User:Richard J. Abbott

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 * Richard J. Abbott
 * University of St Andrews
 * Mitchell Building
 * School of Biology
 * St Andrews, Fife KY16 9TH, UK
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Education & Career

 * 1967, BSc (Hons) in Agricultural Botany, University of Bangor
 * 1974, DPhil, University of Oxford
 * 1971-1993, Lecturer, University of St Andrews
 * 1993-1999, Senior Lecturer, University of St Andrews
 * 1999-2004, Reader,University of St Andrews
 * 2004->, Professor, University of St Andrews

Research interests


My research interests are in Plant Evolution. I am especially interested in adaptive divergence and how plant species originate. In pursuing this interest, I have focused on the genetic and evolutionary consequences of interspecific hybridization in the genus, and the historical biogeography of plant species occupying arctic, alpine, mediterranean and temperate habitats. My research is at the interface of population genetics and molecular systematics, and encompasses the study of adaptation, population divergence, speciation, mating system evolution, reproductive isolation, and trait development.

I collaborate on Senecio research with labs run by Simon Hiscock (Bristol University),Dmitry Filatov (Oxford University),Andrew Lowe (Adelaide University), Joachim Kadereit (Mainz University) and Peter Comes (Salzburg University), and also with Matt Hegarty (Aberystwyth University) and Adrian Brennan (Edinburgh University).

I also have a long-standing collaboration with Professor Jian-Quan Liu (Lanzhou University, China) to investigate the phylogeography of forest trees and alpine plants in China.
 * Senecio Research Network

Editorial work

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

Publications

 * 2011

142. Barker D, Brennan AC, Hiscock SJ, Abbott RJ (2011) Evolution during hybrid speciation and invasion: causes of genetic change in Senecio squalidus. Bioinformatics (submitted)

141. Brennan AC, Barker D, Hiscock SJ, Abbott RJ (2011) Molecular genetic and quantitative trait divergence associated with recent homoploid hybrid speciation: a study of Senecio squalidus (Asteraceae). Heredity (in press).

140. Ren GP, Abbott RJ, Zhou YF, ZhangLR, PengYL, Liu JQ (2011) Genetic divergence, range expansion and homoploid hybrid speciation among four pine species in northeast China. Heredity (submitted).

139. Wang JJ, Abbott RJ, Peng YL, Du FK, Liu JQ (2011) Species delimitation and biogeography of two fir species (Abies) in central China: cytoplasmic DNA variation. Heredity (in press). 138. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04926.x/pdf Hegarty MJ, Batstone T, Barker GL, Edwards KJ, Abbott RJ, Hiscock SJ (2011) Nonadditive changes to cytosine methylation as a consequence of hybridization and genome duplication in  Senecio (Asteraceae). Molecular Ecology 20: 105-113.]


 * 2010

137. [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax/2010/00000059/00000005/art00005Abbott RJ, Hegarty MJ, Hiscock SJ, Brennan AC (2010) Homoploid hybrid speciation in action. Taxon 59: 1375-1386.]

136. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03091.x/pdf Chapman MA, Abbott RJ (2010) Introgression of fitness genes across a ploidy barrier. New Phytologist 186: 63-71.]

135. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.00988.x/pdf 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.]

134. [http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2148-10-194.pdf Xu, TT, Abbott RJ, Milne RI, Mao KS, Du FK, Wu GL, Zhaxiciren, Miehe G, Liu JQ (2010) Phylogeography and allopatric divergence  of cypress species (Cupressus L.) in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and adjacent regions. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: p. 194 (10 pages).]


 * 2009

133. Hegarty MJ, Barker GL, Brennan AC, Edwards KJ, Abbott RJ, Hiscock SJ (2009) Extreme changes to gene expression associated with homoploid hybrid speciation Molecular Ecology 18: 877-889.

132. [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax/2009/00000058/00000003/art00016 Peredo EL, Revilla MA, Jimenez-Alfaro B, Bueno A, Prieto JAF, Abbott RJ (2009) Historical biogeography of a disjunctly distributed, Spanish alpine plant, Senecio boissieri (Asteraceae). Taxon 58: 883-892.]

131. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02944.x/pdf 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.]

130. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.04055.x/pdf Wang L-Y, Abbott R J, Zeng W, Chen P, Wang Y-J, Liu J-Q (2009) History and evolution of alpine plants endemic to the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau: Aconitum gymnandrum (Ranunculaceae). Molecular Ecology 18: 709-721.]

