We are studying patterns of diversity in the tropical tree genus Inga using a range of high throughput sequencing methods, including genome and transcriptome sequencing and using Hyb_Seq to retrieve sequence data from herbarium specimens.

Projects

• Evolution of secondary chemistry in Inga (with Toby Pennington [University of Exeter], Lissy Coley and Tom Kursar [Utah University])
• Utility of Inga for Agroforestry (with Toby Pennington [University of Exeter]; Kyle Dexter [University of Edinburgh]; William Millikin [RBGKew])

Key Publications

Hart ML, LL Forrest, JA Nicholls, CA Kidner (2016). Retrieval of hundreds of nuclear loci from herbarium specimens. Taxon, 65 1081-1092 doi.org/10.12705/655.9

Brennan A, S Bridgett, M Shaukat Ali, N Harrison, A Mathews, J Pellicer, A Twyford, CA Kidner (2012). Genomic resources for evolutionary studies in the large, diverse tropical genus Begonia. Tropical Plant Biology 5:261-276

Contact: Catherine Kidner