Sun, X., Cahill, J., Van Hautegem, T., Feys, K., Whipple, C., Novak, O., Delbare, S., Versteele, C., Demuynck, K., De Block, J., Storme, V., Claeys, H., Van Lijsebettens, M., Coussens, G., Ljung, K., De Vliegher, A., Muszynski, M., Inzé, D. Nelissen, H. (2017). Altered expression of maize PLASTOCHRON1 enhances biomass and seed yield by extending cell division duration. Nature Communications. 8:14752 doi: 10.1038/ncomms14752.

Whipple, C. J. (2017). Tansley Insight: Grass inflorescence architecture and evolution: the origin of novel signaling centers. New Phytologist 216(2):367-372. doi: 10.1111/nph.14538

Bartlett, M., Thompson, B., Brabazon, H. Del Gizzi, R., Thomspon, Z., Whipple, C. (2016). Evolutionary dynamics of floral homeotic transcription factor protein-protein interactions. Molecular Biology and Evolution 33(6):1486-1501 doi: doi:10.1093/molbev/msw031

Pickett, B.D., Karlinsey, S.M., Shiozawa, D.K., Whipple, C.J., and Ridge, P.G. (2016). SA-SSR: A suffix array-based algorithm for exhaustive and efficient SSR discovery in large genetic sequences. Bioinformatics 1;32:2707-9 doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btw298

Yang, C.J., Kursel, L.E., Studer, A.J., Bartlett, M.E., Whipple, C.J., Doebley, J.F. (2016). A gene for genetic background in zea mays: fine mapping enhancer of teosintebranched1.2 (etb1.2) to a YABBY class transcription factor. Genetics 204 (4):1573-1585 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.116.194928

Kummer, T.A., Whipple, C.J., Jensen, J.L. (2016). Prevalence and persistence of misconceptions in tree thinking. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education 17(3):389-398 doi:10.1128/jmbe.v17i3.1156.

Gallavotti, A., and Whipple, C. J. (2015). Positional Cloning in maize. Applications in Plant Sciences 3(1):1400092 doi:10.3732/apps.1400092

Bartlett, M. E., Wiliams, S. K., Taylor, Z., DeBlasio, S., Goldschmidt, A., Hall, D. H., Schmidt, R. J., Jackson, D. P., Whipple, C. J. (2015). The maize PI/GLO ortholog Zmm16/sterile tassel silky ear1 (sts1) interacts with the zygomorphy and sex determination pathways in flower development. Plant Cell 27:3081-3098 doi: dx.doi.org/10.1105/tpc.15.00679

Wills, D. M., Whipple, C. J., Takuno, S., Kursel, L. E., Shannon, L. M., Ross-Ibarra, J., Doebley, J. F. (2013). From many, one: genetic control of proflicacy during maize domestication. PLOS Genetics 9:e1003604. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003604.

Kellogg, E. A., Camara, P. S., Rudall, P., Ladd P., Malcomber, S. T., Whipple, C. J., Doust, A. N. (2013). Early inflorescence development in the grasses (Poaceae). Frontiers in Plant Science 4 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00250.

Bartlett, M. E., Whipple, C. J. (2013). Protein change in plant evolution: tracing one thread connecting molecular and phenotypic diversity. Frontiers in Plant Science 4 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00382.

Whipple, C. J. (2012). Defining the Plant Germline: Nature or Nurture. Science 337:301-302.

Whipple, C. J., Kebrom, T. H., Weber, A. L., Yang, F., Hall, D., Meeley, R., Schmidt, R. Doebley, J., Brutnell, T. P., and Jackson, D. P. "grassy tillers1 promotes apical dominance in maize and responds to shade signals in the grasses." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (2011):E506-E512.

Gallavotti, A., Malcomber, S., Gaines, C., Stanfield, S., Whipple, C., Kellogg, E., and Schmidt, R. J. "BARREN STALK FASTIGIATE1 is an AT-Hook Protein Required for the Formation of Maize Ears." Plant Cell 23 (2011):1756-1771.

Whipple, C. J., Hall, D. H., DeBlasio, S., Taguchi-Shiobara, F., Schmidt, R. J., and Jackson, D. P. "A conserved mechanism of bract suppression in the grass family." The Plant Cell 22 (2010):565-578.

Chuck, G., Whipple, C., Jackson, D., and Hake, S. "The Maize SBP-box Transcription factor encoded by tasselsheath4 regulates bract development and the establishment of meristem boundaries." Development. 137 (2010):1243-1250.

Thompson, B. E., Bartling, L., Whipple, C., Hall, D. H., Sakai, H., Schmidt, R. S., and Hake, S. "bearded-ear Encodes a MADS Box Transcription Factor Critical for Maize Floral Development." The Plant Cell. 21 (2009): 2578-2590.

Whipple, C. J., Zanis, M., Kellogg, E. A., Schmidt, R. J. "Conservation of B class gene expression in the second whorl of a basal grass and outgroups links the origin of lodicules and petals." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104.3 (2007): 1081-1086.

Whipple, C. J., Schmidt, R. J. "The Genetics of Grass Flower Development." Developmental Genetics of the Flower. Advances in Botanical Research. 44 (2006): 386-417.