
2 September 2022
Research Leader
My research focuses on phylogenomics of the Orchidaceae, one of the most species-rich families of flowering plants, and an economically important lineage for human society. Using a combination of high-throughput sequencing and Sanger data, I am trying to assemble the orchid tree of life to understand, at shallow and deep evolutionary time, how i) did biotic and abiotic variables influence the mode and tempo of their diversification; ii) where did orchids originate and how did they colonize and diversify in different biomes. My orchid research is tightly linked to the Plant and Fungal Trees of Life strategic 2020 output. I am also using comparative genomics on modern accessions and archaeological material (ancient DNA) to understand the effects of artificial selection on the architecture of genomes through time.
Pérez-Escobar, O. A., Camara-Leret, R., Antonelli, A., Bateman, R., Bellot, S., Chomicki, G., Cleef, A., Diazgarandos, M., Dodsworth, S., Jaramillo, C., Madriñan, G., Olivares, I. & Bernal, R. (2018).
Science 359: 1475.
Bogarín, D., Pérez-Escobar, O. A., Groenenberg, D., Holland, S.D., Karremans A., Lemmon E. M., Lemmon, A. R., Pupulin F., Smets, E. F. & Gravendeel, G. (2018).
Mol. Phyl. Evol. 129: 27 – 47.
Pérez-Escobar, O. A., Chomicki, G., Condamine, F.L., Karremans, A., Bogarín, D., Matzke, N.J., Silvestro, D. & Antonelli, A. (2017).
New Phyt. 215: 891-905.
Pérez-Escobar, O.A., Chomicki, G., Condamine, F., de Vos, J., Martins, A., Smidt, E., Klitgaard, B., Gerlach, G. & Heinrichs, J. (2017).
Scientific Reports7: 12878 - 12890.
Pérez-Escobar, O. A., Balbuena, J. & Gottschling, M. (2016).
Syst. Biol. 65: 51-65.