129. Abbott RJ, Brennan AC, James JK, Forbes DF, Hegarty MJ, Hiscock SJ (2009) Recent hybrid origin and invasion in the British Isles by a self-incompatible species, Oxford ragwort (Senecio squalidus L., Asteraceae) Biological Invasions 11: 1145-1158.


 * 2008

128. [http://www.sciencemag.org/content/322/5904/1116.full.pdf 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.]

127. [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g905798323 Abbott RJ (Ed) (2008) History, evolution and future of arctic and alpine flora. Plant Ecology & Diversity 1: 129-349.]

126. [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/section?content=a905697451&fulltext=713240928Abbott RJ (2008) History, evolution and future of arctic and alpine flora: overview. Plant Ecology & Diversity 1: 129-133.]

125. [http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/363/1506/2965.full.pdf+html Abbott RJ, Ritchie MG, Hollingsworth PM (2008)  Introduction. Speciation in plants and animals: pattern and process. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B. 363: 2965-2969.]

124. [http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/363/1506.toc Abbott RJ, Ritchie MG, Hollingsworth PM (Eds) (2008) Speciation in plants and animals: pattern and process. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 363: 2963-3105.]

123. [http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/363/1506/3055.full.pdf+html Hegarty MJ, Barker GL, Brennan AC, Edwards KJ, Abbott RJ, Hiscock SJ  (2008) Changes to gene expression associated with hybrid speciation in plants: Further insights from transcriptomic studies in Senecio. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London B series 363: 3055-3069.]

122. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WNH-4RKTNBY-1&_user=1026342&_coverDate=09%2F30%2F2008&_rdoc=37&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_origin=browse&_zone=rslt_list_item&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%236963%232008%23999519996%23697059%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=6963&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=39&_acct=C000050565&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=1026342&md5=a9eb9e476bf36729eebc5ed637d0c762&searchtype=a Choong CY, Wickneswari R, Norwati M, Abbott RJ (2008) Phylogeny of Hopea (Dipterocarpaceae) inferred from chloroplast DNA and nuclear PgiC sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48: 1238-1243.]

121. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03911.x/pdf Chen K-M, Abbott RJ, Milne RI, Tian X-M, Liu J-Q (2008) Phylogeography of Pinus tabulaeformis Carr. Pinaceae, a dominant species of coniferous forest in northern China. Molecular Ecology 17: 4276-4288.]

120. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03643.x/pdf Milne RI, Abbott RJ (2008) Reproductive isolation among two interfertile Rhododendron species: low frequency of post-F1 hybrid genotypes in alpine hybrid zones. Molecular Ecology 17: 1108-1121.]


 * 2007

119. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03459.x/pdf Meng L-H, Yang R., Abbott RJ, Miehe, G, Hu T-H & Liu J-Q (2007) Mitochondrial and chloroplast phylogeography of Picea crassifolia Kom. (Pinaceae) in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and adjacent highlands. Molecular Ecology 16: 4128-4137.]

118. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02127.x/pdf Abbott RJ & Comes HP (2007) Blowin' in the wind - the transition from ecotype to species. New Phytologist 175: 197-200.]

117. Abbott RJ, Ireland HE & Rogers HJ (2007) Population decline despite high genetic diversity in the new allopolyploid species Senecio cambrensis (Asteraceae) Molecular Ecology 16: 1023-1033.


 * 2006

116. Hegarty MJ, Barker GL, Wilson ID, Abbott RJ, Edwards KJ & Hiscock SJ (2006) Transcriptome shock after interspecific hybridization in Senecio is ameliorated by genome duplication. Current Biology 16: 1652-1659.

115. [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax/2006/00000055/00000002/art00008Herbert J, Chase MK, Moller M & Abbott RJ (2006) Nuclear and plastid DNA sequences confirm the placement of the enigmatic Canacomyrica monticola in Myricaeae. Taxon 55: 349-357.]

114.  Liu JQ, Wang YL, Wang AL, Hideaki U & Abbott RJ (2006) Radiation and diversification within the Ligularia-Cremanthodium-Parasenecio complex (Asteraceae) triggered by uplift of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38: 31-49.


