Chase, Mark W.
Job TitleDirector (Keeper) of the Jodrell Laboratory
DepartmentJodrell
SectionKeeper's Group
Science Teams:
- Drylands: Africa
- Large-Scale Syntheses
- Malpighiales
- Monocots I: General Alismatids & Lilioids
- Monocots II: Commelinids
- Monocots III: Orchids
- Myrtaceae
Joined Kew: 1992
Foreign Language(s): French, Spanish
Qualifications & Appointments
BA (Hons), Albion College (USA), 1973
MS, Univ. Michigan, 1980
PhD, Univ. Michigan, 1985
Hon. DSc, Univ. Uppsala, 1997
Hon. DSc, Univ. Ghent, 2004.
Visiting Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London
Fellow of the Royal Society of London.
Role
Molecular systematics and evolution of angiosperms, allopolyploidy in angiosperms, taxonomy of Orchidaceae.
Research focused on using DNA data to improve understanding of angiosperm evolution and classification. A particular focus is on Nicotiana (Solanaceae) and Orchidaceae; co-editing a multi-volume series on all genera of Orchidaceae, 'Genera Orchidacearum'.
Projects
- Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III
- Co-Evolution at the Plant-Animal Interface
(project completed 2010) - Consider the Lilies
- Conservation and monitoring of Meso-American orchids - COMPLETED 2008
- The Dalbergioid Legumes (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae)
- Diversity of Neotropical Meliaceae
- DNA Banking, Phylogeny and Conservation of the South African Flora
- Establishing a Standard DNA Barcode for Land Plants (project completed 2007)
- Evolution of Tribe Poranthereae (Phyllanthaceae) - COMPLETED 2010
- Generic Delimitation in Cyperaceae Tribe Cypereae
- Genera Graminum Edition 2
- Genera Orchidacearum
- Complete Generic Phylogenetic Tree for all Seed Plants
- Global Patterns and Processes of Plant Diversity
- Haemodoraceae: phylogenetics, biology and conservation
- HOTSPOTS - understanding and conserving the Earth's biodiversity hotspots - COMPLETED 2009
- Hybridization and Polyploidy – Major Factors in Angiosperm Evolution: a Case Study of Nicotiana (Solanceae)
- Molecular phylogenetics of Euphorbiaceae sensu lato - COMPLETED 2008
- Systematics and Evolution of Palms
- Molecular phylogenetics of Tribe Phyllantheae (Phyllanthaceae) - COMPLETED 2008
- Monocot Checklist-Project Completed
- Systematics of Araceae
- Phylogenetics and conservation of Madagascan Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) - COMPLETED 2008
- Phylogeny of the 'Eugenia' and 'Plinia'' groups
- Phylogeny of Myrcia s.l. (Myrtaceae)
- Phylogeny of Tribe Myrteae (Myrtaceae)
- Phylogenetics of the Monocots
- Phylogenetics of Orchidaceae
- Systematics and Conservation Genetics of Asparagales
- Systematics and Genetics of Liliales
- Taxonomic tools for Salicaceae and Achariaceae
- World classification and phylogeny of Salix & Populus
Selected Recent Publications
Chase, M. W., Bremer, K., Bremer, B., Stevens, P. F., Soltis, D. E., Soltis, P. S., & Reveal, J. L. 2009. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161: 105-121.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds) (2009). Genera Orchidacearum, Vol. 5: Epidendroideae (part 2). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 585 pp.
Micheneau, C., Fournel, J., Warren, B. H., Hugel, S., Gauvin-Bialecki, A., Pailler, T., Strasberg, D., & Chase, M. W. 2010. Orthoptera, a new order of pollinator. Annals of Botany 105: 355-364.
Chase, M. W., Paun, O., & Fay, M. F. 2010. Hybridization and speciation in angiosperms: a role for pollinator shifts. Journal of Biology: doi:10.1186/1741-7007-8-45
Paun, O., Bateman, R. M., Fay, M. F., Hedrén, M., Civeyrel, L. & Chase, M. W. 2010. Stable epigenetic effects impact adaptation in allopolyploid orchids (Dactylorhiza: Orchidaceae). Molecular Biology and Evolution 27: 2465-2473.
Selected Earlier Publications
Chase, M.W., Hanson, L., Albert, V.A., Whitten, W.M. & Williams, N.H. (2005). Life history evolution and genome size in subtribe Oncidiinae (Orchidaceae). Annals of Botany 95: 191-199.
Chase, M.W., Salamin, N., Wilkinson, M., Dunwell, J.M., Kesanakurthi, R.P., Haidar, N. & Savolainen, V. (2005). Land plants and DNA barcodes: short-term and long-term goals. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 360: 1889-1895.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds) (2005). Genera Orchidacearum, Vol. 4: Epidendroideae (part 1). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 694 pp.
Chase, M.W., Fay, M.F., Devey, D.S., Maurin, O., Rønsted, N., Davies, T.J., Pillon, Y., Petersen, G., Seberg, O., Tamura, M.N., Asmussen, C.B., Hilu, K., Borsch, T., Davis, J.I., Stevenson, D.W., Pires, J.C., Givnish, T.J., Sytsma, K.J., McPherson, M.A., Graham, S.W. & Rai, H.S. (2006). Multigene analyses of monocot relationships: a summary. Aliso 22: 63-75.
Cabrera, L.I., Salazar, G.A., Chase, M.W., Mayo, S.J., Bogner, J. & Dávila, P. (2008). Phylogenetic relationships of aroids and duckweeds (Araceae) inferred from coding and noncoding plastid DNA. American Journal of Botany 95: 1153-1165.
