Filiault, D., Ballerini, E.S., Mandakova, T., Akoz, G., Derieg, N., Schmutz, J., Jenkins, J., Grimwood, J., Shu, S., Hayes, R., Hellsten, U., Barry, K., Yan, J., Mihaltcheva, S., Karafiatova, M., Nizhynska, V., Lysak, M., Hodges, S.A., Nordborg, M. 2018. The Aquilegia genome: adaptive radiation and an extraordinarily polymorphic chromosome with a unique history. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/02/12/264101

Ballerini E.S., Mockaitis K., and Arnold M.L.. 2012. Transcriptome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of Type II MIKCC MADS-box and R2R3 MYB transcription factors in reproductive tissue from the non-grass monocot Iris fulva. Gene 2013.

Brothers A.N., Barb J.G., Ballerini E.S., Drury D.W., Knapp S.J., and Arnold M.L. The genetic architecture of floral traits in Iris hexagona and Iris fulva.  In press, Journal of Heredity, 2013.

Arnold M.L., Hamlin J.A.P, Brothers A.N., and Ballerini E.S. Natural hybridization as a catalyst of rapid evolutionary change. Book chapter in: Rapidly Evolving Genes and Genetic Systems (2012), Oxford University Press, Eds. Singh, R.S., Kulathinal, R., and Xu, J.

*Ballerini E.S., *Brothers A.N., Tang S, Knapp S.J., Bouck A., Taylor S.J., Arnold M.L., and Martin N.H. QTL mapping reveals the genetic architecture of loci affecting pre- and post-zygotic isolating barriers in Louisiana Iris. BMC Plant Biology (2012) 12:91

*co-first authors

Arnold M.L., Ballerini E.S., and Brothers A.N. Hybrid fitness, adaptation, and evolutionary diversification: lessons learned from Louisiana Irises. Heredity (2011) 108:159-166

Ballerini E.S. and Kramer E.K. In the light of evolution: A reevaluation of conservation in the CO-FT regulon and its role in photoperiodic regulation of flowering time. Frontiers in Plant Science (2011) 2:81

Ballerini E.S. and Kramer E.K. Environmental and molecular analysis of the floral transition in the lower eudicot Aquilegia formosa. EvoDevo (2011) 2:4