Brandon Sinn Research Page

Publications

Barrett, C. F., J. V. Freudenstein, S. V. Skibicki, C. W. Corbett, B. T. Sinn, H. L. Thixton-Nolan, W. J. Baker, V. S. F. T. Merckx, O. A. Perez-Escobar, M. C. Pace, P. M. Peterson, K. Suetsugu, and T. Yukawa. 2025. Nuclear phylogenetic insights into relationships, support, and conflict among the early diverging lineages of the megadiverse Epidendroid orchids. Systematic Biology -- accepted; advanced access.

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Gerelle, W. K., M. Jost, I. Marques, D. Les, R. Vallejos, S. Little,  B. T. Sinn, D. D. Sokoloff, T. D. Macfarlane, W. Iles, T. Feild, S. Mathews, M. Moore, T. L. P. Couvreur, H. Sauquet, S. Wanke, and S. W. Graham. 2025. Organellar data sets confirm overall angiosperm relationships if problematic RNA-edit sites are accounted for in mitochondrial genomes. In revision. Pre-print.
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Barrett, C. F., J. V. Freudenstein, S. V. Skibicki,  B. T. Sinn, S.-W. Chung, T.-C. Hsu, W. Liao, S. Y. Lee, Y.-B. Luo, T. Yukawa, and K. Suetsugu. 2025. Phylogenomics and intergenomic conflict in a challenging orchid clade (Calypsoinae): monophyly of Corallorhiza, paraphyly of Oreorchis, and resurrection of Kitigorchis. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society boae092. PDF
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Muti, R. M., C. F. Barrett, and B. T. Sinn. 2024. A case study of Whirly1 (WHY1) evolution in the angiosperms: sequence, splicing, and expression in a clade of early-transitional mycoheterotrophic orchids. Frontiers in Plant Science 15:1241515. PDF
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 Barrett, C. F., D. Ramachandran, C.-H. Chen, C. W. Corbett, C. D. Huebner, B. T. Sinn, W.-B. Yu, and K. Suetsugu. 2023. Mitochondrial genome sequencing and analysis of the invasive Microstegium vimineum​: a resource for systematics, invasion history, and management. International Journal of Plant Sciences ​184(7): 525-540. PDF. 
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Barrett, C. F., M. V. Santee, N. M. Fama, J. V. Freudenstein, S. J. Simon, and B. T. Sinn. 2022. Lineage and 'role' in integrative taxonomy of a heterotrophic orchid complex. Molecular Ecology 31(18):4762-4781. PDF. 

