Dr. Khidir Hilu

(540) 231-5407

hilukw@vt.edu

Publications

Phylogeny of Flowering Plants

Hilu, K. W. and H. Liang. 1997. The Matk gene: sequence variation and application in plant systematics. Amer. J. Bot. 84: 830-839. .pdf

Hilu, K. W. and L. A. Alice. 1999. Evolutionary implications of matk indels in Poaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 86: 1735-1741.

Borsch, T., K. W. Hilu, V. Wilde, C. Neinhuis, and W. Barthlott. 2000. Phylogenetic analysis of noncoding chloroplast DNA sequences reveals Amborella as basal most angiosperm. American Journal of Botany supplement 87: 115-116. .pdf

Thomas Borsch, Khidir Hilu, John Wiersema, C. B. Hellquist, Surrey Jacobs, Volker Wilde, and W. Barthlott. 2001. Phylogeny and evolution of Nymphaea: integrating evidence from differnt genomic regions and from paleobotany. Botany 2001 Abstract 409:102. The 2001 Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America.

Sauquet, H., J. A. Doyle, T. Scharaschkin, T. Borsch, K. W. Hilu, L. W. Chatrou, and A. Le Thomas. 2003. Phylogenetic analysis of Magnoliales and Myristicaceae based on multiple data sets: implications for character evolution. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 142: 125-186. .pdf

Borsch, Thomas, Khidir W. Hilu, Dietmar Quandt, Volker Wilde, Christoph Neinhuis, and Wilhelm Barthlott. 2003. Non-coding, fast evolving plastid trnT-trnF sequences reveal a well resolved phylogeny of basal angiosperms. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16: 558-567. .pdf

Hilu, Khidir W., Thomas Borsch, Kai Müller, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Vincent Savolainen, Mark W. Chase, Martyn Powell, Lawrence A. Alice, Rodger Evans, Hervé Sauquet, Christoph Neinhuis, Tracey A. Slotta, Jens G. Rohwer, Christopher S. Campbell, and Lars Chatrou. 2003. Angiosperm phylogeny based on matK sequence information. American Journal of Botany 90: 1758- 1776. .pdf

Neves, S., Ginger Swire-Clark, K. W. Hilu, and Wm. Vance Baird. 2005.  Phylogeny of Eleusine (Poaceae: Chloridoideae) based on nuclear ITS and plastid trnT-trnF sequences.  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35 (2): 395-419.

Long, Q., Dombrovska, O., Lee, J., Libo, L., Whitlock, B.A., Bernasconi-Quadroni, F., Rest, J.S., Davis, C.C., Borsch, T., Hilu, K.W., Renner, S.S., Soltis, D.E., Sotis, P.S., Zanis, M.J., Cannone, J.J., Gutell, R.R., Powell, M., Savolainen, V., Chatrou, L.W., and Chasell, M.W.. 2005. Phylogenetic Analyses of Basal Angiosperms Based on Nine Plastid, Mitochondrial, and Nuclear Genes. International Journal of Plant Science. 166(5): 815-842. .pdf

Quandt D, Müller K, Stech M, Hilu KW, Frey W, Frahm JP, Borsch T. Molecular evolution of the chloroplast trnL-F region in land plants. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Gardens 98:13-37.

Müller, K.F., Borsch, T., Hilu, K.W. 2006. Phylogenetic utility of rapidly evolving DNA at high taxonomical levels: Contrasting matK, trnT-F, and rbcL in basal angiosperms. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 99-117. .pdf

Chase, M.W., Fay, M.F., Devey, D.S., Maurin, O., Ronsted, N, Davies, T.J., Pillon, Y., Petersen, G., Seberg, O., Tamura, M.N., Asmussen, C.B., Hilu, K.W., Borsch, T., Davis, J.I., Stevenson, D.W., Pires, J.C., Givnish, T.J., Sytsma, K.J., McPherson, M.A., Graham, S.W., Rai, H.S. 2006. Multigene Analyses of Monocot Relationships: A Summary. Alisa 22: 63-75. .pdf

Worberg, A., Quandt, D., Barniske A-M., Löhne, C., Hilu, K.W., Borsch, T.. 2007. Phylogeny of basal eudicots: Insights from non-coding and rapidly evolving DNA. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 7(2007) 55-77. .pdf


Evolution and Systematics of Grasses

Hilu, K. W. and K. Wright. 1982. Systematics of Poaceae: A Cluster Analysis Study. Taxon 31: 9-36.

Soderstrom, T. R., K. W. Hilu, C. S. Campbell, and M. E. Barkworth (eds.). 1987. Grass Systematics and Evolution. Smithsonian Press, Washington, D.C.

Hilu, K. W. 2000. Contributions of Prolamin Size Diversity and Structure to the Sytematics of the Poaceae. In Grass Systematics and Evolution. Vol. 2, Pp. 241-247. Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on the Comparative Biology of Monocotyledons, 1998, Sydney, Australia, eds. S. W. L. Jacobs and J. Everett. Melbourne: CSIRO Press.

