People
Rendell, Sarah
| Job Title | Assistant HOTSPOTS Project Manager |
|---|---|
| Department | Jodrell Laboratory |
| Section | Molecular Systematics |
| Science Teams |
Large-Scale Syntheses |
| Joined Kew | 2006 |
| Foreign Language(s) |
Qualifications & Appointments
BSc, University of Manchester, 1994
PhD, University of Oxford, 1999.
Role
Biodiversity hotspots, conservation, plant population genetics.
Research interests include: plant population genetics, plant mating systems and gene flow, phylogeography, conservation genetics.
Projects
Evolutionary Origin of Biodiversity Hotspots with a Mediterranean Climate (HOTMED)
Understanding and Conserving the Earth’s Biodiversity Hotspots (HOTSPOTS)
Selected Publications 2001-2005
Petit, R.J., Aguinagalde, I., de Beaulieu, J.L., Bittkau, C., Brewer, S., Cheddadi, R., Ennos, R., Fineschi, S., Grivet, D., Lascoux, M., Mohanty, A., Muller-Starck, G., Demesure-Musch, B., Palme, A., Martin, J.P., Rendell, S. & Vendramin, G.G. (2003). Glacial refugia: hotspots but not melting pots of genetic diversity. Science 300: 1563-1565.
Rendell, S. & Ennos, R.A. (2003). Chloroplast DNA diversity of the dioecious European tree Ilex aquifolium L. (English holly). Mol. Ecol. 12: 2681-2688.
Rendell, S. & Ennos, R.A. (2002). Chloroplast diversity in Calluna vulgaris (heather) populations in Europe. Mol. Ecol. 11: 69-78.
Bredemeijer, M., Cooke, J., Ganal, W., Peeters, R., Isaac, P., Noordijk, Y., Rendell, S., Jackson, J., Roder, S., Wendehake, K., Dijcks, M., Amelaine, M., Wickaert, V., Bertrand, L. & Vosman, B. (2002). Construction and testing of a microsatellite database containing more than 500 tomato varieties. Theor. Appl. Genet. 105:1019-1026.
Roder, M.S., Wendehake, K., Korzun, V., Bredemeijer, G., Laborie, D., Bertrand, L., Isaac, P., Rendell, S., Jackson, J., Cooke, R.J., Vosman, B. & Ganal, M.W. (2002). Construction and analysis of a microsatellite-based database of European wheat varieties. Theor. Appl. Genet. 106:67-73