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