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Abbott, Richard John
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Contact details
Address: School of Biology, Sir Harold Mitchell Building, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9TH
Telephone: +44 1334 463350
Fax: +44 1334 463366
E-mail: rja@st-andrews.ac.uk
Home page: http://biology.st-andrews.ac.uk/staffProfile.aspx?sunID=rja
Research overview
Keywords: Environmental Biology; Evolutionary Biology; breeding system; evolution; molecular biogeography; moleuclar systematics; plant genetics; plant speciation
Plant evolution and systematics with emphasis on population genetic structure, mating system evolution, phylogeography, speciation, molecular systematics, and the developmental genetics of flowers. I have a particular interest in speciation in European Senecio, the evolutionary history of arctic plants, and genes influencing flower head development in the Asteraceae.
Recent publications
2010; M A Chapman, R J Abbott; "Introgression of fitness genes across a ploidy barrier"; New Phytologist; 186:63-71; Full text via DOI
2009; AC Brennan, JR Bridle, AL Wang, SJ Hiscock, RJ Abbott; "Adaptation and selection in the Senecio (Asteraceae) hybrid zone on Mount Etna, Sicily"; New Phytologist; 183:702-717; Full text via DOI
2009; MJ Hegarty, GL Barker, AC Brennan, KJ Edwards, R J Abbott, SJ Hiscock; "Extreme changes to gene expression associated with homoploid hybrid speciation"; Molecular Ecology; 18:877-889; Full text via DOI
2009; E L Peredo, M A Revilla, B Jimenez-Alfaro, A Bueno, J A F Prieto, RJ Abbott; "Historical biogeography of a disjunctly distributed Spanish alpine plant, Senecio boissieri (Asteraceae)"; Taxon; 58:883-892
2009; L-Y Wang, R J Abbott, W Zeng, P Chen, Y-J Wang, J-Q Liu; "History and evolution of alpine plants endemic to the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau: Aconitum gymnandrum (Ranunculaceae)"; Molecular Ecology; 18:709-721; Full text via DOI