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Klaus Mummenhoff

Klaus Mummenhoff

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Biology and Biochemistry

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Overview

Klaus Mummenhoff is affiliated with Osnabrück University in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these domains, they have contributed notably to Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Ecological Modeling.

The main topics of their work include Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, studies involving both plants and animals, and the Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna.

Mummenhoff's recent publications reflect a strong involvement in evolutionary biology and genomic research within the Brassicaceae family. Their notable papers include:

  • Nested whole-genome duplications coincide with diversification and high morphological disparity in Brassicaceae, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Global Brassicaceae phylogeny based on filtering of 1,000-gene dataset, 2023, Current Biology
  • An updated classification of the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), 2023, PhytoKeys
  • The best of both worlds: Combining lineage-specific and universal bait sets in target-enrichment hybridization reactions, 2021, Applications in Plant Sciences
  • Evolution of Tandem Repeats Is Mirroring Post-polyploid Cladogenesis in Heliophila (Brassicaceae), 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science

Frequent co-authors of Klaus Mummenhoff include:

  • Martin A. Lysák (14 collaborations)
  • Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz (9 collaborations)
  • Мarcus A. Koch (8 collaborations)
  • Kasper Hendriks (8 collaborations)
  • Terezie Mandáková (8 collaborations)

They have published regularly in several scientific journals, such as:

  • Annals of Botany (4 publications)
  • Frontiers in Plant Science (3 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (3 publications)
  • Plant Systematics and Evolution (3 publications)
  • The Plant Cell (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Cabbage family affairs: the evolutionary history of Brassicaceae

    Andreas Franzke;Martin A. Lysak;Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz;Marcus A. Koch

  • Toward a Global Phylogeny of the Brassicaceae

    C. Donovan Bailey;Marcus A. Koch;Michael Mayer;Klaus Mummenhoff

  • Molecular phylogenetics, temporal diversification, and principles of evolution in the mustard family (Brassicaceae).

    Thomas L. P. Couvreur;Andreas Franzke;Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz;Freek T. Bakker

  • Origin and diversification of the Greater Cape flora: Ancient species repository, hot-bed of recent radiation, or both?

    G. Anthony Verboom;Jenny K. Archibald;Freek T. Bakker;Dirk U. Bellstedt

  • DELAY OF GERMINATION 1 mediates a conserved coat-dormancy mechanism for the temperature- and gibberellin-dependent control of seed germination

    Kai Graeber;Ada Linkies;Tina Steinbrecher;Klaus Mummenhoff

  • Genetic consequences of Pleistocene range shifts: contrast between the Arctic, the Alps and the East African mountains

    Dorothee Ehrich;Myriam Gaudeul;Adane Assefa;Adane Assefa;Marcus A. Koch

  • Three times out of Asia Minor: the phylogeography of Arabis alpina L. (Brassicaceae).

    Marcus A. Koch;Christiane Kiefer;Dorothee Ehrich;Johannes Vogel

  • Closing the gaps: phylogenetic relationships in the Brassicaceae based on DNA sequence data of nuclear ribosomal ITS region

    Suzanne I. Warwick;Klaus Mummenhoff;Connie A. Sauder;Marcus A. Koch

  • Molecular Systematics, Evolution, and Population Biology in the Mustard Family (Brassicaceae)

    Marcus Koch;Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz;Klaus Mummenhoff

  • Chloroplast DNA phylogeny and biogeography of Lepidium (Brassicaceae)

    Klaus Mummenhoff;Holger Bruggemann;John Lincoln Bowman

  • Fast Diploidization in Close Mesopolyploid Relatives of Arabidopsis

    Terezie Mandáková;Simon Joly;Martin Krzywinski;Klaus Mummenhoff

  • Molecular evidence for bicontinental hybridogenous genomic constitution in Lepidium sensu stricto (Brassicaceae) species from Australia and New Zealand.

    Klaus Mummenhoff;Peter Linder;Nikolai Friesen;John Lincoln Bowman

  • BrassiBase: Introduction to a Novel Knowledge Database on Brassicaceae Evolution

    Markus Kiefer;Roswitha Schmickl;Roswitha Schmickl;Dmitry A. German;Terezie Mandáková

  • Recent hybrid speciation in Cardamine (Brassicaceae)--conversion of nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences in statu nascendi.

    A. Franzke;K. Mummenhoff

  • Molecular phylogenetics of Thlaspi s.l. (Brassicaceae) based on chloroplast DNA restriction site variation and sequences of the internal transcribed spacers of nuclear ribosomal DNA

    Klaus Mummenhoff;Andreas Franzke;Marcus Koch

  • Hybridization and evolution inCardamine (Brassicaceae) at Urnerboden, Central Switzerland: Biosystematic and molecular evidence

    Krystyna M. Urbanska;Herbert Hurka;Elias Landolt;Barbara Neuffer

  • Arabidopsis family ties: molecular phylogeny and age estimates in Brassicaceae

    Andreas Franzke;Andreas Franzke;Dmitry German;Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz;Klaus Mummenhoff

  • Allopolyploidization and evolution of species with reduced floral structures in Lepidium L. (Brassicaceae)

    Ji-Young Lee;Klaus Mummenhoff;John Lincoln Bowman

  • Systematics and evolutionary history of heavy metal tolerant Thlaspi caerulescens in Western Europe: evidence from genetic studies based on isozyme analysis

    Marcus Koch;Klaus Mummenhoff;Herbert Hurka

  • Molecular data reveal convergence in fruit characters used in the classification of Thlaspi s. l. (Brassicaceae)

    Klaus Mummenhoff;Andreas Franzke;Marcus Koch

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcus A. Koch
Marcus A. Koch Heidelberg University
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz Missouri Botanical Garden
Martin A. Lysak
Martin A. Lysak Masaryk University
Gerhard Leubner-Metzger
Gerhard Leubner-Metzger Royal Holloway University of London
Günter Theißen
Günter Theißen Friedrich Schiller University Jena
John L. Bowman
John L. Bowman Monash University
Freek T. Bakker
Freek T. Bakker Wageningen University & Research
Günter Theissen
Günter Theissen Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Patrick P. Edger
Patrick P. Edger Michigan State University
J. Chris Pires
J. Chris Pires Colorado State University

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