Li, X., Zhu, C., Lin, Z., Wu, Y., Zhang, D., Bai, G., Song, W., Ma, J., Muehlbauer, G. J., Scanlon, M. J., Zhang, M., Yu, J. 2011. Chromosome size in diploid eukaryotic species centers on the average length with a conserved boundary. Mol Biol Evol. 28:1901-1911.

Petsch, K. A., Ma, C., Jorgensen, R. A., Scanlon, M. J. 2010. "Mutagenesis by Transitive RNAi." in Non coding RNAs in Plants., J. Barciszewski Ed., Springer Press. in press

Woodward, J. B., Abeydeera, D., Paul, D., Phillips, K., Rapala-Kozik, M., Freeling, M., Begley, T. P., Ealick, E. E., McSteen, P., Scanlon, M. J. 2010. A maize thiamine auxotroph is defective in shoot meristem maintenance. Plant Cell 10.1105/tpc.110.077776

Douglas, R. N and Scanlon, M. J. in press. "Plant Development" in McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology 2010. J. Weil Ed. McGraw-Hill, New York, USA

Ji, J., Sinha, N. and Scanlon, M. J. 2010 Analyses of WOX4 transgenics provide further evidence for the evolution of the WOX gene family during the regulation of diverse stem cell functions. Plant Signaling & Behavior 5: 916-920.

Douglas, R. N., *Wiley, D., Springer, N., Scanlon, M. J. 2010. ragged seedling2 encodes an ARGONAUTE7-like protein required for mediolateral expansion, but not dorsiventrality, of maize leaves. Plant Cell 22: 1441-1451.

Ji, J., Strable, J., Shimizu, R., Koenig, D., Sinha, N., Scanlon, M. J. 2010. WOX4 promotes procambial development. Plant Physiology 152: 1346-1356.

Petsch, K. A., Ma, C., Scanlon, M. J#., and Jorgensen, R. A. 2009. Targeted forward mutagenesis by transitive RNAi. The Plant Journal 61: 873-882. [#corresponding author; all experiments performed in Scanlon laboratory]

Petsch, K. A., Ma, C., Scanlon, M. J#., and Jorgensen, R. A. 2009. Targeted forward mutagenesis by transitive RNAi. The Plant Journal 61: 873-882. [#corresponding author; all experiments performed in Scanlon laboratory]

Yi Jia, Y., Lisch, D. R., Ohtsu, K., Scanlon, M. J., Nettleton, D., Schnable, P. S. (2009) Loss of RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase 2 (RDR2) Function Causes Widespread and Unexpected Changes in the Expression of Transposons, Genes and 24-nt small RNAs. PLoS Genetics 5:| e1000737

Brooks, L., Strable, J., Elshire, RJ., Zhang, X., Ohtsu, K., Sarkar, A., Hargreaves, S., Eudy, D., Pawlowska, T., Nettleton, D., Buckner, B., Janick-Buckner, D., Timmermans, MC, Schnable, PS. and Scanlon, MJ. (in press) Microdissection of shoot meristem functional domains. PLoS Genetics

Strable. J. and Scanlon, MJ.(in press) "Zea mays: a model organism for basic and applied research in plant biology." in Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, USA.

Scanlon, MJ., Ohtsu, K., Timmermans, MC. P. and Schnable, PS. (in press) "Chapter 25A: Laser Microdissection-Mediated Isolation and in vitro Transcriptional Amplification of Plant RNA" in Current Protocols in Molecular Biology. F. M. Ausubel et al., Eds. John Wiley and Sons, Malden, USA

Shimizu, R., Ji, J., Kelsey, E., Ohtsu, K., Schnable, PS. and Scanlon, MJ. (2009) Tissue specificity and evolution of meristematic WOX3 function. Plant Physiol. 149(2): 841-850.

Nogueira FT., Chitwood, DH., Madi, S., Ohtsu, K., Schnable, PS., Scanlon, MJ. and Timmermans, MC. (2009) Regulation of small RNA accumulation in the maize shoot apex. PLoS Genet. 5(1): e1000320.

Woodward, JB. and Scanlon, MJ. (2009) "Apical Development in Plants" pp. 23-26 in McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology 2009. J. Weil Ed. McGraw-Hill, New York, USA

Scanlon, MJ. and Takacs, EM. (2008) "Kernel Biology" pp. 121-144, in Handbook of Maize: Its Biology. J. L. Bennetzen and S. Hake Eds. Springer, New York, USA.

Buckner, B., Swaggart, K.A., Wong, C.C., Smith, H.A., Aurand, K.M., Scanlon, M.J., Schnable, P.S. and Janick-Buckner, D. (2008) Expression and nucleotide diversity of the maize RIK gene J. Hered. 99(4): 407-416.

Ohtsu, K., Smith, MB., Emrich, SJ., Borsuk, LA., Zhou, R., Chen, T., Zhang, X., Timmermans, MC., Beck, J., Buckner, B., Janick-Buckner, D., Nettleton, D., Scanlon, MJ. and Schnable, PS. (2007) Global gene expression analysis of the shoot apical meristem of maize (Zea mays L.). Plant J. 52(3): 391-404.

Zhang X., Madi S., Borsuk L., Nettleton D., Elshire RJ., Buckner B., Janick-Buckner D., Beck J., Timmermans M., Schnable PS., Scanlon MJ. (2007) Laser microdissection of narrow sheath mutant maize uncovers novel gene expression in the shoot apical meristem. PLoS Genet. 3(6): e101.

Buckner B., Beck J., Browning KF., Fritz AE., Hoxha E., Grantham LD., Kamvar ZN., Lough AN., Nikolova O., Schnable PS., Scanlon MJ., Janick-Buckner D. (2007) Involving Undergraduates in the Annotation and Analysis of Global Gene Expression Studies: Creation of a Maize Shoot Apical Meristem Expression Database. Genetics. 176:741-747.

Markwith, SH. and Scanlon, MJ. Multi-Scale Analysis of Hymenocallis coronaria Genetic Diversity, Genetic Structure, and Gene Movement Under the Influence of Unidirectional Stream Flow. (2007) Am. J. Bot. 94: 151-160.

Schlicht M., Strnad M., Scanlon MJ., Mancuso S., Hochholdinger F., Palme K., Volkmann D., Menzel D. and Baluska F. (2006) Auxin immunolocalization implicates a vesicular neurotransmitter-like mode of polar auxin transport in root apices. Plant Signal. Behav. 1: 122-133.

Henderson, DC., Zhang, X., Brooks, L. and Scanlon, MJ. (2006) RAGGED SEEDLING2 is Required for Normal Expression of KANADI2 and REVOLUTA homologues in the Maize Shoot Apex. Genesis 44: 372-382.