Research project

Plant Speciation

Research groups:

Plants and Food Security

Ecology and Evolution
Lead researcher:

Dr Mark Chapman
Status:

Not active

Project overview

This project is investigating the evolution of a plant genus Descurainia, specifically those that are endemic to the Canary Islands. The project aims are to use next-generation sequencing to understanding their patterns of evolution and the underlying evolutionary mechanisms behind high altitude adaptation.

Staff

Lead researcher

Dr Mark Chapman

Associate Professor

Connect with Mark

Email: m.chapman@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Ecology and Evolution

The Ecology and Evolution research group covers the interactions of species with their environment.

Plants and Food Security

We study the response of plants to the environment at the molecular, whole plant and ecological levels. This includes interactions with nematodes, insects and microbes.