People
van Loo, Marcela
| Job Title | Postdoctoral Research Associate |
|---|---|
| Department | Jodrell |
| Section | Genetics |
| Science Teams |
Malpighiales |
| Joined Kew | |
| Foreign Language(s) | Slovak (mother tongue), German, Russian |
Qualifications & Appointments
Mag. rer. nat. (MSc equivalent), Univ. Vienna, 1999
Dr. rer. nat. (PhD equivalent), Univ. Vienna, 2003
Role
Hybrid zone persistence in European Populus [Populus alba (white poplar), P. tremula (European aspen), and their hybrid Populus canescens (grey poplar)].
Detailed investigation of 260 poplar individuals from a large hybrid zone between Populus alba L. (white poplar) and P. tremula L. (European aspen) in the Danube river valley. The primary aim is to determine the genomic composition of hybrids (Populus canescens) in the hybrid zone using microsatellite DNA markers, and to study its relationship with a variety of biotic/abiotic habitat factors. This will allow testing of whether habitat-dependent (ecological) selection is acting on hybrid genotypes. The secondary aim is to study spatial genetic structure in the hybrid zone in order to determine the role of sexual versus asexual reproduction in hybrid persistence. Moreover, those results will contribute to a larger study aiming at a genome-wide analysis of marker introgression rates, with the goal of studying the genomic architecture of this barrier to gene flow. Also participating in the project ‘Species diversity and evolutionary radiation through hybridization: multidisciplinary and DNA-analytical evidence from Achillea (Compositae-Anthemideae)’. AFLP, sequencing and PCR-RFLP methods as well as morphological measurements are used to clarify processes of speciation by hybridization and polyploidy in Achillea (Asteraceae-Anthemideae) in collaboration with botanists and geneticists from Europe, Russia and China. Participating in EU-project ‘Tracking surrogates for intraspecific biodiversity: towards efficient selection strategies for the conservation of natural genetic resources using comparative mapping and modelling approaches’ (INTRABIODIV). Three levels of diversity (genetic, species and habitat) are studied in plants from the Alps and the Carpathians, and genetic biodiversity estimated using AFLP markers.
Projects
Selected Publications 2001-2005
Kremer, A., Dupouey, J.L., Douglas Deans, J., Cottrell, J., Csaikl, U., Finkeldey, R., Espinel, S., Jensen, J., Kleinschmit, J., Van Dam, B., Ducousso, A., Forrest, I., Lopez de Heredia, L., Lowe, A.J., Tutkova, M., Munro, R.C., Steinhoff, S. & Badeau, V. (2002). Leaf morphological differentiation between Quercus robur and Quercus petraea is stable across western European mixed oak stands. Annals of Forest Science 59: 777-787.
Loo, van M. (2003). Hybridization, cpDNA diversity, and phylogeography in central European white oaks. PhD thesis. University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. 123 pp.
Tutkova-van Loo, M. & Burg, K. (2004). Chloroplast haplotype diversity of white oak species in Slovakia and Czech Republic: Results from PCR-RFLP analysis and phylogeographic interpretations. Forest Genetics 10 (2): 125-137.
Selected Publications pre-2001
Hristoforoglu, K., Prewein, C., Tutkova, M., & Wilhelm, E. (1999). Cryopreservation (Kryokonservierung). In Report on conservation of oak (ex situ preservation); Konservierung von Eiche (ex situ Erhaltung). BMFL 56.810/15-VA2b/97. Seibersdorf, Austria: Austrian research centre Seibersdorf GmbH. 4-11.
Tutkova, M. & Wilhelm, E. (1999). Cryopreservation of Quercus robur L., somatic embryos. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol. Plant 35: 180.
Cachée, A., Endemann, M., Hristoforglu, K., Prewein, C., Tutkova, M. & Wilhelm, E. (2000). Final Report to the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Science: conservation of oak (ex situ preservation); Konservierung von Eiche (ex situ Erhaltung). Seibersdorf, Austria: Austrian research centre Seibersdorf GmbH. 28 pp.
Wilhelm, E., Endemann, M., Hristoforoglu, K., Prewein, C. & Tutkova, M. (2000). Somatic embryogenesis in oak (Quercus robur L.) and production of artificial seeds. In Espinel, S. & Ritter, E. (eds) Proceedings of Application of Biotechnology to Forest Genetics. Biofor 99. Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, 22-25 September, 1999. 213-225.