x

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