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  1. A fossil leaf mistaken for a cycad reveals an unexpected piece of the evolution of flowering plants.

    Article • New Phytologist, May 2020, Wiley

    Mario Coiro

  2. Evolutionary signal of leaflet anatomy in the Zamiaceae

    Article • International Journal of Plant Sciences, April 2020, University of Chicago Press

    Mario Coiro

  3. Mutoviaspermum krassilovii gen. et sp. nov.: A Peculiar Compound Ovuliferous Conifer Cone from the Lopingian (Late Permian) of European Russia (Vologda Region)

    Article • International Journal of Plant Sciences, September 2019, University of Chicago Press

    Mario Coiro

  4. First cycad seedling foliage from the fossil record and inferences for the Cenozoic evolution of cycads

    Article • Biology Letters, July 2019, Royal Society Publishing

    Mario Coiro

  5. Mismatch of the morphology model is mostly unproblematic in total-evidence dating: insights from an extensive simulation study

    Article • June 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Mario Coiro

  6. Origin and divergence of Afro-Indian Picrodendraceae: linking pollen morphology, dispersal modes, fossil records, molecular dating and paleogeography

    Article • Grana, June 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Mario Coiro

  7. A Time-Calibrated Species Tree Phylogeny of the New World Cycad Genus Zamia L. (Zamiaceae, Cycadales)

    Article • International Journal of Plant Sciences, April 2019, University of Chicago Press

    Mario Coiro

  8. The evolution of functional complexity within the β-amylase gene family in land plants

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mario Coiro

  9. What can fossils tell us about the age of flowering plants?

    Article • New Phytologist, January 2019, Wiley

    Mario Coiro

  10. Morphology and fossils agree with molecules in reconstructing the relationships of seed plants

    Article • Paleobiology, July 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Mario Coiro, Mr Guillaume Chomicki

  11. The surface of the flowers of waterlilies and their role in pollination

    Article • Plant Biology, June 2018, Wiley

    Mario Coiro

  12. OUP accepted manuscript

    Article • Annals of Botany, January 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Mario Coiro

  13. Evolution and ecology of plant architecture: integrating insights from the fossil record, extant morphology, developmental genetics and phylogenies

    Article • Annals of Botany, November 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Mario Coiro

  14. OCTOPUS-LIKE 2 , a novel player in Arabidopsis root and vascular development, reveals a key role for OCTOPUS family genes in root metaphloem sieve tube differentiation

    Article • New Phytologist, September 2017, Wiley

    Mario Coiro

  15. The ancestral flower of angiosperms and its early diversification

    Article • Nature Communications, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mario Coiro

  16. Experimental signal dissection and method sensitivity analyses reaffirm the potential of fossils and morphology in the resolution of the relationship of angiosperms and Gnetales

    Article • June 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Mario Coiro

  17. A new fossil leaf from Patagonia helps to solve the origin of an Australian endemic cycad

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mario Coiro

  18. Xylem Characterization Using Improved Pseudo-Schiff Propidium Iodide Staining of Whole Mount Samples and Confocal Laser-Scanning Microscopy

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mario Coiro

  19. The Starch Granule-Associated Protein EARLY STARVATION1 Is Required for the Control of Starch Degradation inArabidopsis thalianaLeaves

    Article • The Plant Cell, May 2016, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Mario Coiro

  20. Did ancient volcanos shape the evolution of the mexican cycad Dioon?

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, August 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Mario Coiro

  21. PROTEIN TARGETING TO STARCH Is Required for Localising GRANULE-BOUND STARCH SYNTHASE to Starch Granules and for Normal Amylose Synthesis in Arabidopsis

    Article • PLoS Biology, February 2015, PLOS

    Mario Coiro

  22. The velamen protects photosynthetic orchid roots against UV-B damage, and a large dated phylogeny implies multiple gains and losses of this function during the Cenozoic

    Article • New Phytologist, October 2014, Wiley

    Mr Guillaume Chomicki, Mario Coiro

  23. Aperture evolution in Nymphaeaceae: insights from a micromorphological and ultrastructural investigation

    Article • Grana, September 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Mario Coiro