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Ecology and Evolution

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128
Citations
64059
World Ranking
74
National Ranking
5

Genetics

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123
Citations
56777
World Ranking
332
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Canada Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Canada Leader Award
  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2010 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 2010 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2004 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2003 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Loren H. Rieseberg is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broad domains, their focus areas include Plant Science, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics such as Genetic diversity and population structure, Plant and animal studies, Sunflower and Safflower Cultivation, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Plant Communications
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Loren H. Rieseberg include:

  • Massive haplotypes underlie ecotypic differentiation in sunflowers, 2020, Nature
  • Multiple chromosomal inversions contribute to adaptive divergence of a dune sunflower ecotype, 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • Frequency, Origins, and Evolutionary Role of Chromosomal Inversions in Plants, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Research priorities for global food security under extreme events, 2022, One Earth
  • Mobilizing Crop Biodiversity, 2020, Molecular Plant

The scientist collaborates regularly with specific coauthors, including:

  • Marco Todesco
  • Gregory L. Owens
  • Natalia Bercovich
  • Kaichi Huang
  • Kathryn A. Hodgins

Loren H. Rieseberg has been recognized with several honors over the course of their career, including election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2020. They are also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Royal Society, United Kingdom, both awarded in 2010.

Additional fellowships include the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2004, as well as the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the MacArthur Foundation, both in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Chromosomal rearrangements and speciation.

    Loren H. Rieseberg

  • Hybrid Origins of Plant Species

    Loren H. Rieseberg

  • The frequency of polyploid speciation in vascular plants

    Troy E. Wood;Naoki Takebayashi;Michael S. Barker;Michael S. Barker;Itay Mayrose

  • Environmental DNA: ENVIRONMENTAL DNA

    Pierre Taberlet;Eric Coissac;Mehrdad Hajibabaei;Loren H. Rieseberg

  • Transgressive segregation, adaptation and speciation

    Loren H Rieseberg;Margaret A Archer;Robert K Wayne

  • Major Ecological Transitions in Wild Sunflowers Facilitated by Hybridization

    Loren H. Rieseberg;Olivier Raymond;David M. Rosenthal;Zhao Lai

  • Increasing homogeneity in global food supplies and the implications for food security

    Colin K. Khoury;Anne D. Bjorkman;Hannes Dempewolf;Julian Ramirez-Villegas;Julian Ramirez-Villegas;Julian Ramirez-Villegas

  • Phylogenetic consequences of cytoplasmic gene flow in plants.

    L. H. Rieseberg;D. E. Soltis

  • Trends in Global Agricultural Land Use: Implications for Environmental Health and Food Security

    Navin Ramankutty;Zia Mehrabi;Katharina Waha;Larissa Jarvis

  • What Can Molecular and Morphological Markers Tell Us About Plant Hybridization

    L. H. Rieseberg;N. C. Ellstrand;Mike Arnold

  • Hybridization and extinction.

    Marco Todesco;Mariana A. Pascual;Gregory L. Owens;Katherine L. Ostevik

  • The sunflower genome provides insights into oil metabolism, flowering and Asterid evolution

    Hélène Badouin;Jérôme Gouzy;Christopher J. Grassa;Christopher J. Grassa;Florent Murat

  • Revisiting the Impact of Inversions in Evolution: From Population Genetic Markers to Drivers of Adaptive Shifts and Speciation?

    Ary A. Hoffmann;Loren H. Rieseberg

  • Predicting the Risk of Extinction through Hybridization

    Diana E. Wolf;Naoki Takebayashi;Loren H. Rieseberg

  • Hybrid Zones and the Genetic Architecture of a Barrier to Gene Flow Between Two Sunflower Species

    Loren H. Rieseberg;Jeannette Whitton;Keith Gardner

  • A genomic perspective on hybridization and speciation.

    Bret A. Payseur;Loren H. Rieseberg;Loren H. Rieseberg

  • The role of hybridization in evolution: old wine in new skins

    Loren H. Rieseberg

  • Agriculture: Feeding the future

    Susan McCouch;Gregory J. Baute;James Bradeen;Paula Bramel

  • A genomic view of introgression and hybrid speciation.

    Eric J Baack;Loren H Rieseberg;Loren H Rieseberg

  • Tansley review No. 102 plant hybridization

    L. H. Rieseberg;S. E. Carney

  • Distribution of spontaneous plant hybrids.

    Norman C. Ellstrand;Richard Whitkus;Loren H. Rieseberg

  • Plant Speciation

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Nolan C. Kane
Nolan C. Kane University of Colorado Boulder
John M. Burke
John M. Burke University of Georgia
Steven J. Knapp
Steven J. Knapp University of California, Davis
Michael S. Barker
Michael S. Barker University of Arizona
Christian Lexer
Christian Lexer University of Vienna
Lisa A. Donovan
Lisa A. Donovan University of Georgia
Richard W. Michelmore
Richard W. Michelmore University of California, Davis
Harry Smith
Harry Smith University of Leicester
John E. Bowers
John E. Bowers University of Georgia
Kenneth D. Whitney
Kenneth D. Whitney University of New Mexico

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