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Elvira Hörandl is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany and focuses their research on various aspects of plant biology and evolutionary studies. Their work primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research covers a range of specialized subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, Molecular Biology, and Genetics. The main research topics explored include Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics, Bioenergy Crop Production and Management, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Hörandl are:

  • Phylogenomic Relationships and Evolution of Polyploid Salix Species Revealed by RAD Sequencing Data (2020, Frontiers in Plant Science)
  • Species delimitation 4.0: integrative taxonomy meets artificial intelligence (2024, Trends in Ecology & Evolution)
  • Chromosome-scale assembly of the genome of Salix dunnii reveals a male-heterogametic sex determination system on chromosome 7 (2021, Molecular Ecology Resources)
  • Untying Gordian knots: unraveling reticulate polyploid plant evolution by genomic data using the large Ranunculus auricomus species complex (2022, New Phytologist)
  • Phylogenomics unravels Quaternary vicariance and allopatric speciation patterns in temperate-montane plant species: A case study on the Ranunculus auricomus species complex (2020, Molecular Ecology)

Frequent co-authors working alongside Hörandl include:

  • Natascha D. Wagner
  • Li He
  • Kevin Karbstein
  • Salvatore Tomasello
  • Ladislav Hodač

Their work has appeared frequently in several publication venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Plants
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Annals of Botany

Best Publications

  • The complex causality of geographical parthenogenesis.

    Elvira Hörandl

  • Land-use choices follow profitability at the expense of ecological functions in Indonesian smallholder landscapes.

    Yann Clough;Yann Clough;Vijesh V. Krishna;Marife D. Corre;Kevin Darras

  • Taxonomy and Biogeography of Apomixis in Angiosperms and Associated Biodiversity Characteristics.

    Diego Hojsgaard;Simone Klatt;Roland Baier;John G. Carman

  • Paraphyletic groups as natural units of biological classification

    Elvira Hörandl;Tod F. Stuessy

  • Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary traits in Ranunculus s.l. (Ranunculaceae) inferred from ITS sequence analysis.

    Elvira Hörandl;Ovidiu Paun;Jan T. Johansson;Carlos Lehnebach

  • Paraphyletic versus monophyletic taxa-evolutionary versus cladistic classifications

    Elvira Hörandl

  • The Rise of Apomixis in Natural Plant Populations

    Diego Hojsgaard;Elvira Hörandl

  • The evolution of self-fertility in apomictic plants

    Elvira Hörandl

  • Patterns, sources and ecological implications of clonal diversity in apomictic Ranunculus carpaticola (Ranunculus auricomus complex, Ranunculaceae).

    O. Paun;J. Greilhuber;E. M. Temsch;E. Hörandl

  • A molecular phylogeny, morphology and classification of genera of Ranunculeae (Ranunculaceae)

    Khatere Emadzade;Khatere Emadzade;Carlos Lehnebach;Peter Lockhart;Elvira Hörandl

  • Understanding the geographic distributions of apomictic plants: a case for a pluralistic approach

    Elvira Hörandl;Anne-Caroline Cosendai;Eva Maria Temsch

  • Geographical Parthenogenesis: Opportunities for Asexuality

    Elvira Hörandl

  • Cytotype stability, facultative apomixis and geographical parthenogenesis in Ranunculus kuepferi (Ranunculaceae)

    Anne-Caroline Cosendai;Elvira Hörandl

  • The role of hybridization, polyploidization and glaciation in the origin and evolution of the apomictic Ranunculus cassubicus complex.

    Ovidiu Paun;Tod F. Stuessy;Elvira Hörandl

  • Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of Ranunculus and allied genera (Ranunculaceae) in the Mediterranean region and in the European Alpine System

    Ovidiu Paun;Carlos Lehnebach;Jan T. Johansson;Peter Lockhart

  • The oxidative damage initiation hypothesis for meiosis.

    Elvira Hörandl;Franz Hadacek

  • Apomixis: Evolution, Mechanisms and Perspectives

    E. Hörandl;U. Grossniklaus;P.J. Van Dijk;T.F. Sharbel

  • Reticulate evolution and taxonomic concepts in the Ranunculus auricomus complex (Ranunculaceae): insights from analysis of morphological, karyological and molecular data

    Elvira Hörandl;Johann Greilhuber;Katarina Klímová;Ovidiu Paun

  • The evolution of apomixis in angiosperms: A reappraisal

    E. Hörandl;D. Hojsgaard

  • A combinational theory for maintenance of sex

    E Hörandl

  • Diploid and autotetraploid sexuals and their relationships to apomicts in the Ranunculus cassubicus group: insights from DNA content and isozyme variation

    E. Hörandl;J. Greilhuber

  • Asexual genome evolution in the apomictic Ranunculus auricomus complex: examining the effects of hybridization and mutation accumulation

    Marco Pellino;Diego Hojsgaard;Thomas Schmutzer;Uwe Scholz

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Dullinger
Stefan Dullinger University of Vienna
Tod F. Stuessy
Tod F. Stuessy The Ohio State University
Manuela Winkler
Manuela Winkler BOKU University
Johann Greilhuber
Johann Greilhuber University of Vienna
Peter J. Lockhart
Peter J. Lockhart Massey University
Ulrich Brose
Ulrich Brose Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Antoine Guisan
Antoine Guisan University of Lausanne
Martin I. Bidartondo
Martin I. Bidartondo Imperial College London
Karol Marhold
Karol Marhold Slovak Academy of Sciences
Ueli Grossniklaus
Ueli Grossniklaus University of Zurich

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