People
Chase, Mark W.
| Job Title | Keeper of the Jodrell Laboratory |
|---|---|
| Department | Jodrell |
| Section | Keeper's Group |
| Science Teams |
Malpighiales Large-Scale Syntheses Myrtaceae Monocots II: Commelinids Monocots I: General Alismatids & Lilioids Drylands: Africa Monocots III: Orchids |
| 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, 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
Authentication and Chemical Fingerprinting of Economically Important Species
Co-Evolution at the Plant-Animal Interface
Complete Generic Phylogenetic Tree for all Seed Plants
Conservation and Monitoring of Meso-American Orchids
Diversity of Neotropical Meliaceae
DNA Banking, Phylogeny and Conservation of the South African Flora
Establishing a Standard DNA Barcode for Land Plants
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)
Evolution of Tribe Poranthereae (Phyllanthaceae) PROJECT COMPLETED
Generic Delimitation in Cyperaceae Tribe Cypereae
Haemodoraceae - phylogenetics, biology and conservation
Molecular Phylogenetics of Euphorbiaceae sensu lato
Molecular Phylogenetics of Palms
Molecular Phylogenetics of Tribe Phyllantheae (Phyllanthaceae) PROJECT COMPLETED
Phylogenetics and Classification of Araceae
Phylogenetics and Conservation of Madagascan Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) PROJECT COMPLETED
Phylogeny of Eugenia and Eugeniinae (Myrtaceae)
Phylogeny of Subtribe Myrcia s.l. (Myrtaceae)
Phylogeny of Tribe Myrteae (Myrtaceae)
Population Genetics of UK Orchids
Systematics and Conservation Genetics of Asparagales
Systematics and Conservation Genetics of Liliales
Systematics and Phylogenetics of Cyperaceae Subfamily Mapanioideae
Systematics of Tribe Oncobeae (Salicaceae/ Achariaceae/ Flacourtiaceae)
Understanding and Conserving the Earth’s Biodiversity Hotspots (HOTSPOTS) - COMPLETED
Selected Recent 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.
Selected Earlier Publications
Chase, M.W., Bremer, K. & Stevens, P. (eds) (1998). Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG): An ordinal classification for the families of flowering plants. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85: 531-553.
Soltis, P.S., Soltis, D.E. & Chase, M.W. (1999). Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from multiple genes: a research tool for comparative biology. Nature 402: 402-404.
Wikström, N., Savolainen, V. & Chase, M.W. (2001). Evolution of the angiosperms: calibrating the family tree. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond., Ser. B, Biol. Sci. 268: 2211-2220.
Pridgeon, A.M., Chase, M.W., Cribb, P.J. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2001, 2003). Genera Orchidacearum, vols 2 & 3. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp 416+359.
Chase, M. W., Bremer, K., Bremer, B., Thulin, M., Stevens, P.F., Soltis, D.E., Soltis, P.S. & Reveal, J. (2003). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 141: 399-436.
