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- PhD Botany University of Oxford
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Vincent Savolainen is a biologist. Savolainen was born on 27 September 1966. He is of Finnish origin and holds Swiss, British, and French citizenship. Savolainen earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Geneva and obtained his doctorate at the same institution, three years before Philippe Cuénoud. He teaches at Imperial College London. Savolainen was elected fellow and the 2006 recipient of the Bicentenary Medal awarded by the Linnean Society. In 2009, the Royal Society of Biology granted Savolainen fellowship. Following his election as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation in 2014, the Zoological Society of London awarded Savolainen fellowship in 2015.
Vincent Savolainen's Published Works
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Published Works
- A DNA barcode for land plants (2009) (2298)
- Evolution of the angiosperms: calibrating the family tree (2001) (1510)
- Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from 18S rDNA, rbcL, and atpB sequences (2000) (1295)
- DNA barcoding the floras of biodiversity hotspots (2008) (826)
- Preserving the evolutionary potential of floras in biodiversity hotspots (2007) (807)
- The earliest angiosperms: evidence from mitochondrial, plastid and nuclear genomes (1999) (794)
- Sympatric speciation in palms on an oceanic island (2006) (602)
- Darwin's abominable mystery: Insights from a supertree of the angiosperms (2004) (584)
- Phylogenetics of flowering plants based on combined analysis of plastid atpB and rbcL gene sequences. (2000) (576)
- Molecular phylogenetics of Caryophyllales based on nuclear 18S rDNA and plastid rbcL, atpB, and matK DNA sequences. (2002) (556)
- Towards writing the encyclopaedia of life: an introduction to DNA barcoding (2005) (543)
- Land plants and DNA barcodes: short-term and long-term goals (2005) (539)
- Angiosperm phylogeny based on matK sequence information. (2003) (536)
- Phylogeny of the eudicots : a nearly complete familial analysis based on rbcL gene sequences (2000) (417)
- Temporal Patterns of Nucleotide Misincorporations and DNA Fragmentation in Ancient DNA (2012) (389)
- Oligocene CO2 Decline Promoted C4 Photosynthesis in Grasses (2008) (322)
- Support for an expanded family concept of Malvaceae within a recircumscribed order Malvales: a combined analysis of plastid atpB and rbcL DNA sequences (1999) (298)
- An Extreme Case of Plant–Insect Codiversification: Figs and Fig-Pollinating Wasps (2012) (289)
- Molecular systematics, GISH and the origin of hybrid taxa in Nicotiana (Solanaceae). (2003) (284)
- Rate heterogeneity among lineages of tracheophytes: Integration of molecular and fossil data and evidence for molecular living fossils (2002) (257)
- Phylogeny of Basal Angiosperms: Analyses of Five Genes from Three Genomes1 (2000) (243)
- 60 million years of co-divergence in the fig–wasp symbiosis (2005) (232)
- Large multi-gene phylogenetic trees of the grasses (Poaceae): progress towards complete tribal and generic level sampling. (2008) (227)
- Unparalleled rates of species diversification in Europe (2010) (211)
- EVOLUTIONARY RATES AND SPECIES DIVERSITY IN FLOWERING PLANTS (2001) (210)
- Origin and diversification of the Greater Cape flora: ancient species repository, hot-bed of recent radiation, or both? (2009) (210)
- Environmental energy and evolutionary rates in flowering plants (2004) (209)
- Using functional traits and phylogenetic trees to examine the assembly of tropical tree communities (2012) (206)
- Next-Generation Museomics Disentangles One of the Largest Primate Radiations (2013) (205)
- Complete generic-level phylogenetic analyses of palms (Arecaceae) with comparisons of supertree and supermatrix approaches. (2009) (203)
- Genome-scale data, angiosperm relationships, and "ending incongruence": a cautionary tale in phylogenetics. (2004) (202)
- Biogeography of the grasses (Poaceae): a phylogenetic approach to reveal evolutionary history in geographical space and geological time (2010) (201)
