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Researchers at MO
Sara Fuentes-Soriano
Research Associate
Missouri Botanical Garden
P.O. Box 299
St. Louis, MO 63166-0299
USA
office phone: +1-314-577-9473 x6524
email: sara.fuentes@mobot.org
Ph.D., University of Missouri-Saint Louis, 2010
M.S., University of Missouri-Saint Louis, 2002
M.S., Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1998
B.S., Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1995
Postdoctoral position
Missouri Botanical Garden, 2010-2011. PI. Dr. G. Davidse and R. Magill
General Research Interests
Systematics of Brassicaceae
Flora and vegetation of México
Plant Molecular Phylogenetics
Patterns of trait evolution in plants
Research Emphases
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The library and herbarium of
Carolus Linnaeus (1707--1778).
Located in the subterranean vault
of the Linnean Society of London,
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London.
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I am interested in using phylogenetic trees to better understand the systematics
and morphologic and genomic evolution of flowering plants. My current work
pertains to the phylogeny and systematics of the Brassicaceae, particularly
using the tribe Physarieae as a model system. By employing molecular analyses
and novel statistical methods in this group, I aim to address three general
questions:
Is there any evolutionary relationship between specific plant traits and
lineage diversification?
What are the levels of morphological and genomic homoplasy within plants?
What are the rates, modes, and tempos of evolution of plant traits?
Web Pages
Personal web page
Selected Publications
Fuentes-Soriano, S., and I. Al-Shehbaz. 2010. Pennellia Nieuwland. Pp. 559–561 in Flora of North America, North of Mexico, Volume 7: Magnoliophyta: Salicaceae to Brassicaceae. Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. Oxford University Press, New York.
Torres-Colin, L., S. Fuentes-Soriano, and A. Delgado. 2010. Estudio palinológico del género Macroptilium (Benth.) Urb. (Leguminosae) en Mexico y Central América. Acta Botánica Mexicana 91: 51–69.
Bures P., P. Marda, I. Hralova, S. Fuentes-Soriano, M. Lysak, R. Epka, K. Helanova, O. Rotreklova, J. Prochazkova, L. Uradni, and J. Krova. 2007. Correlation between GC content and genome size in plants. Cytometry 71A(9): 764.
Flores-Olvera, H., S. Fuentes-Soriano, and E. Martínez Hernández. 2006. Pollen morphology and systematics of Atripliceae (Chenopodiaceae). Grana 20: 175–194
Fuentes-Soriano, S. 2004. A taxonomic revision of Pennellia (Brassicaceae). Harvard Papers in Botany 8: 173–202.
Rico, M. de L., M. Sousa S., and S. Fuentes-Soriano. 1999. Ginetia: a new genus in the tribe Ingeae (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) from Mexico. Kew Bulletin 54: 979–981.
Fuentes-Soriano, S., P. Ramos-Godinez, E. Sanchez-Espindola, and A. Delgado-Salinas. 1998. Exine ultrastructure from Phaseolus L. pollen grains (Leguminosae, Phaseolinae). Electron Microscopy Symposium II, Mexico 4: 91-92.
Manuscripts submitted for publication
Fuentes-Soriano, S., and I. Al-Shehbaz. Phylogenetic relationships of mustards with multiaperturate pollen (Tribe Physarieae, Brassicaceae) based on chloroplast ndhF: implications for morphological diversification. Submitted: Systematic Botany.
Manuscripts in preparation
Fuentes-Soriano, S., and E. A. Kellogg. Phylogenetics of the tribe Physarieae (Brassicaceae) based on the nuclear ITS, LUMINIDEPENDENS and chloroplast ndhF. To be submitted to Systematic Botany.
Fuentes-Soriano, S., M. Lysak, and P. Bures. Patterns of trait evolution within the tribe Physarieae (Brassicaceae): changes in morphology and genomes. To be submitted to American Journal of Botany.
Sánchez del-Pino, I., S. Fuentes-Soriano, S., Alfaro R., and H. Flores-Olvera. Pollen morphology and its taxonomic implications for species circumscription of Tidestromia Standl. (Amaranthaceae). To be submitted to Grana.
Meetings
Posters
2011 Fuentes-Soriano, S. Patterns of trait evolution within the tribe Physarieae (Brassicaceae): changes in morphology. Presented at Botany 2011, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
2011 Celis Pacheco M. and S. Fuentes-Soriano. Evolution of pollen morphology in Tigridieae (Iridaceae) in a new molecula phylogenetic context. Presented at Botany 2011, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
2011 Ortíz R. C. and S. Fuentes-Soriano. Evaluating the phylogenetic signal and mode of evolution of continuous traits in Menispermaceae (Ranunculales): and example using endocarp size. Presented at Botany 2011, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
Talks
2011 Kates H. R., S. Weinmann, J. Charboneau, R. Plumb, J. Sanders, S. Fuentes-Soriano, M. Moore. Expanding the Study of the phylogeny and biogeography in a Chihuahuan Desert gypsum endemic, Nerisyrenia (Brassicaceae), through the use of low copy nuclear markers and increased population sampling. Presented at Botany 2011, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
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