Publications

2000

Erry, B.V., Macnair, M.R., Meharg, A.A. and Shore, R.F (2000) Arsenic contamination in wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) and bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) on abandoned mine sites in southwest Britain. Environmental Pollution 110:179-187.
Bert, V., Macnair,M.R., DeLaguerie, P. Saumitou-Laprade, P. and Petit, D. (2000) Zinc tolerance and accumulation in metallicolous and nonmetallicolous populations of Arabidopsis halleri (Brassicaceae). New Phytologist 146:225-233.

1999

Robertson,A.W., Mountjoy, C., Faulkner, B.E., Roberts, M.V. and Macnair, M.R. (1999) Flower choice by bumblebees collecting pollen from Mimulus guttatus (Scrophulariaceae): the effects of pollen quality and reward depletion. Ecology 80: 2594-2606.
Macnair, M.R. and Gardner, M. (1999) The Evolution of Edaphic Endemics. In: D.J.Howard and S.H.Berlocher (eds) Endless Forms: species and speciation, pp157-171. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Macnair, M.R. and Smirnoff, N.S. (1999) The use of Zincon to study uptake and accumulation of zinc by zinc tolerant and hyperaccumulating plants. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 30:1127-1136.
Erry, B.V., Macnair, M.R., Meharg, A.A., Shore, R.F. and Newton, I. (1999) Arsenic residues in predatory birds from an area of Britain with naturally and anthropogenically elevated arsenic levels. Environmental Pollution 106:91-95.
Macnair,M.R. Bert, V., Huitson, S.B., Saumitou-Laprade, P. and Petit, D. (1999) Zinc tolerance and hyperaccumulation are genetically independent characters. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. 266:2175-2179.
Erry, B.V., Macnair, M.R., Meharg, A.A. and Shore, R.F (1999) Seasonal variation in dietary and body organ arsenic concentrations in wood mice Apodemus sylvaticus and Bank Voles Clethrionomys glareolus. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 63:567-574.
Diaz, A. and Macnair, M.R. (1999) Pollen tube competition as a mechanism of prezygotic reproductive isolation between Mimulus nasutus and its presumed progenitor M. guttatus. New Phytologist 144:471-478.

1998

Diaz, A.and Macnair, M.R. (1998) The effect of plant size on the expression of cleistogamy in Mimulus nasutus. Functional Ecology 12:92-98.
Smith, S.E. and Macnair, M.R. (1998) Hypostatic modifiers cause variation in degree of copper tolerance in Mimulus guttatus. Heredity 80:760-768.
Harper, F.A., Smith, S.E. and Macnair, M.R. (1998) Can an increased copper requirement in copper-tolerant Mimulus guttatus explain the cost of tolerance? II. Reproductive phase. New Phytologist 140:637-654.

1997

A Smithson and M R Macnair (1997) Density dependent and frequency dependent selection by bumblebees Bombus terrestris (L.) (Hymenoptera:Apidae), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 60: 401-417.
A Smithson and M R Macnair (1997) Negative frequency dependent selection by pollinators on artificial flowers without reward', Evolution, 51 1997: 715-723.
F A Harper, S E Smith and M R Macnair (1997) Where is the cost in copper tolerance in Mimulus guttatus? Testing the trade-off hypothesis Functional Ecology, 11 1997:764-774.
M R Macnair (1997) The evolution of plants in metal contaminated environments. In: R Bijlsma and V Loeschcke, eds., Environmental Stress, Adaptation and Evolution . Birkhäuser Verlag: Basel, pp 3- 24.
G H Tilstone, M R Macnair and S E Smith (1997) Does copper tolerance give cadmium tolerance in Mimulus guttatus? Heredity, 79: 445-452.
F A Harper, S E Smith and M R Macnair (1997) Can an increased copper requirement in copper tolerant Mimulus guttatus explain the cost of tolerance? I. Vegetative growth , New Phytologist, 136:455-467.
G H Tilstone and M R Macnair (1997) The consequence of selection for copper tolerance on the uptake and accumulation of copper in Mimulus guttatus Annals of Botany, 80 1997:747-751.

1996

Smithson, A. and Macnair, M.R. (1996) Frequency dependent selection by pollinators: mechanisms and consequences with regard to the behaviour of bumblebees Bombus terrestris L. (Hymenoptera:Apidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 9: 571-588.
Naylor, J., Macnair, M.R., Williams, E.N.D and Poulton, P.R. (1996) A polymorphism for phosphate uptake/arsenate tolerance in Holcus lanatus L.: is there a correlation with edaphic or environmental factors? Heredity 77:509-517.