 * 2005

113.  [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2005.tb00967.x/pdf James JK & Abbott RJ  (2005) Recent, allopatric, homoploid hybrid specieation: the origin of Oxford ragwort, Senecio squalidus (Asteraceae), in the British Isles. Evolution 59: 2533-2547.]

112. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02677.x/pdf 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.] 111. Abbott RJ, Ireland HE, Joseph L, Davies MS & Rogers HJ (2005) Recent plant speciation in Britain and Ireland: origins, establishment and evolution of four new hybrid species. Biology & Environment, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy B 105: 173-183.

112.  [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-294x.2005.02608.x/pdf Hegarty MJ, Jones JM, Wilson ID, Barker GL, Coghill JA, Sanchez-Baracaldo P, Liu G, Buggs RJA, Abbott RJ, Edwards KJ & Hiscock SJ (2005) Development of anonymous cDNA microarrays to study changes to the Senecio floral transcriptome during hybrid speciation. Molecular Ecology 14: 2493-2510.]

109. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01393.x/pdf Chapman MA & Abbott RJ (2005) The origin of a novel form of Senecio (Asteraceae) restricted to sand dunes in southern Sicily. New Phytologist 166: 1051-1052.]

108. [http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/reprint/92/4/730 Chapman MA, Forbes DG & Abbott RJ (2005) Pollen competition among two species of Senecio (Asteraceae) that form a hybrid zone on Mt Etna Sicily. American Journal of Botany 92: 730-735.]


 * 2004

107. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00753.x/pdf Liu G, Hegarty M, Edwards KJ, Hiscock SJ & Abbott RJ (2004) Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in Senecio (Asteraceae). Molecular Ecology Notes 4: 611-614.]

106. [http://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v92/n5/pdf/6800432a.pdf Lowe AJ & Abbott RJ (2004) Reproductive isolation of a new hybrid species, Senecio eboracensis Abbott & Lowe. Heredity 92: 386-395.]

105. [http://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v92/n2/pdf/6800385a.pdf Milne RI & Abbott RJ (2004) Geographic origin and taxonomic status of the invasive Privet, Ligustrum robustum (Oleaceae), in the Mascarene Islands, determined by chloroplast DNA and RAPDs. Heredity 92: 78-87.] 104. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00953.x/pdf Abbott RJ & Comes HP (2004) Evolution in the Arctic: A phylogeographic analysis of the circumarctic plant Saxifraga oppositifolia (Purple saxifrage). New Phytologist 161: 211-224.] 103. Abbott RJ & Lowe AJ (2004). Origins, establishment and evolution of two new polyploid species of Senecio in the British Isles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 82: 467-474.


 * 2003

102. Milne RI, Terzioglu S & Abbott RJ (2003) Origin and maintenance of Rhododendron x sochadzeae, a fertile F1 hybrid that occupies an ecotone between R. ponticum and R. caucasicum in Turkey. Turkish Journal of Botany 28: 93-100. 101. Abbott RJ (2003) Sex, sunflowers, and speciation. Science 301: 1189-1190. 100. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01731.x/pdf Abbott RJ & Brochmann C (2003) History and evolution of the arctic flora: in the footsteps of Eric Hultén. Molecular Ecology 12: 299-313.]

99.	[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01942.x/pdf Milne RI, Terzioglu S. & Abbott RJ (2003) A hybrid zone dominated by fertile F1s: Maintenance of species barriers in Rhododendron. Molecular Ecology 12: 2719-2729.]

98.	[http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/reprint/90/10/1446 Coleman M, Liston A, Kadereit JW & Abbott RJ (2003) Repeat intercontinental dispersal and Pleistocene speciation in disjunct Mediterranean and desert Senecio (Asteraceae). American Journal of Botany 90: 1446-1454.]

97.	[http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/358/1434/1123.full.pdf+html Abbott RJ, James JK, Milne RI & Gillies ACM (2003) Plant introductions, hybridization and gene flow. Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society B 358: 1123-1132.]

96.	[http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/reprint/90/6/931 Holderegger R & Abbott RJ (2003) Phylogeography of the arctic-alpine Saxifraga oppositifolia (Saxifragaceae) and some related taxa based on cpDNA and ITS sequence variation. American Journal of Botany 90: 931-936.]

95.	Holderegger R, Stehlik I, Lewis Smith RI & Abbott RJ (2003) Populations of Antarctic Hairgrass (Deschampsia antarctica) show low genetic diversity. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 35: 214-217.