Sinn, B. T.*, S. J. Simon*, M. V. Santee, S. P. DiFazio, N. M. Fama, and C. F. Barrett. 2022. ISSRseq: an extensible method for reduced representation sequencing. Methods in Ecology and Evolution ​13(3):668:681. PDF. *shared first authorship
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Fama, N. M., B. T. Sinn, and C. F. Barrett. 2021. Integrating genetics, morphology, and fungal host specificity in conservation studies of a vulnerable, selfing, mycoheterotrophic orchid (Corallorhiza bentleyi Freudenst.). Castanea 86(1):1-21.
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Barrett, C. F., J. Lambert, M. V. Santee, B. T. Sinn, S. V. Skibicki, H. M. Stephens, and H. Thixton. 2021. ​Genetic, morphological, and niche variation in the widely hybridizing Rhus integrifolia-Rhus ovata species complex. Plant Species Biology 36(1):17-35.
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Marshall, S. K., K. B. Spainhower, B. T. Sinn, T. P. Diggins, and M. T. Butcher. ​2021. Hindlimb bone proportions reveal unexpected morphofunctional diversification in xenarthrans. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 28(3):599-619. PDF.
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Roznere, I., B. T. Sinn, M. Daly, and G. T. Watters. 2021. Freshwater mussels (Unionidae) brought into captivity exhibit up-regulation of genes involved in stress and energy metabolism. Scientific Reports 11(1):1-10
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Sinn, B. T. and C. F. Barrett. 2020. Ancient mitochondrial gene transfer between fungi and the orchids. Molecular Biology and Evolution 37(1):44-57. PDF
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Folk, R. A., N. Sewnath, C.-L. Xiang, ​B. T. Sinn, and R. P. Guralnick. 2020. Degradation of key photosynthetic genes in the critically endangered semi-aquatic flowering plant Saniculiphyllum guangxiense (Saxifragaceae). BMC Plant Biology 20:324. PDF
Barrett, C. F., B. T. Sinn, and A. H. Kennedy. 2019. ​​​​Unprecedented parallel photosynthetic losses in a heterotrophic orchid genus. Molecular Biology and Evolution 36(9): 1884-1901. PDF
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Barrett, C. F., M. R. McKain, B. T. Sinn, X.-J. Ge, Y. Zhang, A. Antonelli, and C. D. Bacon. 2019. Ancient polyploidy and genome evolution in palms. Genome Biology and Evolution 11(5): 1501-1511. PDF
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Barrett, C. F., B. T. Sinn, L. King, J. Medina, C. Bacon, S. Laymeyer, and D. Hodel. 2019. Phylogenomics, biogeography, and evolution in the American palm genus Brahea. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 190(3): 242-259. PDF
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Sinn, B. T., L. M. Kelly, and J. V. Freudenstein. 2018. Total duplication of the small single copy region in the angiosperm plastome: rearrangement and inverted repeat instability in Asarum. American Journal of Botany 105(1):71-84. PDF
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​Cooper, L., A. Meier, M.-A. Laporte, J. L. Elser, C. Mungall, ​B. T. Sinn, D. Cavaliere, S. Carbon, N. A. Dunn, B. Smith, B. Qu, J. Preece, E. Zhang, S. Todorovic, G. Gkoutos, J. H. Doonan, D. Wm. Stevenson, E. Arnaud, and P. Jaiswal. 2018. The Planteome database: an integrated resource for reference ontologies, plant genomics and phenomics. Nucleic Acids Research 46:D1168-D1180. PDF
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Roznere I., B. T. Sinn, and G. T. Watters. 2018. The Amblema plicata transcriptome as a resource to assess environmental impacts on freshwater mussels. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation 21(2):57-64. PDF
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​Sinn, B. T. 2017. Asarum rosei (Aristolochiaceae), a new species from the Blue Ridge Escarpment of North Carolina, USA. Phytotaxa 296(1):53-62. PDF
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​Freudenstein, J. V., M. B. Broe*, R. A. Folk*, and B. T. Sinn*. 2017. Biodiversity and the Species Concept—Lineages are not Enough. Systematic Biology 66(4):644-656. PDF (* denotes equal contributions)
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​Sinn, B. T. , L. M. Kelly, and J. V. Freudenstein. 2015. Putative floral brood-site mimicry, loss of autonomous selfing, and reduced vegetative growth are significantly correlated with increased diversification in Asarum (Aristolochiaceae).​ Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 89: 194-204. PDF
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​Sinn, B. T. 2015. Asarum chueyi (Aristolochiaceae), a new species from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Tennessee and Virginia, USA. Phytotaxa224(1):85-95. PDF
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​Sinn, B. T.​ , L. M. Kelly, and J. V. Freudenstein. 2015. Phylogenetic relationships in Asarum: effect of data partitioning and a revised classification. American Journal of Botany 102(5):765-779. PDF
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​Renne, I. J., B. T. Sinn, G. W. Shook, D. M. Sedlacko, J. R. Dull, D. Villarreal, J. L. Hierro. 2014. Eavesdropping in plants: delayed germination via biochemical recognition. Journal of Ecology 102(1):86-94. PDF
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Irvine, K. N.,  R. J. Synder, T. P. Diggins, B. T. Sinn, C. F. Chuey, J. Jedlicka, and J. Barrett O'Neill. 2005. Assessment of potential aquatic habitat restoration sites in the Buffalo River area of concern. Technical Report prepared for the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. PDF
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