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Overview

Dirk C. Albach is affiliated with the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in Germany. Their research spans multiple areas within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The primary subfields of study include Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Cell Biology.

The main topics of Dirk C. Albach's work cover Plant Diversity and Evolution, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations.

Frequently publishing research in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Taxon, Genes, Frontiers in Plant Science, and American Journal of Botany, the scholar has contributed multiple articles in each, demonstrating a broad engagement with prominent journals in their fields.

Some of their recent scientific papers include:

  • High Contiguity de novo Genome Sequence Assembly of Trifoliate Yam (Dioscorea dumetorum) Using Long Read Sequencing, 2020, Genes
  • Species delimitation 4.0: integrative taxonomy meets artificial intelligence, 2024, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Polyploidy on Islands: Its Emergence and Importance for Diversification, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Using target sequence capture to improve the phylogenetic resolution of a rapid radiation in New Zealand Veronica, 2021, American Journal of Botany
  • A revised classification of leaf variegation types, 2020, Flora

Dirk C. Albach has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Gulzar Khan, Sergei L. Mosyakin, Gerhard Zotz, Christian Siadjeu, and Hartwig Schepker, reflecting a collaborative approach across diverse projects.

Best Publications

  • Hybridization and speciation

    R. Abbott;D. Albach;S. Ansell;J. W. Arntzen

  • Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from 18S rDNA, rbcL, and atpB sequences

    Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis;Mark W. Chase;Mark E. Mort

  • Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from 18S rDNA, rbcL, and atpB sequences

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  • Phylogeny of the eudicots : a nearly complete familial analysis based on rbcL gene sequences

    Vincent Savolainen;Michael F. Fay;Dirk C. Albach;Anders Backlund

  • Piecing together the "new" Plantaginaceae.

    Dirk Albach;Heidi Meudt;Bengt Oxelman

  • Phylogenetic Analysis of Asterids Based on Sequences of Four Genes

    Dirk C. Albach;Pamela S. Soltis;Douglas E. Soltis;Richard G. Olmstead

  • Phylogenetic relationships within Plantago (Plantaginaceae): evidence from nuclear ribosomal ITS and plastid trnL-F sequence data

    Nina Rønsted;Mark W. Chase;Dirk C. Albach;Maria Angelica Bello

  • Towards resolving Lamiales relationships: insights from rapidly evolving chloroplast sequences

    Bastian Schäferhoff;Andreas Fleischmann;Eberhard Fischer;Dirk C Albach

  • Trait correlation network analysis identifies biomass allocation traits and stem specific length as hub traits in herbaceous perennial plants

    Michael Kleyer;Juliane Trinogga;Miguel A. Cebrián-Piqueras;Miguel A. Cebrián-Piqueras;Anastasia Trenkamp

  • A new classification of the tribe Veroniceae-problems and a possible solution

    Dirk C. Albach;Dirk C. Albach;M. Montserrat Martinez-Ortega;M. Montserrat Martinez-Ortega;Manfred A. Fischer;Mark W. Chase

  • Genome Size Variation and Evolution in Veronica

    Dirk C. Albach;J. Greilhuber

  • Classification, origin, and diversification of the New Zealand hebes (Scrophulariaceae)

    Steven J Wagstaff;Michael J Bayly;Philip J Garnock-Jones;Dirk C Albach

  • Paraphyly of Veronica (Veroniceae; Scrophulariaceae): Evidence from the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) Sequences of Nuclear Ribosomal DNA

    Dirk C Albach;Mark W Chase

  • Veronica: Parallel morphological evolution and phylogeography in the Mediterranean

    D. C. Albach;M. M. Martínez-Ortega;M. W. Chase

  • Comparative phylogeography of the Veronica alpina complex in Europe and North America

    Dirk C. Albach;Dirk C. Albach;Peter Schönswetter;Peter Schönswetter;Andreas Tribsch;Andreas Tribsch;Andreas Tribsch

  • High Contiguity De Novo Genome Sequence Assembly of Trifoliate Yam (Dioscorea dumetorum) Using Long Read Sequencing.

    Christian Siadjeu;Boas Pucker;Boas Pucker;Prisca Viehöver;Dirk C Albach

  • Incongruence in Veroniceae (Plantaginaceae): evidence from two plastid and a nuclear ribosomal DNA region.

    Dirk C. Albach;Mark W. Chase

  • Acylated flavone glycosides from Veronica

    Dirk C. Albach;Renée J. Grayer;Søren Rosendal Jensen;Fevzi Özgökce

  • Species delimitation 4.0: integrative taxonomy meets artificial intelligence

    Unknown

  • Further arguments for the rejection of paraphyletic taxa: Veronica subgen. Pseudolysimachium (Plantaginaceae)

    Dirk C. Albach

  • Disentangling phylogeography, polyploid evolution and taxonomy of a woodland herb (Veronica chamaedrys group, Plantaginaceae s.l.) in southeastern Europe.

    Katharina E. Bardy;Dirk C. Albach;Dirk C. Albach;Gerald M. Schneeweiss;Manfred A. Fischer

  • Species Boundaries and Phylogeographic Patterns in Cryptic Taxa Inferred from AFLP Markers: Veronica subgen. Pentasepalae (Scrophulariaceae) in the Western Mediterranean

    M. Montserrat Martínez-Ortega;M. Montserrat Martínez-Ortega;Luis Delgado;Dirk C. Albach;Juana A. Elena-Rosselló

  • Botanical names in Southern Hemisphere Veronica (Plantaginaceae) : sect. Detzneria, sect. Hebe, and sect. Labiatoides

    Phil Garnock-Jones;Dirk Albach;Barbara G. Briggs

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark W. Chase
Mark W. Chase Royal Botanic Gardens
Douglas E. Soltis
Douglas E. Soltis University of Florida
Gerhard Zotz
Gerhard Zotz Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Pamela S. Soltis
Pamela S. Soltis University of Florida
Peter Schönswetter
Peter Schönswetter University of Innsbruck
Nikolai Kuhnert
Nikolai Kuhnert Jacobs University
Andreas Tribsch
Andreas Tribsch University of Salzburg
Ladislav Mucina
Ladislav Mucina Murdoch University
Michael Kleyer
Michael Kleyer Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Bernd Weisshaar
Bernd Weisshaar Bielefeld University

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