| Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from 18S rDNA, rbcL, and atpB sequences DE Soltis, PS Soltis, MW Chase, ME Mort, DC Albach, M Zanis, ... Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 133 (4), 381-461, 2000 | 1688 | 2000 |
| The earliest angiosperms: evidence from mitochondrial, plastid and nuclear genomes YL Qiu, J Lee, F Bernasconi-Quadroni, DE Soltis, PS Soltis, M Zanis, ... Nature 402 (6760), 404-407, 1999 | 1020 | 1999 |
| The root of the angiosperms revisited MJ Zanis, DE Soltis, PS Soltis, S Mathews, MJ Donoghue Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99 (10), 6848-6853, 2002 | 333 | 2002 |
| Phylogeny of basal angiosperms: analyses of five genes from three genomes YL Qiu, J Lee, F Bernasconi-Quadroni, DE Soltis, PS Soltis, M Zanis, ... International Journal of Plant Sciences 161 (S6), S3-S27, 2000 | 300 | 2000 |
| Structure and evolution of the plant cation diffusion facilitator family of ion transporters JL Gustin, MJ Zanis, DE Salt BMC evolutionary biology 11, 1-13, 2011 | 228 | 2011 |
| Phylogenetic analyses of basal angiosperms based on nine plastid, mitochondrial, and nuclear genes YL Qiu, O Dombrovska, J Lee, L Li, BA Whitlock, F Bernasconi-Quadroni, ... International Journal of Plant Sciences 166 (5), 815-842, 2005 | 208 | 2005 |
| Gunnerales are sister to other core eudicots: implications for the evolution of pentamery DE Soltis, AE Senters, MJ Zanis, S Kim, JD Thompson, PS Soltis, ... American Journal of Botany 90 (3), 461-470, 2003 | 202 | 2003 |
| Phylogenetic analyses and perianth evolution in basal angiosperms MJ Zanis, PS Soltis, YL Qiu, E Zimmer, DE Soltis Annals of the Missouri Botanical garden, 129-150, 2003 | 185 | 2003 |
| Phylogeny, classification and floral evolution of water lilies (Nymphaeaceae; Nymphaeales): a synthesis of non-molecular, rbcL, matK, and 18S rDNA data DH Les, EL Schneider, DJ Padgett, PS Soltis, DE Soltis, M Zanis Systematic Botany, 28-46, 1999 | 164 | 1999 |
| Conservation of B class gene expression in the second whorl of a basal grass and outgroups links the origin of lodicules and petals CJ Whipple, MJ Zanis, EA Kellogg, RJ Schmidt Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (3), 1081-1086, 2007 | 143 | 2007 |
| Phylogeny of seed plants based on evidence from eight genes DE Soltis, PS Soltis, MJ Zanis American Journal of Botany 89 (10), 1670-1681, 2002 | 143 | 2002 |
| Elucidating deep-level phylogenetic relationships in Saxifragaceae using sequences for six chloroplastic and nuclear DNA regions DE Soltis, RK Kuzoff, ME Mort, M Zanis, M Fishbein, L Hufford, J Koontz, ... Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 669-693, 2001 | 140 | 2001 |
| Molecular data place Hydnoraceae with Aristolochiaceae DL Nickrent, A Blarer, YL Qiu, DE Soltis, PS Soltis, M Zanis American Journal of Botany 89 (11), 1809-1817, 2002 | 132 | 2002 |
| Phylogenetic relationships among early-diverging eudicots based on four genes: were the eudicots ancestrally woody? S Kim, DE Soltis, PS Soltis, MJ Zanis, Y Suh Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31 (1), 16-30, 2004 | 119 | 2004 |
| Basal lineages of angiosperms: relationships and implications for floral evolution PS Soltis, DE Soltis, MJ Zanis, S Kim International Journal of Plant Sciences 161 (S6), S97-S107, 2000 | 102 | 2000 |
| Comparative analysis of complete chloroplast genome sequence and inversion variation in Lasthenia burkei (Madieae, Asteraceae) JF Walker, MJ Zanis, NC Emery American journal of botany 101 (4), 722-729, 2014 | 101 | 2014 |
| A guardian of grasses: specific origin and conservation of a unique disease-resistance gene in the grass lineage A Sindhu, S Chintamanani, AS Brandt, M Zanis, SR Scofield, GS Johal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (5), 1762-1767, 2008 | 84 | 2008 |
| Sources of inversion variation in the small single copy (SSC) region of chloroplast genomes JF Walker, RK Jansen, MJ Zanis, NC Emery Botanical Society of America, 2015 | 73 | 2015 |
| Structure and development of kiwifruit skins IC Hallett, PW Sutherland International Journal of Plant Sciences 166 (5), 693-704, 2005 | 65 | 2005 |
| Grass spikelet genetics and duplicate gene comparisons MJ Zanis International Journal of Plant Sciences 168 (1), 93-110, 2007 | 40 | 2007 |