- Causes of plant diversification in the Cape biodiversity hotspot of South Africa. (2011) (200)
- Phylogenies reveal predictive power of traditional medicine in bioprospecting (2012) (200)
- C4 Photosynthesis Evolved in Grasses via Parallel Adaptive Genetic Changes (2007) (197)
- The complex history of the olive tree: from Late Quaternary diversification of Mediterranean lineages to primary domestication in the northern Levant (2013) (196)
- Contrasted patterns of hyperdiversification in Mediterranean hotspots (2009) (193)
- Speciation with gene flow on Lord Howe Island (2011) (192)
- Phylogenetic Analyses of Basal Angiosperms Based on Nine Plastid, Mitochondrial, and Nuclear Genes (2005) (185)
- The Effects of Above- and Belowground Mutualisms on Orchid Speciation and Coexistence (2011) (177)
- Broad‐scale amplification of matK for DNA barcoding plants, a technical note (2010) (166)
- Nectar Sugar Composition in Relation to Pollination Syndromes in Sinningieae (Gesneriaceae). (2001) (156)
- 300,000 species to identify: problems, progress, and prospects in DNA barcoding of land plants (2006) (155)
- Testing Darwin's naturalization hypothesis in the Azores. (2011) (152)
- Radiation in the Cape flora and the phylogeny of peacock irises Moraea (Iridaceae) based on four plastid DNA regions. (2002) (142)
- Systematics and evolution of tribe Sinningieae (Gesneriaceae): evidence from phylogenetic analyses of six plastid DNA regions and nuclear ncpGS. (2003) (139)
- Inferring complex phylogenies using parsimony: an empirical approach using three large DNA data sets for angiosperms. (1998) (131)
- Phylogeny and evolution of basils and allies (Ocimeae, Labiatae) based on three plastid DNA regions. (2004) (128)
- The mahogany family "out-of-Africa": divergence time estimation, global biogeographic patterns inferred from plastid rbcL DNA sequences, extant, and fossil distribution of diversity. (2006) (121)
- Iridaceae ‘Out of Australasia’? Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Divergence Time Based on Plastid DNA Sequences (2008) (120)
- Extinction Risk and Diversification Are Linked in a Plant Biodiversity Hotspot (2011) (119)
- A rapid diversification of rainforest trees (Guatteria; Annonaceae) following dispersal from Central into South America. (2007) (117)
- Building supertrees: an empirical assessment using the grass family (Poaceae). (2002) (114)
- The Use of Phylogeny to Interpret Cross-Cultural Patterns in Plant Use and Guide Medicinal Plant Discovery: An Example from Pterocarpus (Leguminosae) (2011) (112)
- The use of herbarium specimens in DNA phylogenetics: Evaluation and improvement (1995) (111)
- Reconstructing the phylogeny of figs (Ficus, Moraceae) to reveal the history of the fig pollination mutualism (2008) (110)
- The origins and diversification of C4 grasses and savanna‐adapted ungulates (2009) (108)
- Genomic profiling of plastid DNA variation in the Mediterranean olive tree (2011) (106)
- Diversification of land plants: insights from a family-level phylogenetic analysis (2011) (99)
- Flower colours along an alpine altitude gradient, seen through the eyes of fly and bee pollinators (2009) (98)
- Phylogenetic relationships among arecoid palms (Arecaceae: Arecoideae). (2011) (96)
- The evolution of traditional knowledge: environment shapes medicinal plant use in Nepal (2014) (95)
- A decade of progress in plant molecular phylogenetics. (2003) (95)
- Report Oligocene CO 2 Decline Promoted C 4 Photosynthesis in Grasses (2008) (93)
- FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour (2010) (93)
- Molecular phylogeny of families related to Celastrales based on rbcL 5' flanking sequences. (1994) (90)
- Phylogeny of the Celastraceae inferred from 26S nuclear ribosomal DNA, phytochrome B, rbcL, atpB, and morphology. (2001) (87)
- THE GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERN OF SPECIATION AND FLORAL DIVERSIFICATION IN THE NEOTROPICS: THE TRIBE SINNINGIEAE (GESNERIACEAE) AS A CASE STUDY (2007) (83)
