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Bernard Goffinet is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Plant Science. The body of work also touches on related subfields including Ecology, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of botanical and ecological areas. Key topics include:

  • Bryophyte Studies and Records
  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Bernard Goffinet include:

  • The hornwort genome and early land plant evolution, 2020, Nature Plants
  • The Moss Physcomitrium (Physcomitrella) patens: A Model Organism for Non-Seed Plants, 2020, The Plant Cell
  • The Cycas genome and the early evolution of seed plants, 2022, Nature Plants
  • Comprehensive phylogenomic time tree of bryophytes reveals deep relationships and uncovers gene incongruences in the last 500 million years of diversification, 2023, American Journal of Botany
  • Adaptive evolution of the enigmatic Takakia now facing climate change in Tibet, 2023, Cell

Frequent collaborators in Bernard Goffinet's research include:

  • Yang Liu
  • Shanshan Dong
  • Roy Mackenzie
  • Nikisha Patel
  • Ricardo Rozzi

The scientist's publications appear regularly in specific academic venues, reflecting research consistency in particular communities. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Bryology
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Frontiers in Plant Science

Best Publications

  • HybPiper: Extracting coding sequence and introns for phylogenetics from high-throughput sequencing reads using target enrichment.

    Matthew G. Johnson;Elliot M. Gardner;Yang Liu;Rafael Medina

  • Introduction to Bryophytes

    Alain Vanderpoorten;Bernard Goffinet

  • Bryophyte Biology: Morphology and classification of mosses

    William R. Buck;Bernard Goffinet

  • Bryophyte Biology: Morphology, anatomy, and classification of the Bryophyta

    William R. Buck;A. Jonathan Shaw

  • The hornwort genome and early land plant evolution

    Jian Zhang;Xin Xing Fu;Rui Qi Li;Xiang Zhao

  • Systematics of the Bryophyta (mosses) : from molecules to a revised classification

    B. Goffinet;W. R. Buck

  • Phylogenetic generic classification of parmelioid lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) based on molecular, morphological and chemical evidence

    Ana Crespo;Frank Kauff;Pradeep K. Divakar;Ruth del Prado

  • The Moss Physcomitrium (Physcomitrella) patens: A Model Organism for Non-Seed Plants

    Stefan A Rensing;Bernard Goffinet;Rabea Meyberg;Shu-Zon Wu

  • Moss diversity: A molecular phylogenetic analysis of genera

    C. J. Cox;B. Goffinet;N. J. Wickett;S. B. Boles

  • A roadmap for island biology: 50 fundamental questions after 50 years of The Theory of Island Biogeography

    Jairo Patiño;Jairo Patiño;Robert J. Whittaker;Robert J. Whittaker;Paulo A.V. Borges;José María Fernández-Palacios

  • Extant diversity of bryophytes emerged from successive post-Mesozoic diversification bursts

    B. Laenen;B. Laenen;B. Shaw;H. Schneider;B. Goffinet

  • Evolution of the major moss lineages phylogenetic analyses based on multiple gene sequences and morphology

    Angela E. Newton;Cymon J. Cox;Jeffrey G. Duckett;John A. Wheeler

  • Resolution of the ordinal phylogeny of mosses using targeted exons from organellar and nuclear genomes.

    Yang Liu;Matthew G. Johnson;Cymon J. Cox;Rafael Medina

  • Changing lenses to assess biodiversity: patterns of species richness in sub-Antarctic plants and implications for global conservation

    Ricardo Rozzi;Ricardo Rozzi;Ricardo Rozzi;Juan J Armesto;Juan J Armesto;Bernard Goffinet;William Buck

  • Testing Morphological Concepts of Orders of Pleurocarpous Mosses (Bryophyta) Using Phylogenetic Reconstructions Based on TRNL-TRNF and RPS4 Sequences

    W R Buck;B Goffinet;B Goffinet;A J Shaw

  • Phylogenetic evidence of a rapid radiation of pleurocarpous mosses (Bryophyta).

    A. J. Shaw;C. J. Cox;B. Goffinet;W. R. Buck

  • Phylogenetic Relationships among the Mosses Based on Heterogeneous Bayesian Analysis of Multiple Genes from Multiple Genomic Compartments

    Cymon J. Cox;Bernard Goffinet;A. Jonathan Shaw;Sandra B. Boles

  • The Bryophyta (Mosses): Systematic and Evolutionary Inferences from an rps4 Gene (cpDNA) Phylogeny

    Bernard Goffinet;Cymon J. Cox;A.Jonathan Shaw;Terry A.J. Hedderson

  • Functional gene losses occur with minimal size reduction in the plastid genome of the parasitic liverwort Aneura mirabilis.

    Norman J. Wickett;Yan Zhang;S. Kellon Hansen;Jessie M. Roper

  • Phylogenetic Relationships Among the Diplolepideous-alternate Mosses (Bryidae) Inferred from Nuclear and Chloroplast DNA Sequences

    Cymon J. Cox;Bernard Goffinet;Angela E. Newton;A. Jonathan Shaw

Frequent Co-Authors

Cymon J. Cox
Cymon J. Cox University of Algarve
A. Jonathan Shaw
A. Jonathan Shaw Duke University
Ricardo Rozzi
Ricardo Rozzi University of North Texas
Norman J. Wickett
Norman J. Wickett University of Vienna
Alain Vanderpoorten
Alain Vanderpoorten University of Liège
François Lutzoni
François Lutzoni Duke University
Jairo Patiño
Jairo Patiño Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología
Terry A. Hedderson
Terry A. Hedderson University of Cape Town
Juan J. Armesto
Juan J. Armesto Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Robert Lücking
Robert Lücking Freie Universität Berlin

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