94.	Lowe AJ & Abbott RJ (2003) Evolution in action. Planet Earth Summer: 24-25. 93. 	Coleman M & Abbott RJ (2003). Possible causes of morphological variation in an endemic Moroccan groundsel Senecio leucanthemifolius var. casablancae: evidence from cpDNA and RAPDs. Molecular Ecology 12: 423-434.

92. 	Lowe AJ & Abbott RJ (2003) A new British species, Senecio eboracensis (Asteraceae), another hybrid derivative of S. vulgaris L. and S. squalidus L. Watsonia 24: 375-388.


 * 2002

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

90. 	Holderegger R, Stehlik I & Abbott RJ (2002). Molecular analysis of the Pleistocene history of Saxifraga oppositifolia in the Alps. Molecular Ecology 11: 1409-1418.

89.	 [http://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v88/n4/pdf/6800038a.pdf Abbott RJ & Forbes DG (2002). Extinction of the Edinburgh lineage of the allopolyploid neospecies Senecio cambrensis Rosser (Asteraceae). Heredity 88: 267-269.]

88. 	Gillies ACM, Cubas P, Coen ES & Abbott RJ (2002) Making rays in the Asteraceae: genetics and evolution of variation for radiate versus discoid flower heads. In Cronk, Q.C.B., Bateman, R.M. and Hawkins, J.A. (eds.) Developmental Genetics and Plant Evolution. Taylor & Francis, London. pp. 233-246.

87. 	[http://www.watsonia.org.uk/2402Abbott.pdf Abbott RJ, James JK, Forbes DG & Comes HP (2002) Hybrid origin of the Oxford ragwort, Senecio squalidus L.: morphological and allozyme differences between S. squalidus and S. rupestris Waldst. and Kit. Watsonia 24: 17-29.]


 * 2001

86. 	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.

85. [http://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v87/n1/pdf/6889621a.pdf Abbott RJ (2001) Book review. Levin D.A. (2001). The Origin, Expansion and Demise of Plant Species. OUP. Heredity, 87: 125.] 84. 	Coleman M, Forbes DG & Abbott RJ (2001) A new subspecies of Senecio mohavensis (Compositae) reveals an Old-New World species disjunction. ''Edinburgh. J. Botany'' 58: 384-403.


 * 2000

83. 	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. 82. 	[http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/reprint/87/8/1159 Lowe AJ & Abbott RJ (2000) Routes of origin of two recently evolved hybrid taxa: Senecio vulgaris var. hibernicus and York radiate groundsel (Asteraceae). American Journal of Botany 87: 1159-1167.] 81. 	Milne RI & Abbott RJ (2000) Origin and evolution of invasive naturalised material of Rhododendron ponticum L. in the British Isles. Molecular Ecology 9: 541-556.

80. 	Comes HP & Abbott RJ (2000) RAPD and phenotypic analyses across a major phylogeographic break in the Mediterranean ragwort Senecio gallicus (Asteraceae). Molecular Ecology 9: 61-76. 79. Abbott RJ, James JK, Irwin JA & Comes HP (2000) Hybrid origin of the Oxford ragwort, Senecio  squalidus L. Watsonia 23: 123-138.

78. Stehlik I, Holderegger R, Schneller JJ, Abbott RJ & Bachmann K (2000) Molecular biogeography and population genetics of alpine plant species. ''Bull. Geobot. Inst. ETH'' 66: 47-59.

77. Comes HP & Abbott RJ (1999) Population genetic structure and gene flow across arid versus mesic environments: A comparative study of two Senecio species from the Near East. Evolution 53: 36-54. 76. Gillies AM & Abbott RJ (1999) Development and use of isozyme analysis for examining genetic diversity in Stylosanthes, a tropical forage legume. Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter 117: 12-19. 75. [http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/reprint/86/12/1776 Milne RI & Abbott RJ, Wolff K & Chamberlain D (1999) Hybridization among sympatric species of Rhododendron (Ericaceae) in Turkey: Morphological and molecular evidence. American Journal of Botany 86: 1776-1785.]
 * 1999

74. Comes HP & Abbott RJ (1999) Reticulate evolution in the Mediterranean species complex of Senecio sect Senecio: Uniting phylogenetic and population-level approaches. In: Hollingsworth P, Bateman R & Gornall R (eds.) Molecular Systematics and Plant Evolution, pp. 171-198, Taylor & Francis, London U.K.