1995

Macnair, M.R. (1995) Speciation and Adaptive Radiation. In: Enclyopedia of Environmental Biology, Vol 3.Academic Press: San Diego. pp 369-381.
Robertson, A.W. and Macnair, M.R. (1995) The effects of floral display size on pollinator service to individual flowers of Myosotis and Mimulus. Oikos 72:106-114.

1994

Mossop, R., Macnair, M.R. and Robertson, A.W. (1994) Within population variation in sexual resource allocation in Mimulus guttatus. Functional Ecology 8:410-418.
Robertson, A.W., Diaz, A., and Macnair, M.R.(1994) The quantitative genetics of floral characters in Mimulus guttatus Heredity 72:300-311.
Meharg, A.A., Naylor, J. and Macnair, M.R.(1994) Phosphorus nutrition of arsenate tolerant and non-tolerant phenotypes of velvetgrass. Journal of Environmental Quality 23:234-238..
Macnair, M.R. and Baker, A.J.M. (1994) Metal tolerance in Plants: Evolutionary Aspects. In "Plants and the chemical elements" (M.E.Farago, Ed), VCH pp67-86.
Meharg, A.A. and Macnair, M.R. (1994) Relationship between plant phosphorus status and the kinetics of arsenate influx in clones of Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) Beauv. that differ in theor tolerance to arsenate. Plant and Soil 162:99-106.

1993

Searcy, K. and Macnair, M.R. (1993) Developmental selection in response to environmental conditions of the maternal parent in Mimulus guttatus. Evolution 47:13-24.
Meharg, A.A. and Macnair, M.R. (1993) Pre-adaptation of Yorkshire fog, Holcus lanatus L. to arsenate tolerance. Evolution 47:313-316.
Macnair, M.R.(1993) A polymorphism for a lethal phenotype governed by two duplicate genes in Mimulus guttatus. Heredity 70:362-369.
Macnair, M.R. (1993) The genetics of metal tolerance in vascular plants. New Phytologist 124:541-559.
Macnair, M.R., Cumbes, Q.J, and Smith, S. (1993) The heritability and distribution of variation in degree of copper tolerance in Mimulus guttatus on a copper mine at Copperopolis, California. Heredity 71:445-455.

1992

Macnair, M.R. (1992) Preliminary studies on the genetics and evolution of the serpentine endemic Mimulus nudatus
. Curran. In: The vegetation of Ultramaphic (serpentine) soils (A.J.M.Baker, J. Proctor, R.D.Reeves, Eds), Intercept: Andover, Hants. pp 409-420.
Meharg, A.A. and Macnair, M.R. (1992) Suppression of the phosphate uptake system: a mechanism of arsenate tolerance in Holcus lanatus. Journal of Experimental Botany, 43:519-524.
Meharg, A.A. and Macnair, M.R. (1992) Polymorphism and physiology of arsenate tolerance from an uncontaminated site. Plant and Soil 146:219-225.
Macnair, M.R., Cumbes, Q.J. and Meharg, A.A. (1992) The genetics of arsenate tolerance in Yorkshire Fog, Holcus lanatus L. Heredity 69:325-335.
Meharg, A.A. and Macnair, M.R. (1992) Genetic correlation between arsenic tolerance and the rate of uptake of arsenate and phosphate in Holcus lanatus. Heredity 69:336-341.

1991

Macnair, M.R. (1991) The genetics of resistance of plants to pollutants. In "Ecological genetics and air pollution" (Taylor, G.E., Jr, Pitelka, L.F., and Clegg, M.T., Eds). Springer Verlag, pp 127-136.
Meharg, A.A. and Macnair, M.R. (1991) Uptake, accumulation and translocation of arsenate in arsenate-tolerant and non-tolerant Holcus lanatus L. New Phytologist 117:225-231.
Watkins, A.J. and Macnair, M.R. (1991) Genetics of arsenic tolerance in Agrostis capillaris L. Heredity 66:47-54.
Meharg, A.A. and Macnair, M.R. (1991) The mechanism of arsenate tolerance in Deschampsia cespitosa L. and Agrostis capillaris L.: adaptation of the the arsenate uptake system. New Phytologist 119:291-297.
Strange, J. and Macnair, M.R. (1991) Evidence for a role for the cell membrane in copper tolerance in Mimulus guttatus. New Phytologist 119:383-388.
Macnair, M.R. (1991) Why the evolution of resistance to anthropogenic toxins normally involves major gene changes: the limits to natural selection. Genetica 84:213-219.

