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Victor A. Albert is affiliated with the University at Buffalo, State University of New York in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on plant science and molecular biology.

Their work covers several specialized subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Ecology. Within these areas, the main research topics Victor focuses on include Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases.

Victor A. Albert has contributed to various publication venues, notably including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Nature Genetics
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Victor include Jarkko Salojärvi, Tianying Lan, Charlotte Lindqvist, Luís Herrera-Estrella, and Steven J. Fleck.

Among Victor's recent papers are:

  • "Two divergent haplotypes from a highly heterozygous lychee genome suggest independent domestication events for early and late-maturing cultivars," 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "Tandem gene duplications drive divergent evolution of caffeine and crocin biosynthetic pathways in plants," 2020, BMC Biology
  • "TCP and MADS-Box Transcription Factor Networks Regulate Heteromorphic Flower Type Identity in Gerbera hybrida," 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • "The genome and population genomics of allopolyploid Coffea arabica reveal the diversification history of modern coffee cultivars," 2024, Nature Genetics
  • "Buxus and Tetracentron genomes help resolve eudicot genome history," 2022, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • PARSIMONY JACKKNIFING OUTPERFORMS NEIGHBOR-JOINING

    James S. Farris;Victor A. Albert;Mari Källersjö;Diana Lipscomb

  • Polyploidy and angiosperm diversification

    Douglas E. Soltis;Victor A. Albert;Jim Leebens-Mack;Charles D. Bell

  • The Selaginella genome identifies genetic changes associated with the evolution of vascular plants.

    Jo Ann Banks;Tomoaki Nishiyama;Mitsuyasu Hasebe;Mitsuyasu Hasebe;John L. Bowman;John L. Bowman

  • Widespread genome duplications throughout the history of flowering plants

    Liying Cui;P. Kerr Wall;James H. Leebens-Mack;Bruce G. Lindsay

  • The coffee genome provides insight into the convergent evolution of caffeine biosynthesis

    Lorenzo Carretero-Paulet;Alexis Dereeper;Gaëtan Droc

  • Carnivorous plants: phylogeny and structural evolution.

    Victor A. Albert;Stephen E. Williams;Mark W. Chase

  • Phylogenetics of the Cotton Genus (Gossypium): Character-State Weighted Parsimony Analysis of Chloroplast-DNA Restriction Site Data and Its Systematic and Biogeographic Implications

    Jonathan F. Wendel;Victor A. Albert

  • Architecture and evolution of a minute plant genome

    Enrique Ibarra-Laclette;Eric Lyons;Gustavo Hernández-Guzmán;Gustavo Hernández-Guzmán;Claudia Anahí Pérez-Torres

  • Phylogeny and classification of Oleaceae based on rps16 and trnL-F sequence data

    Eva Wallander;Victor A. Albert

  • A phylogenetic analysis of the Orchidaceae: evidence from rbcL nucleotide sequences

    Kenneth M. Cameron;Mark W. Chase;W. Mark Whitten;Paul J. Kores

  • Homoplasy Increases Phylogenetic Structure

    Mari Kälersjö;Victor A. Albert;James S. Farris

  • Cytokinin signaling regulates cambial development in poplar

    Kaisa Nieminen;Juha Immanen;Marjukka Laxell;Leila Kauppinen

  • A TCP domain transcription factor controls flower type specification along the radial axis of the Gerbera (Asteraceae) inflorescence.

    Suvi K. Broholm;Sari Tähtiharju;Roosa A. E. Laitinen;Victor A. Albert

  • Genome sequencing and population genomic analyses provide insights into the adaptive landscape of silver birch

    Jarkko Salojärvi;Olli Pekka Smolander;Kaisa Nieminen;Sitaram Rajaraman

  • Organ identity genes and modified patterns of flower development in Gerbera hybrida (Asteraceae)

    Deyue Yu;Mika Kotilainen;Eija Pöllänen;Merja Mehto

  • Genome-scale data, angiosperm relationships, and ‘ending incongruence’: a cautionary tale in phylogenetics

    Douglas E. Soltis;Victor A. Albert;Vincent Savolainen;Khidir Hilu

  • Phylogeny and diversification of B-function MADS-box genes in angiosperms: evolutionary and functional implications of a 260-million-year-old duplication.

    Sangtae Kim;Mi-Jeong Yoo;Victor A. Albert;James S. Farris

  • Activation of Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Gerbera hybrida (Asteraceae) Suggests Conserved Protein-Protein and Protein-Promoter Interactions between the Anciently Diverged Monocots and Eudicots

    Paula Elomaa;Anne Uimari;Merja Mehto;Victor A. Albert

  • Conifer homologues to genes that control floral development in angiosperms.

    Karolina Tandre;Victor A. Albert;Annika Sundås;Peter Engström

  • Homoplasy increases phylogenetic structure

    M. Kallersjo;V.A. Albert;J.S. Farris

Frequent Co-Authors

Teemu H. Teeri
Teemu H. Teeri University of Helsinki
Paula Elomaa
Paula Elomaa University of Helsinki
David Sankoff
David Sankoff University of Ottawa
Douglas E. Soltis
Douglas E. Soltis University of Florida
Pamela S. Soltis
Pamela S. Soltis University of Florida
Luis Herrera-Estrella
Luis Herrera-Estrella Texas Tech University
Jim Leebens-Mack
Jim Leebens-Mack University of Georgia
Mark W. Chase
Mark W. Chase Royal Botanic Gardens
Claude W. dePamphilis
Claude W. dePamphilis Pennsylvania State University
Yrjö Helariutta
Yrjö Helariutta University of Tartu

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