73. Abbott RJ, Bretagnolle FC & Thébaud C (1998) Evolution of a polymorphism for outcrossing rate in Senecio vulgaris: Influence of germination behaviour. Evolution 52: 1593-1601. 72. 	Comes HP & Abbott RJ (1998) The relative importance of historical events and gene flow on the population structure of a Mediterranean ragwort, Senecio gallicus. Evolution 52: 390-402. 71. Estrella J, Phillips S, Gillies ACM, Abbott RJ & Sorensen M (1998) Genetic variation and relationships in agronomically important species of Yam Bean (Pachyrhizus DC) based on RAPD markers. In Sorensen, M, Estrella, JE, Hamann, OJ & Rios Ruiz, SA (eds) ''Proc. 2nd Int. Symp. on Tuberous Legumes'', pp. 43-59, RVAU, Copenhagen, Denmark. 70. 	Gillies ACM & Abbott RJ (1998) Evaluation of randomly amplified polymorphic DNA for species identification and phylogenetic analysis in Stylosanthes (Fabaceae). ''Plant Syst. & Evol''. 211: 201-216.
 * 1998


 * 1997

69. Abbott RJ, Harris SA & Lowe AJ (1997) Interspecific hybridization and the origin of new plant taxa in Scotland. Botanical J. Scotland 49: 247-256. 68. Wolff K, El-Akkad S & Abbott RJ (1997) Population substructure in Alkanna orientalis L. Boiss. (Boraginaceae) in the Sinai desert, in relation to pollinator behaviour. Molecular Ecology 6: 365-372. 67. Comes HP, Kadereit JW, Pohl A & Abbott RJ (1997). Chloroplast DNA and isozyme evidence on the evolution of Senecio vulgaris L. (Compositae). Plant Systematics & Evolution 206: 375-392. 66. Todd CD, Walker AM, Wolff K, Northcott SJ, Walker AF, Ritchie MG, Hoskins R, Abbott RJ & Hazon N (1997) Genetic differentiation of populations of the copepod sea louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Kroyer) ectoparasitic on wild and farmed salmonids around the coasts of Scotland:evidence from RAPD markers. ''J. Mar. Biol. Assn. UK'' 210: 251-274. 65. [http://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v79/n4/pdf/hdy1997174a.pdf Harris SA & Abbott RJ. (1997). Isozyme analysis of the origin of a new endemic orchid species, Epipactis youngiana, in the British Isles. Heredity 79: 402-407.]

64. Gillies ACM & Abbott RJ (1996). Phylogenetic relationships within the genus Stylosanthes based on chloroplast DNA restriction analysis. Plant Systematics & Evolution 200: 193-211. 63. Abbott RJ & Lowe AJ (1996) A review of hybridization and evolution in British Senecio In: Hind, D.J.N. & Beentje, H.J. (eds.). ''Compositae: Systematics. Proceedings of the International Compositae Conference, Kew, 1994''. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. pp. 679-689. 62.	 Lowe AJ & Abbott RJ (1996) Origin of the new allopolyploid species Senecio cambrensis and its relationship to the Canary Islands endemic Senecio teneriffae. American J. Botany 83: 1365-1372.
 * 1996

61. [http://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v76/n5/pdf/hdy199676a.pdf  Gribel R & Abbott RJ (1996) Genetics of cytosolic phosphoglucose isomerase (PGI) variation in the Amazonian tree Pseudobombax munguba (Bombacaceae). Heredity 76: 531-538.]

60. Abbott RJ & Milne RI (1995) Origins and evolutionary effects of invasive weeds. Agriculture & Equipment International 47: 105-106. 59. Abbott RJ & Milne RI (1995) Origins and evolutionary effects of invasive weeds. In: Stirton, C. (ed.) Weeds in a Changing World. British Crop Protection Council. pp. 53-64. 58. 	Kadereit JW, Comes HP, Curnow DJ, Irwin JA & Abbott RJ (1995) Chloroplast DNA and isozyme analysis of the progenitor-derivative species relationship between Senecio nebrodensis L. and S. viscosus L. American J. Botany 82: 1179-1185.
 * 1995