Werth, C. R., K. W. Hilu, and C. A. Langner. 1994. Isozymes of Eleusine (Gramineae) and the origin of finger millet. Amer. J. Bot., 81:1186-1197.

Hilu, K. W. and J. L. Johnson. 1997. Systematics of Eleusine Gaertn. (Poaceae, Chloridoideae): Chloroplast DNA and total evidence. Annals Missouri Bot. Gard. 84: 841-847. .pdf

Hilu, K. W. and L. A. Alice. 1999. Systematic and evolutionary implications of matk indels in Poaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 86: 1735-1741. .pdf

Hilu, K. W., L. A. Alice and H. Liang. 1999. Phylogeny of Poaceae inferred from matK sequences. Annals of Missouri Bot. Gard. 86: 835-851. .pdf

Mullins, I. M. and K. W. Hilu. 2002.Sequence variation in the gene encoding the 10 kDa prolamin in Oryza (Poaceae): I. Phylogenetic Implications. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 105: 841-846. .pdf

Hilu, K. W. 2003. The genus Eleusine. In. M. E. Barkworth and K. M. Capels (eds.). Manual of North American Grasses, vol. 25: 109-110. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, New York.

Hilu, K. W. 2004. Phylogenetics and chromosomal evolution in the Poaceae (grasses). Australian Journal of Botany 52: 13-22. .pdf

Hilu, K.W. 2006. Skewed Distribution of Species Number in Grass Genera: Is it a Taxonomic Artifact? Chapter in Reconstructing the Tree of Life: Taxonomy and Systematics of Species Rich Taxa Eds. Trevor Hodkinson John A.N. Parnell. Page 165. .pdf

Hilu, K.W. 2007. A century of progress in grass systematics. Kew Bulletin 62: 355-373. .pdf

Döring, E., Schneider, J., Hilu, K.W., Röser, Martin. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships in the Aveneae/Poeae complex. Kew Bulletin 62: 407– 424. .pdf

 

Protein Multigene Families in Grasses

Hilu, K. W. and A. Esen. 1988. Prolamin size diversity in the Poaceae. Biochem. Syst. and Ecol. 16: 457-465.

Esen, A. and K. W. Hilu. 1989. Immunological affinities among subfamilies of the Poaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 76:196-203. .pdf

Hilu, K. W. 2000. Contributions of Prolamin Size Diversity and Structure to the Sytematics of the Poaceae. In Grass Systematics and Evolution. Vol. 2, Pp. 241-247. Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on the Comparative Biology of Monocotyledons, 1998, Sydney, Australia, eds. S. W. L. Jacobs and J. Everett. Melbourne: CSIRO Press.

Hilu, K. W. and L. Sharova. 1998. Characterization of 10kDa Prolamin Genes in Phyllostachys aurea Riv. (Bambusoideae, Poaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 85: 1033-1037. .pdf

Hilu, K. W. and L. V. Sharova. 2002. Evolutionary implications of substitution patterns in prolamin genes of Oryza glaberrima (African rice, Poaceae) and related species. American Journal of Botany. 89: 211-219. .pdf

Mullins, I. M. and K. W. Hilu. 2002. Sequence variation in the gene encoding the 10 kDa prolamin in Oryza(Poaceae): I. Phylogenetic Implications. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 105: 841-846. .pdf

Boyle, I. M. and K. W. Hilu. (2004). Amino Acid Variation in the 10 kDa Oryza Prolamin Seed Storage Protein . Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry. 52(8): 2242-2246. .pdf

 

Evolution of Waterlilies

Borsch, T., K. W. Hilu, V. Wilde, and W. Barthlott. 1999. Evidence from plastic and nuclear DNA sequences on the phylogeny of Nymphaea L. (Nymphaeaceae). Abstracts of the 14the Conference on Morphology, Anatomy and Systematic, P. 24, held in Jena, Germany, 1999.

Thomas Borsch, Khidir Hilu, John Wiersema, C. B. Hellquist, Surrey Jacobs, Volker Wilde, and W. Barthlott. 2001. Phylogeny and evolution of Nymphaea: integrating evidence from differnt genomic regions and from paleobotany. Botany 2001. Abstract 409: 102. The 2001 Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America

Woods, Kristi, K. W. Hilu, J. H. Wiersema, T. B. Borsch: 2005. Pattern of Variation and Systematics of Nymphaea odorata: I. Evidence from Morphology and Inter-Simple Sequence Repeats (ISSR). Systematic Biology (30)3: 471-480. .pdf

Woods, Kristi, K. W. Hilu, T. B. Borsch, J. H. Wiersema. 2005 Pattern of Variation and Systematics of Nymphaea odorata: II. Sequence information from ITS and trnL-trnF. .pdf

 

Crop Evolution

Hilu, K. W. 1993. Polyploidy and the evolution of domesticated plants. Amer. J. Bot. 80:1494-1499 (Special Paper). .pdf

Hilu, K. W. 1994. Evolution of domesticated plants. In C. J. Arntzen (ed.), Encyclopedia of Agricultural Science. Vol. 2, pp. 117-127 Academic Press.

