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  • 1935 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Andrew R. Leitch is affiliated with Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within biological sciences, focusing primarily on plant science and molecular biology, with a notable involvement in ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, genetics, and nature and landscape conservation.

Their publication record includes significant contributions to agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Key research topics encompass chromosomal and genetic variations, genomics and phylogenetic studies, genetic diversity and population structure, plant tissue culture and regeneration, plant taxonomy and phylogenetics, and studies related to plant and animal biology as well as ecology and vegetation dynamics.

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Wellcome Open Research
  • New Phytologist
  • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
  • The Plant Journal
  • Heredity

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Andrew R. Leitch are:

  • Repeat-sequence turnover shifts fundamentally in species with large genomes, 2020, Nature Plants
  • Genome downsizing after polyploidy: mechanisms, rates and selection pressures, 2021, The Plant Journal
  • A taxonomic, genetic and ecological data resource for the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland, 2022, Scientific Data
  • The Welwitschia genome reveals a unique biology underpinning extreme longevity in deserts, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Exploring environmental selection on genome size in angiosperms, 2021, Trends in Plant Science

The scientist collaborates frequently with several peers, including:

  • Ilia J. Leitch
  • Maïté S. Guignard
  • Jaume Pellicer
  • Steven Dodsworth
  • Maarten J. M. Christenhusz

Andrew R. Leitch has been recognized with the award of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1935.

Best Publications

  • Genomic Plasticity and the Diversity of Polyploid Plants

    A. R. Leitch;I. J. Leitch

  • In Situ Localization of Parental Genomes in a Wide Hybrid

    T. Schwarzacher;A. R. Leitch;M. D. Bennett;J. S. Heslop-Harrison

  • British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD)

    Charles S Haworth;John Banks;Toby Capstick;Andrew J Fisher

  • Extensive chromosomal variation in a recently formed natural allopolyploid species, Tragopogon miscellus (Asteraceae)

    Michael Chester;Joseph P. Gallagher;V. Vaughan Symonds;Ana Veruska Cruz da Silva

  • The ups and downs of genome size evolution in polyploid species of Nicotiana (Solanaceae).

    I. J. Leitch;L. Hanson;K. Y. Lim;A. Kovarik

  • Genomic in situ hybridization to identify alien chromosomes and chromosome segments in wheat.

    T. Schwarzacher;K. Anamthawat-Jónsson;G. E. Harrison;A. K. M. R. Islam

  • Rapid Concerted Evolution of Nuclear Ribosomal DNA in Two Tragopogon Allopolyploids of Recent and Recurrent Origin

    Ales Kovarik;John Chris Pires;Andrew Rowand Leitch;Kar Yoong Lim

  • Impacts of nitrogen and phosphorus: from genomes to natural ecosystems and agriculture

    Maïté S. Guignard;Andrew R. Leitch;Claudia Acquisti;Christophe Eizaguirre

  • In Situ Hybridization: A Practical Guide

    A. R. Leitch;T. Schwarzacher;D. Jackson;I. J. Leitch

  • Phylogenetic relationships in Nicotiana (Solanaceae) inferred from multiple plastid DNA regions.

    James J. Clarkson;Sandra Knapp;Vicente F. Garcia;Richard G. Olmstead

  • Discrimination between closely related Triticeae species using genomic DNA as a probe.

    K. Anamthawat-Jónsson;T. Schwarzacher;A. R. Leitch;M. D. Bennett

  • Molecular cytogenetic analyses and phylogenetic studies in the Nicotiana section Tomentosae.

    Lim Ky;Matyásek R;Lichtenstein Cp;Leitch Ar

  • Ecological and genetic factors linked to contrasting genome dynamics in seed plants.

    A. R. Leitch;I. J. Leitch

  • Long-term genome diploidization in allopolyploid Nicotiana section Repandae (Solanaceae).

    James J. Clarkson;K. Yoong Lim;Ales Kovarik;Mark W. Chase

  • British Thoracic Society Guideline for the management of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD)

    Charles S Haworth;John Banks;Toby Capstick;Andrew J Fisher

  • Rapid Chromosome Evolution in Recently Formed Polyploids in Tragopogon (Asteraceae)

    K. Yoong Lim;Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis;Jennifer Tate

  • Genome evolution in allotetraploid Nicotiana

    Kar Yoong Lim;Roman Matyasek;Ales Kovarik;Andrew R. Leitch

  • Telomeres in evolution and evolution of telomeres

    Jiří Fajkus;Jiří Fajkus;Eva Sýkorová;Eva Sýkorová;Andrew R. Leitch

  • Concerted evolution of 18–5.8–26S rDNA repeats in Nicotiana allotetraploids

    A. Kovarik;R. Matyasek;K. Y. Lim;K. Skalická

  • Gene conversion of ribosomal DNA in Nicotiana tabacum is associated with undermethylated, decondensed and probably active gene units.

    K Y Lim;A Kovarik;R Matýăsek;M Bezdĕk

Frequent Co-Authors

Ales Kovarik
Ales Kovarik Czech Academy of Sciences
Ilia J. Leitch
Ilia J. Leitch Royal Botanic Gardens
Mark W. Chase
Mark W. Chase Royal Botanic Gardens
Michael D. Bennett
Michael D. Bennett Royal Botanic Gardens
J. S. Heslop-Harrison
J. S. Heslop-Harrison University of Leicester
Sandra Knapp
Sandra Knapp American Museum of Natural History
Douglas E. Soltis
Douglas E. Soltis University of Florida
Trude Schwarzacher
Trude Schwarzacher University of Leicester
Pamela S. Soltis
Pamela S. Soltis University of Florida
Richard A. Nichols
Richard A. Nichols Queen Mary University of London

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