1990

Macnair,M.R. (1990) The Genetics of tolerance in natural populations. In "Heavy metal tolerance in plants: Evolutionary aspects" (J. Shaw, Ed) CRC Press. pp 235-254
Meharg, A.A. and Macnair, M.R. (1990) An altered phosphate uptake system in arsenate tolerant Holcus lanatus L. New Phytologist 116:29-35
Macnair, M.R. and Cumbes, Q.J. (1990) The pattern of sexual resource allocation in the yellow monkey flower, Mimulus guttatus. Proceeding of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 242:101-107.
Searcy, K.B. and Macnair, M.R. (1990) Differential seed production in Mimulus guttatus Fisch. ex DC in response to increasing concentrations of copper in the pistil by pollen from copper tolerant and sensitive sources. Evolution 44:1424-1435.

1989

Macnair, M.R. (1989) A new species of Mimulus endemic to copper mines in California. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 100:1-14.
Macnair, M.R. (1989) The potential for rapid speciation in plants. Genome 31:203-210.
Macnair, M.R. (1989) The genetics of metal tolerance. European Heavy Metal News. 1:5-6.
Macnair, M.R. and Cumbes, Q.J. (1989) The genetic architecture of interspecific variation in Mimulus. Genetics 122:211-222.
Macnair, M.R., Macnair, V.E. and Martin, B.E. (1989) Adaptive speciation in Mimulus: an ecological comparison of M. cupriphilus with its presumed progenitor, M. guttatus. New Phytologist 112:269-279.

1987

Macnair, M.R. (1987) A model for the spread of genes for post-mating reproductive isolation by natural selection. Journal of Theoretical Biology 125:105-115.
Macnair, M.R. (1987) Heavy metal tolerance in plants: a model evolutionary system. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 2:354-359.
Macnair, M.R. (1987) Metal tolerance in mines in Devon: a natural evolutionary experiment. Nature in Devon 8:29-44.
Macnair, M.R. and Cumbes, Q.J. (1987) Evidence that arsenic tolerance in Holcus lanatus L. is caused by an altered phosphate uptake system. New Phytologist 107:387-394.
Christie, P. and Macnair, M.R.(1987) The distribution of postmating reproductive isolating genes in populations of the yellow monkey flower, Mimulus guttatus. Evolution 41:571-578.

1984

Christie, P. and Macnair, M.R. (1984) Complementary lethal factors in two North American populations of the yellow monkey flower. Journal of Heredity 75:510-511.

1983

Macnair, M.R. (1983) The genetic control of copper tolerance in the yellow monkey flower, Mimulus guttatus. Heredity 50:283-293.
Macnair, M.R. and Christie, P. (1983) Reproductive isolation as a pleitropic effect of copper tolerance in Mimulus guttatus? Heredity 50:295-302.
Macnair, M.R. and Watkins, A.D. (1983) The fitness of the copper tolerance gene in Mimulus guttatus in uncontaminated soil. New Phytologist 95:133-137.

1981

Macnair, M.R. (1981) The tolerance of higher plants to toxic materials. In "Genetic consequences of man made change" (J.A.Bishop and L.M.Cook, Eds) pp177-208. Academic Press, London.
Macnair, M.R. (1981) The uptake of copper by families of Mimulus guttatus differing in genotype primarily at a single copper tolerance locus. New Phytologist 88:723-730.
Bishop, J.A., Keill, C. and Macnair, M.R. (1981) The number of genes on the second chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster and a comment on the genetic structure of eukaryotes. Heredity 46:151-159

1980

Murray, N., Bishop, J.A. and Macnair, M.R. (1980) Predation by birds and melanism in the moths Biston betularia and Phigalia pilosaria. Proc. Roy.Soc. Lond. B, 210:277-283.
Dommee, B., Brakefield, P. and Macnair, M.R. (1980) Differential rootgrowth of the cyanogenic phenotypes of Trifolium repens L. Oecologia plantarum 1:367-370

1979

Macnair, M.R. (1979) The genetics of copper tolerance in the yellow monkey flower, Mimulus guttatus. I. Crosses to non-tolerants. Genetics 91:553-563.
Macnair, M.R. and Parker, G.A. (1979) Models of parent-offspring conflict. III. Intra-brood conflict. Animal Behaviour 26:111-122.

Parker, G.A. and Macnair, M.R (1979) Models of parent-offspring conflict. IV. Suppression: evolutionary retaliation by the parent. Animal Behaviour27:1210-1235

1978

Macnair, M.R. (1978) An ESS for the sex-ratio in animals, with particular reference to the social Hymenoptera. J. Theoretical Biology 70:449-459.
Parker, G.A. and Macnair, M.R (1978) Models of parent-offspring conflict. I.Monogamy. Animal Behaviour 26:97-110
Macnair, M.R. and Parker, G.A. (1978) Models of parent-offspring conflict. II. Promiscuity. Animal Behaviour 26:111-122

1977

. Macnair, M.R. (1977) Major genes for copper tolerance in Mimulus guttatus. Nature 268:428-430.

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Hatherly Laboratories,
Department of Biological Sciences,
University of Exeter,
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