Hilu, K. W. 1988. Identification of the "A" genome of finger millet using chloroplast DNA. Genetics 118: 163-167. .pdf

Hilu, K. W. 1994. Evidence from RAPD markers in the evolution of Echinochloa millets (Poaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 189:247-257. .pdf

M'Ribu, K. and K. W. Hilu. 1994. Detection of interspecific and intraspecific variation in Panicum millets through random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD). Theor. Appl. Genet. 88:412-416. .pdf

Hilu, K. W. and H. T. Stalker. 1995. Genetic relationship between peanuts and wild species of Arachis Section Arachis: Evidence from RAPD. Pl. Syst. Evol. 198: 167-178.

Hilu, K. W., K. M'Ribu, H. Liang, and C. Mandelbaum. 1997. Fonio Millets: Ethnobotany, Genetic diversity and Evolution. South. Afr. Jour. Bot. 63: 185-190.

Hilu, K. W. and J. L. Johnson. 1997. Systematics of Eleusine Gaertn. (Poaceae, Chloridoideae): Chloroplast DNA and total evidence. Annals Missouri Bot. Gard. 84: 841-847.

Mullins, I. M. and K. W. Hilu. 2002. Sequence variation in the gene encoding the 10 kDa prolamin in Oryza(Poaceae): I. Phylogenetic Implications. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 105: 841-846. .pdf

Mullins, I. M. and K. W. Hilu. 2004. Amino Acid Variation in the 10 kDa Oryza Prolamin Seed Storage Protein . Journal of Agricultural Chemistry 52(8): pp. 2242-2246. .pdf

Diouf, Diaga and Khidir W. Hilu. 2004. Microsatellites and RAPD markers to study genetic relationship among cowpea breeding lines and local varieties in Senegal. Journal of Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 52:8, pp 1057-1067 .pdf

Breviario, Diego, Wm. Vance Baird, Shail Sangoi, Khidir Hilu, Pietro Blumetti, and Silvia Gianì.  2007.  High polymorphism and resolution in targeted fingerprinting with combined beta-tubulin introns.  Molecular Breeding 20: 249-259. .pdf

 

MatK Gene Evolution

Hilu, K. W. and H. Liang. 1997. The Matk gene: sequence variation and application in plant systematics. Amer. J. Bot. 84: 830-839. .pdf

Hilu, K. W. and L. A. Alice. 1999. Evolutionary implications of matk indels in Poaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 86: 1735-1741.

Hilu, K. W. and L. A. Alice. 1999. Systematic and evolutionary implications of matk indels in Poaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 86: 1735-1741. .pdf

Hilu, K. W., L. A. Alice and H. Liang. 1999. Phylogeny of Poaceae inferred from matK sequences. Annals of Missouri Bot. Gard. 86: 835-851. .pdf

Hilu, Khidir W., Thomas Borsch, Kai Müller, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Vincent Savolainen, Mark W. Chase, Martyn Powell, Lawrence A. Alice, Rodger Evans, Hervé Sauquet, Christoph Neinhuis, Tracey A. Slotta, Jens G. Rohwer, Christopher S. Campbell, and Lars Chatrou. 2003. Angiosperm phylogeny based on matK sequence information. American Journal of Botany 90: 1758- 1776. .pdf

Müller, K.F., Borsch, T., Hilu, K.W. 2006. Phylogenetic utility of rapidly evolving DNA at high taxonomical levels: Contrasting matK, trnT-F, and rbcL in basal angiosperms. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 99-117. .pdf

Barthet, Michelle and Khidir Hilu.  2007.  Expression of matK: functional and systematic implications. American J. Botany 94: 1402–1412. .pdf

Barthet, Michelle and Khidir Hilu. 2008. Evaluating evolutionary constraint on the rapidly evolving gene  matK using protein composition.  Journal of Molecular Evolution.  (Article was selected for the journal’s cover) 66: 85-97. .pdf

 

Arachis (Fabaceae) Phylogeny and the Evolution of the Peanut Crop

Tallury S.P., Hilu K.W., Milla S.R., Friend S.A., Al-Saghir M., Stalker H.T., and Quant, D. 2005 Genomics affinities in Arachis section Arachis (Fabaceae): cytogenetic and molecular evidence. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 111(7):1229-1237 .pdf

 

Phalaris (Canary Grass)

Hilu, K.W. 2007. A century of progress in grass systematics. Kew Bulletin 62: 355-373. .pdf

Last Update September 8, 2008