Baum DA, Smith SD, and Donovan SSS. 2005. Evolution - The tree-thinking challenge. Science 310(5750): 979-980 NOV 11. abstract | full text article| article pdf format

David A. Baum, Ho-Sung Yoon, and Rebecca L. Oldham. 2005. Molecular evolution of the transcription factor LEAFY in Brassicaceae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37(1): 1-14. abstract (full text article and pdf available from ScienceDirect at this link)

Veronica S. Di Stilio, Elena M. Kramer and David Baum. 2005. Floral MADS box genes and homeotic gender dimorphism in Thalictrum dioicum (Ranunculaceae) - a new model for the study of dioecy. The Plant Journal 41(5): 755-766. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

J.F. Smith, S.B. Draper, Lena C. Hileman, and David A. Baum. 2004. A phylogenetic analysis within tribes Gloxinieae and Gesnerieae (Gesnerioideae: Gesneriaceae): evolution of GCYC a Gesneriaceae homolog of CYCLOIDEA. Systematic Botany 29(4): 947-958. (not available online)

Maria von Balthazar, William S. Alverson, Jurg Schonenberger, and David A. Baum. 2004. Comparative floral development and androecium structure in Malvoideae (Malvaceae s.l.). International Journal of Plant Sciences 165(4): 445–473. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

David A. Baum, and Christopher D. Day. 2004. Cryptic bracts exposed: Insights into the regulation of leaf expansion. Developmental Cell 6(3): 318-319. abstract (full text article and pdf available from ScienceDirect at this link)

Ho-Sung Yoon, and David A. Baum. 2004. Transgenic study of parallelism in plant morphological evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 101(17): 6524-6529. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

James F. Smith, Lena C. Hileman, Martyn P. Powell, and David A. Baum. 2004. Evolution of GCYC, a Gesneriaceae homolog of CYCLOIDEA, within Gesnerioideae (Gesneriaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31(2): 765-779. abstract (full text article and pdf available from ScienceDirect from this link)

R.A. Levin, W.L. Wagner, P.C. Hoch, W.J. Hahn, A. Rodriguez, David A. Baum, L. Katinas, Elizabeth A. Zimmer, and Kenneth J. Sytsma. 2004. Paraphyly in tribe onagreae: Insights into phylogenetic relationships of Onagraceae based on nuclear and chloroplast sequence data. Systematic Botany 29(1): 147-164. (not available online)

Lena C. Hileman, Elena M. Kramer, and David A. Baum. 2003. Differential regulation of symmetry genes and the evolution of floral morphologies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100(22): 12814-12819. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Dianella G. Howarth, Mats H.G. Gustafsson, David A. Baum, Timothy J. Motley. 2003. Phylogenetics of the genus Scaevola (Goodeniaceae): Implication for dispersal patterns across the Pacific Basin and colonization of the Hawaiian Islands. American Journal of Botany 90(6): 915-923. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Lena C. Hileman, and David A. Baum. 2003. Why do paralogs persist? Molecular evolution of CYCLOIDEA and related floral symmetry genes in antirrhineae (Veronicaceae). Molecular Biology and Evolution 20(4): 591-600. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Elena Conti, Torsten Eriksson, Jurg Schonenberger, Kenneth J. Sytsma, and David A. Baum. 2002. Early tertiary out-of-India dispersal of Crypteroniaceae: Evidence from phylogeny and molecular dating. Evolution 56(10): 1931-1942. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

David A. Baum, John Doebley, Vivan F. Irish, and Elena M. Kramer. 2002. Response: Missing links: the genetic architecture of flower and floral diversification. Trends in Plant Science 7(1): 31-34. abstract (full text and pdf available from ScienceDirect at this link)

David A. Baum. 2002. Identifying the genetic causes of phenotypic evolution: A review of experimental strategies. Pages 493-507 In: Developmental Genetics and Plant Evolution (eds. Q.C.B. Cronk, R. M. Bateman, and J. Hawkins) Taylor and Francis, London.

David A. Baum, and Michael J. Donoghue. 2002. Transference of function, heterotopy, and the evolution of plant development. Pages 52-69 In: Developmental Genetics and Plant Evolution (eds. Q.C.B. Cronk, R. M. Bateman, and J. Hawkins) Taylor and Francis, London.

Reto Nyffeler, and David A. Baum. 2001. Systematics and character evolution in Durio s. lat. (/Malvaceae/Helicteroideae/Durioneae or Bombacaceae-Durioneae). Organisms, Diversity, and Evolution 1(3): 165-178. abstract (full text available from this link)

David A. Baum, and Michael J. Donoghue. 2001. A likelihood framework for the study of adaptation. Pages 24-44 In: S. Orzack and E. Sober (eds.), Adaptationism and Optimality, Cambridge University Press, New York.

Barbara A. Whitlock, Clemens Bayer, and David A. Baum. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships and floral evolution of the Byttnerioideae ("Sterculiaceae" or Malvaceae s.l.) based on sequences of the chloroplast gene ndhF. Systematic Botany 26(2): 420-437. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Reto Nyffeler, and David A. Baum. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships of the durians (Bombacaceae-Durioneae or /Malvaceae/Helicteroideae/Durioneae) based on chloroplast and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences. Plant Systematics and Evolution 224(1-2): 55-82. (not available online)

Guoping G. Shu, Weber Amaral, Lena C. Hileman, and David A. Baum. 2000. LEAFY and the evolution of rosette flowering in violet cress (Jonopsidium acaule, Brassicaceae). American Journal of Botany 87(5): 634-641. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

William S. Alverson, Barbara A. Whitlock, Reto Nyffeler, Clemens Bayer, and David A. Baum. 1999. Phylogenetic analysis of the core Malvales based on sequences of ndhF. American Journal of Botany 86(10): 1474-1486. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

David A. Baum, and Barbara A. Whitlock. 1999. Plant development: genetic clues to petal evolution. Current Biology 9(14): R525-R527. abstract (pdf available from ScienceDirect at this link)

Barbara A. Whitlock, and David A. Baum. 1999. Phylogenetic relationships of Theobroma and Herrania (Sterculiaceae) based on sequences of the nuclear gene Vicilin. Systematic Botany 24: 128-138. (not available online)

David A. Baum, William S. Alverson, and Reto Nyffeler. 1998. A durian by any other name: Taxonomy and nomenclature of the core Malvales. Harvard Papers in Botany 3: 313-330. (not available online)

David A. Baum. 1998. Individuality and the existence of species through time. Systematic Biology 47: 641-653. abstract (pdf available from this link)

Michael J. Donoghue, Richard H. Ree, and David A. Baum. 1998. Phylogeny and the evolution of flower symmetry in the Asteridae. Trends in Plants Science 3(8): 311-317. abstract (full text and pdf available from this link)

David A. Baum, Randall L. Small, and Jonathan F. Wendel. 1998. Biogeography and floral evolution of Baobabs (Adansonia, Bombacaceae) as inferred from multiple data sets. Systematic Biology 47(2): 181-207. abstract (pdf available from this link)

David A. Baum. 1998. The evolution of plant development. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 1(1): 79-86. abstract (pdf available from ScienceDirect at this link)

William S. Alverson, Kenneth G. Karol, David A. Baum, Mark W. Chase, Susan M. Swensen, Richard McCourt, and Kenneth J. Sytsma. 1998. Circumscription of the Malvales and relationships to other Rosidae: Evidence from rbcL sequence data. American Journal of Botany 85(6): 876-887. abstract | article in pdf format