Publications

Singer, S.R., C.N. McDaniel 1986 Floral determination in the terminal and axillary meristems of Nicotiana tabacum L. Devel. Biol. 118:587-592

Singer, S.R., C.N. McDaniel 1987 Floral determination in internode tissues of dayneutral tobacco first occurs many nodes below the apex. L., Proc. Natl. Acad Sci., USA 84:2790-2792

McDaniel, C.N., K.A. Sangrey, S.R. Singer 1988 Node counting in axillary buds of Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. Wisconsin 38, a dayneutral plant. Amer. J. Bot., 76: 403-408

Singer, S.R., L. Hsiung, S.C. Huber 1990 The determinate (det) mutant of Pisum sativum L. (leguminosae: papilionoidae) exhibits an indeterminate growth pattern Amer. J. Bot., 77:1330-1335

Ferguson, C.J., S.C. Huber, S.R. Singer 1991 Determination for inflorescence development is a stable state, separable from determination for flower development in Pisum sativum buds. Planta 185: 518-522

Singer, S.R., C.H. Hannon, S.C. Huber, 1992 Acquisition of competence for floral determination in shoot apices of Nicotiana. Planta, 188:546-550

McDaniel, C.N., S.R. Singer, S.M.E. Smith 1992 Developmental states associated with the floral transition. Dev. Biol. 153:59-69 

Singer, S.R., S.L. Maki, H.J. Mullen 1994 Specification of meristem identity in Pisum sativum inflorescence development. Flowering 18: 26-42 

Reid, J.B., I.C. Murfet, S.R. Singer, J.L.Weller, S.A. Taylor 1996 Physiological-genetics of flowering in Pisum. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology 7:455-463 

Singer, S.R. 1997 Plant Life Cycles and Angiosperm Development. In Embryology: Constructing the Organism, S.F. Gilbert and A.M. Raunio, eds., Sinauer. pp. 493-513 (read this chapter online)

Singer, S. 1997 Arms and Camp's Biology: Though it has some faults, this is a solid biology text. The Textbook Letter 8: 3-4

CELS 1998 Professional Societies and the Faculty Scholar: Promoting Scholarship and Learning in the Life Sciences. L. Liao (ed.). with R. Bloodgood, J.R. Jungck, and S.R. Singer (monograph advisors)

Singer, S., J. Sollinger, S. Maki, J. Fishbach, B. Short, C. Reinke, J. Fick, Laura Cox, A. McCall and H. Mullen. 1999. Inflorescence architecture: a developmental genetics approach. Botanical Review, in press

Selected recent abstracts:

Maki, S.L., A.D. Horan, S. R. Singer 1993 Characterization of a floral mutant in pea affecting the transition from inflorescence to flower development. 102:704

Singer, S.R., S.L. Maki, A.D. Horan, H. Mullen 1995 Specification of meristem identity in pea is distinct from regulation of determinancy. Plant Physiology 108 (2): 122

Murfet, T.C., S.A. Taylor, S.R. Singer 1995 Double mutants for inflorescence meristem identity genes in pea. Procedings of the 15th International Conference on Plant Growth Substances, 393

Singer, S.R., S.L. Maki, J. Sollinger, H. Mullen, J. Fick, A. McCall 1996 Supression of terminal flower formation in pea - evolutionary implications. Developmental Biology 175: 377

Singer, S.R., K.M. Galotti, E. Ainsworth, K. Ainsworth 1996 Expert differences in plant biology - educational implications. Plant Physiology 2:178

Singer, S.R., S.L. Maki, J. Sollinger, H. Mullen, J. Fick, A. McCall 1996 Regulation of indeterminancy in pea inflorescences - evolutionary implications. Plant Physiology 111: 33

Singer, S.R. 1997 Genetic regulation of inflorescence architecture in pea. Amer. J. Bot. 84: 36

S.R. Singer, I.A. Anderson, C.N. Sydney and E.K. McKittrick. 1999. COCHLEATA Links Development of Leaves, Flowers, and Asymmetry in Pea Developmental Biology 210: 208

S.R. Singer, M.S. Rand, R.O. Elveton, K.M. Galotti, and L.K. Komatsu. 1999. Science As One of the Liberal Arts: Linking Introductory Courses for Science Literacy. Developmental Biology 210: 183