Preprints
Strigolactone effects on Sorghum bicolor ecophysiology and symbioses. Chloee M. McLaughlin, Margarita Takou, Joel Masanga, Erica H. Lawrence-Paul, Evelyn J. Abraham, Melanie Perryman, Anna Calabritto, Amandeep Cheema, Baloua Nebie, Steven Runo, Joshua J. Kellogg, Roberta Croce, Daniel P. Schachtman, Huirong Gao, Ruairidh J. H. Sawers, Jesse R. Lasky. bioRxiv 2025.08.07.669140.
Developing future resilience from signatures of adaptation across the sorghum pangenome. Geoffrey P. Morris, Avril M. Harder, Adam L. Healey, Chloee M. McLaughlin, Brian R. Rice et al. bioRxiv 2025.08.01.667986
Peer-Reviewed Publications
McLaughlin C. M., Shi Y., Viswanathan V. et al. (2025). Maladaptation in cereal crop landraces following a soot-producing climate catastrophe. Nat Commun 16, 4289.
McLaughlin C. M., Hinshaw C., Sandoval-Arango S., Zavala-Paez M., Hamilton J. A. (2025). Redlisting genetics: towards incorporation of genomic data in conservation assessments.
Yu P., Li C., Li M. et al. (2024). Seedling root system adaptation to water availability during maize domestication and global expansion. Nat Genet, 56, 1245–1256.
He X., Wang D., Jiang Y. et al. (2024). Heritable microbiome variation is correlated with source environment in locally adapted maize varieties. Nat Plants, 10, 598–617.
McLaughlin C. M., Li M., Perryman, M. Heymans, A. Schneider H., Lasky J. R., & Sawers R. J. H. (2024). Evidence that variation in root anatomy contributes to local adaptation in Mexican native maize. Evolutionary Applications, 17, e13673.
Bellis E.S., McLaughlin C.M., dePamphilis C.W., & Lasky J.R. (2021). The geography of parasite local adaptation to host communities. Ecography, 44: 1205-1217.
Posters and Presentations
Chloee McLaughlin. Predicting maladaptation in crop landraces following a global climate catastrophe. AGBT-Ag. April 2025 (Orlando, FL).
Chloee McLaughlin. Predicting maladaptation in crop landraces following a global climate catastrophe. Botany. July 2023 (Boise, ID).
Chloee McLaughlin. Predicting maladaptation in crop landraces following a global climate catastrophe. Conservation Genomics at the Population Level. November 2022 (Virtual).
Chloee McLaughlin. Count the cost: Trade-offs associated with LOW GERMINATION STIMULANT 1 resistance in Sorghum bicolor. Global Sorghum Conference. July 2023 (Montpellier, France).
Chloee McLaughlin. Evidence that variation in root anatomy contributes to local adaptation in Mexican native maize. Penn State Plant Science Departmental Seminar. 2023.
Chloee McLaughlin. Linking phenotypes, environments, and genotypes in Zea mays landraces. Evolution. June 2022 (Cleveland, OH).
Chloee McLaughlin. Predicting landrace maladaptation under nuclear winter conditions. Penn State Food Resilience Research Group. 2022.
Chloee McLaughlin, Meng Li. Detection of root traits and environmental associations in Zea mays landraces. ISRR 2021.
Chloee Collins. Development of Ocimum recombinant inbred lines with downy mildew resistance. IPBC 2018.
Patents
Dave Clark, Chloee McLaughlin. Besto Pesto. Proven Winners. (Available in Garden Centers and Online, Spring 2021)
Dave Clark, Chloee McLaughlin. Ocimum hybrid. Scotts. (Available in Garden Centers, Spring 2022)