57. Abbott RJ, Chapman HM, Crawford RMM & Forbes DG (1995) Molecular diversity and derivations of populations of Silene acaulis and Saxifraga  oppositifolia from the high Arctic and more southerly latitudes. Molecular Ecology 4: 199-207. 56. Thébaud C & Abbott RJ (1995) Characterization of invasive Conyza species (Asteraceae) in Europe: Quantitative trait and isozyme analysis. American J. Botany 82: 360-368. 55.	 Damgaard C & Abbott RJ (1995) Positive correlations between selfing rate and pollen-ovule ratio within plant populations. Evolution 49: 214-217. 54.	 Abbott RJ, Curnow DJ & Irwin JA (1995) Molecular systematics of Senecio squalidus and its close diploid relatives. In: Hind DJN, Jeffrey C & Pope GV (eds.). Advances in Compositae Systematics. Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens pp. 223-237. 53. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1995.tb03018.x/pdf Glover BJ & Abbott RJ (1995) Low genetic diversity in the Scottish endemic Primula scotica Hook. New Phytologist 129: 147-153.]

52.  Abbott RJ (1994) Reply to Thacker. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 9: 486. 51. Crawford RMM & Abbott RJ (1994) Pre-adaptation of arctic plants to climate change. Botanica Acta 5: 271-278. 50. Gillies ACM & Abbott RJ (1994) Molecular analysis of genetic diversity and evolutionary relationships in Stylosanthes In: de Leeuw, P.N., Mohammed-Saleem, M.A. & Nyamu, A.M. (eds.)  Stylosanthes as a Forage and Fallow Crops. Int. Livestock Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. pp. 37-53. 49. 	Glover BJ, Gillies ACM & Abbott RJ (1994) Use of the polymerase chain reaction to investigate the delimitation of two agronomically important species of Stylosanthes. ''Bot. J. Scotland'' 47: 83-96. 48. Harris SA, Hughes CE, Abbott RJ & Ingram R (1994) Genetic variation in Leucaena leucocephala Lamb. de Wit. (Leguminosae; Mimosoidae). Silvae Genetica 43: 151-163. 47. 	Harris SA, Hughes CE, Ingram R & Abbott RJ (1994) A phylogenetic analysis of Leucaena (Leguminosae: Mimosoidae). Plant Systematics & Evolution 191: 1-26. 46.	Abbott RJ (1994) Ecological risks of transgenic crops. Trends Ecology & Evolution 9: 280-282.
 * 1994

45.	 Abbott RJ (1993). Book review. Mogie, M. (1992). The Evolution of Asexual Reproduction in Plants by M. Mogie.Chapman-Hall. New Phytologist 125: 223.
 * 1993

44.	 Abbott RJ & Forbes DG (1993) Outcrossing rate and self-incompatibility in the colonizing  species Senecio squalidus L. Heredity 71: 155-159. 43. Crawford RMM, Chapman HM, Abbott RJ & Balfour J (1993) Potential impact of climatic warming on arctic vegetation. Flora 188: 367-381.

42. Harris SA, Maberly SC & Abbott RJ (1992) Genetic variation within and between populationsof Myriophyllum alterniflorum D.C. Aquatic Botany  44: 1-21. 41. 	Abbott RJ (1992) Plant invasions, interspecific hybridization and the evolution of new plant taxa. Trends Ecology & Evolution 7: 401-405.
 * 1992

40.	   Irwin JA & Abbott RJ (1992) Morphometric and isozyme evidence for the hybrid origin of a new radiate groundsel in York, England. Heredity 69: 431-439. 39. Chalmers KJ, Waugh R, Walters J, Forster BP, Nevo E, Abbott RJ & Powell W (1992) Grain isozyme and ribosomal DNA variability in Hordeum spontaneum populations from Israel. Theoretical & Applied Genetics 84: 313-322. 38. Ashton PA & Abbott RJ (1992) Isozyme evidence and the origin of Senecio vulgaris L. (Compositae). Plant Systematics & Evolution 179: 167-174.

37.	[http://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v68/n6/pdf/hdy199277a.pdf Abbott RJ, Irwin JA & Ashton PA (1992) Genetic diversity for esterases in the recently evolved stabilised introgressant, Senecio vulgaris L. var. hibernicus Syme, and its parental taxa S. vulgaris L. var. vulgaris L. and S. squalidus L. Heredity 68: 547-556.]