- Phylogeny of the Celastraceae inferred from phytochrome B gene sequence and morphology. (2001) (83)
- Assessing internal support with large phylogenetic DNA matrices. (2003) (78)
- DNA barcoding of a large genus, Aspalathus L. (Fabaceae) (2008) (78)
- Higher-level classification in the angiosperms: new insights from the perspective of DNA sequence data (2000) (71)
- Cross-cultural comparison of three medicinal floras and implications for bioprospecting strategies. (2011) (71)
- Apomixis and reticulate evolution in the Asplenium monanthes fern complex. (2012) (66)
- NEUTRAL THEORY, PHYLOGENIES, AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHENOTYPIC CHANGE AND EVOLUTIONARY RATES (2006) (66)
- A test of psbK-psbI and atpF-atpH as potential plant DNA barcodes using the flora of the Kruger National Park (South Africa) as a model system (2008) (66)
- Viviparity stimulates diversification in an order of fish (2016) (66)
- Phylogenetic selection of Narcissus species for drug discovery (2008) (64)
- Biogeography of Sulawesian shrews: testing for their origin with a parametric bootstrap on molecular data. (1998) (63)
- Development of a complex floral trait: The pollinator-attracting petal spots of the beetle daisy, Gorteria diffusa (Asteraceae). (2009) (62)
- Teasing Apart Molecular- Versus Fossil-based Error Estimates when Dating Phylogenetic Trees: A Case Study in the Birch Family (Betulaceae) (2005) (55)
- Convergent evolution of floral signals underlies the success of Neotropical orchids (2013) (55)
- Behavior and season affect crayfish detection and density inference using environmental DNA (2017) (55)
- Phylogeny, biogeography, and ecology of Ficus section Malvanthera (Moraceae). (2008) (54)
- Environmental causes for plant biodiversity gradients. (2004) (54)
- Towards the completion of speciation: the evolution of reproductive isolation beyond the first barriers (2020) (53)
- Dissecting the plant-insect diversity relationship in the Cape. (2009) (53)
- Biogeographical and phylogenetic origins of African fig species (Ficus section Galoglychia). (2007) (51)
- Using fossils and molecular data to reveal the origins of the Cape proteas (subfamily Proteoideae). (2009) (50)
- Systematic Position of the Anomalous Genus Cadia and the Phylogeny of the Tribe Podalyrieae (Fabaceae) (2008) (47)
- Environment, Area, and Diversification in the Species‐Rich Flowering Plant Family Iridaceae (2005) (45)
- Evaluation of genetic isolation within an island flora reveals unusually widespread local adaptation and supports sympatric speciation (2014) (45)
- The Genome of the “Great Speciator” Provides Insights into Bird Diversification (2015) (44)
- Polyphyletism of Celastrales deduced from a chloroplast noncoding DNA region. (1997) (42)
- Evidence of recent and continuous speciation in a biodiversity hotspot: a population genetic approach in southern African gladioli (Gladiolus; Iridaceae) (2010) (42)
- Meta‐analysis shows that environmental DNA outperforms traditional surveys, but warrants better reporting standards (2021) (41)
- Angiosperm divergence times: congruence and incongruence between fossils and sequence divergence estimates (2003) (40)
- Comparative Phylogeography in Rainforest Trees from Lower Guinea, Africa (2014) (39)
- Correlates of hyperdiversity in southern African ice plants (Aizoaceae) (2013) (38)
- Monophyly and relationships of the enigmatic family Peridiscaceae (2007) (37)
- A test of psbK-psbI and atpF-atpH as potential plant DNA barcodes using the flora of the Kruger National Park as a model system (South Africa) (2008) (37)
- How sympatric is speciation in the Howea palms of Lord Howe Island? (2009) (36)
- Large herbivores favour species diversity but have mixed impacts on phylogenetic community structure in an African savanna ecosystem (2013) (34)
- Phylogeny of Iridaceae Subfamily Crocoideae Based on a Combined Multigene Plastid DNA Analysis (2006) (34)
- Explaining disparities in species richness between Mediterranean floristic regions: a case study in Gladiolus (Iridaceae) (2011) (34)
- Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi promote coexistence and niche divergence of sympatric palm species on a remote oceanic island (2017) (33)
- Is cladogenesis heritable? (2002) (32)
- Pollinators underestimated: a molecular phylogeny reveals widespread floral convergence in oil-secreting orchids (sub-tribe Coryciinae) of the Cape of South Africa. (2009) (31)
- A comparative analysis of the mechanisms underlying speciation on Lord Howe Island (2013) (31)
- A comparative analysis of island floras challenges taxonomy‐based biogeographical models of speciation (2015) (30)
- The atpB and rbcL promoters in plastid DNAs of a wide dicot range (1994) (30)
- Pollinator behaviour and plant speciation: can assortative mating and disruptive selection maintain distinct floral morphs in sympatry? (2010) (29)
- Genome size expansion and the relationship between nuclear DNA content and spore size in the Asplenium monanthes fern complex (Aspleniaceae) (2013) (29)
- Ecological speciation in sympatric palms: 2. Pre‐ and post‐zygotic isolation (2016) (27)
- Rate of gene sequence evolution and species diversification in flowering plants: a re–evaluation (1998) (26)
- Chloroplast DNA variation and parentage analysis in 55 apples (1995) (25)
- A phylogenetic analysis of the British flora sheds light on the evolutionary and ecological factors driving plant invasions (2014) (23)
- The Mountain Holly (Nemopanthus mucronatus: Aquifoliaceae) Revisited with Molecular Data (2000) (23)
- Ecological speciation in sympatric palms: 1. Gene expression, selection and pleiotropy (2016) (22)
- FReD: The floral reflectance spectra database (2008) (21)
- Advances in metabarcoding techniques bring us closer to reliable monitoring of the marine benthos (2020) (21)
- A phylogenetic approach towards understanding the drivers of plant invasiveness on Robben Island, South Africa (2013) (20)
- A Plea for DNA Banking (2004) (20)
- Phylogenetic relationships of Biebersteinia Stephan (Geraniaceae) inferred from rbcL and atpB sequence comparisons (1998) (20)
- Joining forces in Ochnaceae phylogenomics: a tale of two targeted sequencing probe kits. (2021) (19)
- Consistent phenological shifts in the making of a biodiversity hotspot: the Cape flora (2011) (19)
- Evidence of positive selection associated with placental loss in tiger sharks (2016) (18)
- Fig-fig wasp mutualism : the fall of the strict cospeciation paradigm? (2012) (18)
- Speciation in Howea palms occurred in sympatry, was preceded by ancestral admixture, and was associated with edaphic and phenological adaptation. (2019) (17)
- Phylogeny reconstruction and functional constraints in organellar genomes: plastid atpB and rbcL sequences versus animal mitochondrion. (2002) (16)
- Phylotranscriptomic Insights into the Diversification of Endothermic Thunnus Tunas (2018) (15)
- The genetic basis and evolution of red blood cell sickling in deer (2017) (14)
- Unparalleled rates of species diversification (2010) (14)
- Lissocarpa Is Sister to Diospyros (Ebenaceae) (2001) (14)
- Large Trees, Supertrees, and Diversification of the Grass Family (2007) (14)
- Ecological speciation in sympatric palms: 4. Demographic analyses support speciation of Howea in the face of high gene flow (2019) (13)
- erratum: The earliest angiosperms: evidence from mitochondrial, plastid and nuclear genomes (2000) (13)
- Assembling the Tree of Life in Europe (AToLE) (2009) (12)
- Systematic Botany of Flowering Plants (2004) (12)
- Systematic affinities of Aquifoliaceae and Icacinaceae from molecular data analysis (1993) (12)
- Ecological speciation in sympatric palms: 3. Genetic map reveals genomic islands underlying species divergence in Howea (2019) (11)
- A phylogenetic study of Pimelea and Thecanthes (Thymelaeaceae): evidence from plastid and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequence data (2010) (11)
- A comparative analysis of the factors promoting deer invasion (2012) (10)
- Do Global Diversity Patterns of Vertebrates Reflect Those of Monocots? (2013) (10)
