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  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Sandra Knapp is affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History in the United States. Their research primarily covers topics within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Key subfields of study include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's main research topics focus on Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and Animal Studies, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Plant Pathogens and Resistance, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies.

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Sandra Knapp include:

  • New Guinea has the world's richest island flora (2020), published in Nature
  • World Flora Online: Placing taxonomists at the heart of a definitive and comprehensive global resource on the world's plants (2020), published in Taxon
  • Phylogenomic discovery of deleterious mutations facilitates hybrid potato breeding (2023), published in Cell
  • Phylogenomic discordance suggests polytomies along the backbone of the large genus Solanum (2022), published in American Journal of Botany
  • Botanical Monography in the Anthropocene (2021), published in Trends in Plant Science

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Tiina Särkinen
  • Edeline Gagnon
  • Andrés Orejuela
  • Leandro Lacerda Giacomin
  • Maria S. Vorontsova

Publications by Sandra Knapp often appear in the following venues:

  • Taxon
  • PhytoKeys
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Natural History Museum, London

Sandra Knapp was awarded the distinction of Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2018.

Best Publications

  • International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code) adopted by the Nineteenth International Botanical Congress Shenzhen, China, July 2017.

    N.J. Turland;J.H. Wiersema;F.R. Barrie;W. Greuter

  • International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code)

    J. McNeill;F.R. Barrie;W.R. Buck;Vincent Demoulin

  • The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution

    Shusei Sato;Satoshi Tabata;Hideki Hirakawa;Erika Asamizu

  • International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) adopted by the Eighteenth International Botanical Congress Melbourne, Australia

    J. McNeill;F.R. Barrie;W.R. Buck;V. Demoulin

  • Fruit development and ripening.

    Graham B Seymour;Lars Østergaard;Natalie H Chapman;Sandra Knapp

  • Agriculture: Feeding the future

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

  • A phylogenetic framework for evolutionary study of the nightshades (Solanaceae): a dated 1000-tip tree

    Tiina Särkinen;Tiina Särkinen;Lynn Bohs;Richard G Olmstead;Sandra Knapp

  • Amazon plant diversity revealed by a taxonomically verified species list

    Domingos Cardoso;Tiina Särkinen;Sara Alexander;André M. Amorim

  • Tobacco to tomatoes: a phylogenetic perspective on fruit diversity in the Solanaceae.

    Sandra Knapp

  • Biodiversity conservation and the millennium development goals.

    Jeffrey D. Sachs;Jonathan E. M. Baillie;William J. Sutherland;Paul R. Armsworth

  • Solanaceae — a model for linking genomics with biodiversity

    Sandra Knapp;Lynn Bohs;Michael Nee;David M. Spooner

  • Molecular Systematics, GISH and the Origin of Hybrid Taxa in Nicotiana (Solanaceae)

    Mark W. Chase;Sandra Knapp;Antony V. Cox;James J. Clarkson

  • New Species of Wild Tomatoes (Solanum Section Lycopersicon: Solanaceae) from Northern Peru

    Iris E. Peralta;Sandra Knapp;David M. Spooner

  • Comparison of AFLPs with other markers for phylogenetic inference in wild tomatoes [Solanum L. section Lycopersicon (Mill.) Wettst.]

    David M. Spooner;Iris E. Peralta;Sandra Knapp

  • Nomenclatural changes and a new sectional classification in Nicotiana (Solanaceae)

    Sandra Knapp;Mark W. Chase;James J. Clarkson;James J. Clarkson

  • Bayesian estimation of the global biogeographical history of the Solanaceae

    Julia Dupin;Nicholas J. Matzke;Tiina Särkinen;Sandra Knapp

  • Phylogenetic relationships in Nicotiana (Solanaceae) inferred from multiple plastid DNA regions.

    James J. Clarkson;Sandra Knapp;Vicente F. Garcia;Richard G. Olmstead

  • Shortcuts in systematics? A commentary on DNA-based taxonomy

    Ole Seberg;Chris J. Humphries;Sandy Knapp;Dennis Wm. Stevenson

  • Plant Evolution and Endemism in Andean South America: An Introduction

    Kenneth R. Young;Carmen Ulloa Ulloa;James L. Luteyn;Sandra Knapp

  • Taxonomy of wild tomatoes and their relatives (Solanum sect. Lycopersicoides, sect. Juglandifolia, sect. Lycopersicon; Solanaceae)

    Iris E. Peralta;David M. Spooner;Sandra Knapp

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark W. Chase
Mark W. Chase Royal Botanic Gardens
Andrew R. Leitch
Andrew R. Leitch Queen Mary University of London
David M. Spooner
David M. Spooner US Department of Agriculture
Karol Marhold
Karol Marhold Slovak Academy of Sciences
David L. Hawksworth
David L. Hawksworth Royal Botanic Gardens
W. John Kress
W. John Kress Smithsonian Institution
Andy Purvis
Andy Purvis Natural History Museum
James Mallet
James Mallet Harvard University
Jaime Prohens
Jaime Prohens Universitat Politècnica de València
Patrick S. Herendeen
Patrick S. Herendeen George Washington University

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