36.	 Ren Z-S & Abbott RJ (1992) Seed dormancy in Senecio vulgaris. Acta Botanica Yunnanica 14: 80-86. 35.	 Abbott RJ, Ashton PA & Forbes DG (1992) Introgressive origin of the radiate groundsel Senecio vulgaris L. var. hibernicus Syme: Aat-3 evidence. Heredity 68: 425-435. 34.	[http://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v68/n1/pdf/hdy19923a.pdf Ashton PA & Abbott RJ (1992) Multiple origins and genetic diversity in the newly arisen allopolyploid species, Senecio cambrensis (Compositae). Heredity 68: 25-32.]


 * 1991

33.	 Abbott RJ (1991) A morph ratio cline for keel petal colour in Lotus corniculatus L. along the north coast of Scotland. Botanical J. Scotland 46: 131-135. 32.	  Ren Z & Abbott RJ (1991) Seed dormancy in Mediterranean  Senecio vulgaris. New Phytologist 117: 673-678.

31. Abbott RJ & Horrill JC (1991) Survivorship and fecundity of the radiate and non-radiate morphs of Groundsel, Senecio vulgaris  L., raised in pure stand and mixture. J. Evolutionary Biology 4: 241-257.

30. Abbott RJ, Irwin JA & Forbes DG (1990) Absence of a radiate morph bearing self- incompatible ray florets from Edinburgh populations of Senecio vulgaris L.  Heredity 64: 391-393.
 * 1990

29. 	Abbott RJ & Gomes MF (1989) Population genetic structure and outcrossing rate of Arabidopsis thaliana. Heredity 62: 411-418. 28. Abbott RJ (1989) Population genetics and plant breeding: Homage to R.W. Allard. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 4: 5-6.
 * 1989

27. Abbott RJ & Irwin J (1988) Pollinator movements and the polymorphism for outcrossing rate at the ray floret locus in Groundsel, Senecio vulgaris L. Heredity 60: 295-298. 26. Abbott RJ, Horrill JC & Noble GDG (1988) Germination behaviour of the radiate and non-radiate morphs of groundsel, Senecio vulgaris L. Heredity 60: 15-20.
 * 1988

25. Ross MD & Abbott RJ (1987) Fitness, sexual asymmetry, functional sex and selfing in Senecio vulgaris L. Evolutionary Trends in Plants 1: 21-28. 24. Marshall DF & Abbott RJ (1987) Morph differences in seed output and the maintenance of the polymorphism for capitulum type and outcrossing rate in Senecio vulgaris L. ''Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinb.'' 45: 107-119.
 * 1987

23. 	Abbott RJ & Gomes MF (1987) Outcrossing rates in natural populations of Arabidopsis thaliana. Arabidopsis Inf. Serv. 25: 85-88. 22. Gomes MF & Abbott RJ (1987) Genotypic diversity in British  populations of Arabidopsis thaliana based on a survey of  isozyme variation. Arabidopsis Inf. Serv. 23: 25-30.

21. Caligari PDS, Brown J & Abbott RJ (1986) Selection for yield and yield components in the early generations of a potato breeding programme. ''Theoretical Appl. Genet.'' 73: 218-222. 20.  Abbott RJ (1986) Life history variation associated with the polymorphism for capitulum type and outcrossing rate in Senecio vulgaris L. Heredity 56: 381-391.
 * 1986

19. Abbott RJ (1985) Maintenance of a polymorphism for outcrossing in a predominantly selfing plant. In: J Haeck & JW Woldendorp (eds.) Structure and Functioning of Plant Populations, 2 pp.277-286. N. Holland, Amsterdam. 18. Abbott RJ & Schmitt J. (1985) Effect of environment on percentage female ray florets per capitulum and outcrossing potential in a self-compatible composite (Senecio vulgaris L. var. hibernicus  Syme). New Phytologist 101: 219-229.
 * 1985


 * 1984

17. Marshall DF & Abbott RJ (1984) Polymorphism for outcrossing frequency at the ray floret locus in Senecio vulgaris  L. III. Causes. Heredity 53: 145-149.

