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Prof Richard Abbott
Professor

Harold Mitchell Building
 University of St Andrews
 St Andrews
 Fife
 KY16 9TH
 UK

BSc Wales (Bangor), DPhil Oxford

Senior Editor:  Molecular Ecology
Editor:  New Phytologist
Associate Editor:  Plant Ecology & Diversity
 

Research Interests

Plant Evolution 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 the evolutionary consequences of hybridization, the evolutionary history of arctic plants, and genes influencing flower head development in the Asteraceae.

Current projects

1.   The genomic basis of adaptation and species divergence in Senecio. (Co-I on NERC Grant, in collaboration with Prof. Simon Hiscock (PI), Bristol University, and Dr Matt Hegarty (CoI), Aberystwyth University, 2009-2012).

2.  Plant speciation in western China. (Royal Society Joint  International Project, in collaboration with Prof Jian-Quan Liu, Lanzhou and Chengdu Universities, 2010-2012).

Selected publications

Abbott R, Albach D, Ansell S, Arntzen JW, Baird SJE, Bierne N, Boughman J, Brelsford A, Buerkle CA, Buggs R, Butlin RK, Diekmann U, Eroukhmanoff F, Grill, A, Helms Cahan S, Hermansen JS, Hewitt G, Hudson AG, Jiggins C, Jones J, Keller B, Maczewski T, Mallet J, Martinez-Rodriguez P, Most M, Mullen S, Nichols R, Nolte AW, Parisod C, Pfennig K, Rice AM, Ritchie MG, Seifert B, Smadja CM, Stelkens R, Szymura JM, Vainola R, Wolf JBW, Zinner D (2013) Hybridization and speciation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26:229-246.

Brennan AC, Barker D, Hiscock SJ, Abbott RJ (2012) Molecular genetic and quantitative trait divergence associated with recent homoploid hybrid speciation: a study of Senecio squalidus (Asteraceae). Heredity 108:87-95.

Abbott RJ, Hegarty MJ, Hiscock SJ, Brennan AC (2010) Homoploid hybrid speciation in action. Taxon 59:1375-1386.

Zhou YF, Abbott RJ, Jiang ZY, Du FK, Milne RI, Liu JQ (2010) Gene flow and species delimitation: a case study of two pine species with overlapping distributions in southeast China. Evolution 64:2342-2352.

Brennan AC, Bridle JR, Wang A-L, Hiscock SJ, Abbott RJ (2009) Adaptation and selection in the Senecio (Asteraceae) hybrid zone on Mount Etna, Sicily. New Phytologist 183:702-717.

Kim M, Cui M-L, Cubas P, Gillies A, Lee K, Chapman MA, Abbott RJ, Coen E (2008) Regulatory genes control a key morphological and ecological trait transferred between species. Science 322:1116-1119.

James JK, Abbott RJ  (2005) Recent, allopatric, homoploid hybrid speciation: the origin ofSenecio squalidus (Asteraceae), in the British Isles from a hybrid zone on Mount Etna, Sicily. Evolution 59:2533-2547.

Zhang Q, Chiang TY, Miehe G, Liu JQ & Abbott RJ (2005) Phylogeography of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau endemic Juniperus przewalskii (Cupressaceae) inferred from chloroplast DNA sequence variation. Molecular Ecology 14:3513-3524.

Abbott RJ, Brochmann C (2003) History and evolution of the arctic flora: in the footsteps of Eric Hultén. Molecular Ecology 12:299-313.

Milne RI, Abbott RJ (2002) The origin and evolution of Tertiary relict floras. Advances in Botanical Research 38:281-314.

Comes HP, Abbott RJ (2001) Molecular phylogeography, reticulation and lineage sorting in the Mediterranean species complex of Senecio sect. Senecio (Asteraceae). Evolution 55:1943-1962.

Abbott RJ, Smith LC, Milne RI, Crawford RMM, Wolff K, Balfour J (2000) Molecular analysis of plant migration and evolution in the Arctic. Science 289:1343-1346.

 

Publications

Abbott, RJ , Albach, D, Ansell, S, Arntzen, JW, Baird, SJE, Bierne, N, Boughman, J, Brelsford, A, Buerkle, CA, Buggs, R, Butlin, RK, Diekmann, U, Eroukhmanoff, F, Grill, A, Helms Cahan, S, Hermansen, JS, Hewitt, G, Hudson, AG, Jiggins, C, Jones, J, Keller, B, Maczewski, T, Mallet, J, Martinez-Rodriguez, P, Most, M, Mullen, S, Nichols, R, Nolte, AW, Parisod, C, Pfennig, K, Rice, AM , Ritchie, MG , Seifert, B, Smadja, CM, Stelkens, R, Szymura, JM, Vainola, R, Wolf, JBW & Zinner, D 2013, ' Hybridization and speciation ' Journal of Evolutionary Biology , vol 26, no. 2, pp. 229-246.
Li, J, Wan, Q , Abbott, RJ & Rao, G-Y 2013, ' Geographical distribution of cytotypes in the Chrysanthemum indicum complex as evidenced by ploidy level and genome-size variation ' Journal of Systematics & Evolution , vol 51, pp. 196-204.
Strijk, JS, Noyes, RD, Strasberg, D, Cruaud, C, Gavory, F, Chase, MW , Abbott, RJ & Thebaud, C 2012, ' In and out of Madagascar: dispersal to peripheral islands, insular speciation and diversification of Indian Ocean daisy trees (Psiadia, Asteraceae) ' PLoS One , vol 7, no. 8, e42932.
Brennan, AC , Barker, D , Hiscock, SJ & Abbott, RJ 2012, ' Molecular genetic and quantitative trait divergence associated with recent homoploid hybrid speciation: a study of Senecio squalidus (Asteraceae). ' Heredity , vol 108, no. 2, pp. 87-95.
Hegarty, MJ , Abbott, RJ & Hiscock, SJ 2012, ' Allopolyploid speciation in action: origin and evolution of Senecio cambrensis '. in PS Soltis & DE Soltis (eds), Polyploidy and Genome Evolution. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 245-270.
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