16.	 Marshall DF & Abbott RJ (1984) Polymorphism for outcrossing frequency at the ray floret locus in Senecio vulgaris L. II. Confirmation. Heredity 52: 331-336.
 * 1983

15. [http://www.watsonia.org.uk/Wats14p407.pdf  Abbott RJ, Ingram R & Noltie HJ (1983) Discovery of Senecio cambrensis Rosser in Edinburgh. Watsonia 14: 407-408.] 14.	 Abbott RJ, Noltie HJ & Ingram R (1983) The origin and distribution of Senecio cambrensis Rosser in Edinburgh. ''Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinb.'' 44: 103-106.

13. 	Marshall DF & Abbott RJ (1982). Polymorphism for outcrossing frequency at the ray floret locus in Senecio vulgaris L.  I.  Evidence. Heredity 48: 227-235.
 * 1982

12. Pool PA, Ingram R, Abbott RJ, Jennings DL & Topham PD (1981) Karyotype variation in Rubus with particular reference to R. idaeus  L. and R. coreanus Miquel. Cytologia 46: 125-132. 11. Abbott RJ (1981) The keel petal colour polymorphism of Lotus corniculatus L. in Scotland. New Phytologist 88: 549-553. 10. Abbott RJ (1981) Polymorphism for cyanogenesis in Lotus corniculatus on links and machair in Outer Hebrides. Transactions Botanical Society Edinburgh 43: 337-342.
 * 1981

9.  	Gibbs PE, Leitao-Filho HF & Abbott RJ (1980) Application of the point-centred quarter method in a floristic survey of an area of gallery forest at Mogi-Guacu, S.P., Brazil. ''Revta. brasil. Bot.'' 3: 17-22. 8.	 Ingram R, Weir J & Abbott RJ (1980) New evidence concerning the origin of inland radiate Groundsel S. vulgaris L. var. hibernicus Syme. New Phytologist 84: 543-546. 7.	 Marshall DF & Abbott RJ (1980) On the frequency of introgression of the radiate (Tr) allele from Senecio squalidus L. into Senecio vulgaris L. Heredity 45: 133-135.
 * 1980

6.   	Abbott RJ (1979) Janzen's Dandelions: A criticism. American Naturalist 113: 152-155.
 * 1979

5.   Abbott RJ (1977) A quantitative association between soil moisture content and the frequency of the cyanogenic form of Lotus  corniculatus L. at Birsay, Orkney. Heredity 38: 397-400.
 * 1977

4.	 Campbell JM & Abbott RJ (1976) Variability of outcrossing frequency in Senecio vulgaris L. Heredity 36: 267-274. 3.  	Abbott RJ (1976) Variation within Common Groundsel, Senecio vulgaris L. II. Local differences within cliff populations on Puffin Island. New Phytolologist 76: 165-172. 2.   	Abbott RJ (1976) Variation within Common Groundsel, Senecio vulgaris  L. I. Genetic response to spatial variations of the environment. New Phytologist 76: 153-164.
 * 1976

1.	 Abbott RJ (1974) Patterns of morphological and physiological variation between and within populations from disparate habitats of Senecio vulgaris L. an inbreeding species. D.Phil Thesis, University of Oxford.
 * 1974

Former Lab Members

 * Postdocs

Adrian Brennan (2007-10), Francois Bretagnolle (1995-96), Hazel Chapman (1991-94), H. Peter Comes (1994-97), Amanda Gillies (1999-2002), Rolf Holderegger (1998-99), Helen Ireland (2002-05), Judith Irwin (1990-93), Guoqing Liu (2002-05), Richard Milne (1998-2004), Lisa Smith (1994-96)


 * PhD students

Paul Ashton (1986-90), Ken Chalmers (1988-91), Mark Chapman (2000-04), Max Coleman (1998-2002), Charles Coyle (2007-2011), Jaime Estrella Engelman (1995-98), Amanda Gillies (1991-94), Jane Herbert (2001-04), Gerald Hochschartner (2006-10), Chris Horrill (1983-86), Judith Irwin (1986-90), Juliet James (1995-99), Jing Li (2010-11), Andrew Lowe (1992-96), David Marshall (1976-79), Richard Milne (1993-97), Joe Milton (2003-09), Ahmad Sofiman Othman (1994-97), Ailan Wang (2007-08)


 * Some of the many undergraduates

Helene Citerne (1998), Beverley Glover (1992-93), Sean Graham (1988-89), David Kidd (1988-890, Andrew King (1993-94), John Love(1989-90), John Pillmoor (1975-76)

Useful links

 * Senecio Research Network