- Understanding the origins and evolution of the world's biodiversity hotspots: the biota of the African 'Cape Floristic Region' as a case study. (2009) (10)
- Evolutionary biology: Sympatric plant speciation in islands? (Reply) (2006) (10)
- Substitutions in the Glycogenin-1 Gene Are Associated with the Evolution of Endothermy in Sharks and Tunas (2016) (10)
- CYANIXIA , A NEW GENUS FOR THE SOCOTRAN ENDEMIC BABIANA SOCOTRANA ( IRIDACEAE–CROCOIDEAE ) (2003) (9)
- A DNA barcode for the flora of the Kruger National Park (South Africa) (2008) (9)
- Global monocot diversification: geography explains variation in species richness better than environment or biology (2016) (9)
- Sympatric speciation in mountain roses (Metrosideros) on an oceanic island (2020) (9)
- A reassessment of Hemizygia and Syncolostemon (Ocimeae—Lamiaceae) (2006) (9)
- Global monocot diversification: geography explains variation in species richness better than environment or biology (2016) (9)
- The Nutritional Profiles of Five Important Edible Insect Species From West Africa—An Analytical and Literature Synthesis (2021) (9)
- FINDING A SUITABLE DNA BARCODE FOR MESOAMERICAN ORCHIDS (2015) (8)
- The orchid flora of Cocos Island National Park, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (2011) (7)
- Evolutionary biology: Genetics and bisexuality (2007) (7)
- Cross-cultural comparisons of medicinal floras and bioprospecting revisited (2012) (7)
- Understanding same-sex sexual behaviour requires thorough testing rather than reinvention of theory (2020) (6)
- Complete mitochondrial genome of the gray reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) (2020) (6)
- Systems thinking creates opportunities for a circular economy and sustainable palm agriculture in Africa (2020) (6)
- Dispersal alters the nature and scope of sexually antagonistic variation (2020) (6)
- Mitochondrial genome of the Silvertip shark, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, from the British Indian Ocean Territory (2020) (4)
- Phylogenetic relationships ofBiebersteiniaStephan (Geraniaceae) inferred fromrbcL andatpB sequence comparisons (1998) (4)
- Chloroplast DNA sequences from a miocene diatomite deposit in Ardèche (France) (1995) (4)
- Simple phylogenetic tree searches easily "succeed" with large matrices of single genes (2006) (4)
- Evolution of Homosexuality (2021) (4)
- Scope for sympatric giant-dwarf speciation driven by cannibalism in South-American annual killifish (Austrolebias) (2017) (4)
- Trait evolution and historical biogeography shape assemblages of annual killifish (2018) (3)
- Why do we pick similar mates, or do we? (2021) (3)
- Testing bats in rehabilitation for SARS‐CoV‐2 before release into the wild (2022) (3)
- Conservation genetics of native and European-introduced Chinese water deer (Hydropotes inermis) (2020) (3)
- From Algae to Angiosperms (2019) (3)
- The De-Scent of Sexuality: Should We Smell a Rat? (2019) (2)
- Skeletal muscle and cardiac transcriptomics of a regionally endothermic fish, the Pacific bluefin tuna, Thunnus orientalis (2020) (2)
- Dedication: Christian Lexer (1971–2019) (2020) (2)
- Evaluating the transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2 from sewage pollution (2022) (2)
- Elasmobranch diversity across a remote coral reef atoll revealed through environmental DNA metabarcoding (2022) (1)
- Male harm offsets the demographic benefits of good genes (2023) (1)
- Mapping the root systems of individual trees in a natural community using genotyping-by-sequencing. (2022) (1)
- Species and Speciation (2019) (1)
- Floral mimicry in Oncidioid orchids (2016) (1)
- Genome size expansion and the relationship between nuclear DNA content and spore size in the Asplenium monanthes fern complex (Aspleniaceae) (2013) (1)
- Quick detection of a rare species: Forensic swabs of survey tubes for hazel dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius urine (2021) (1)
- Correction to ‘Land plants and DNA barcodes: short-term and long-term goals’ (2016) (1)
- Behaviour and season affect crayfish detection and density inference using 1 environmental DNA 2 (2017) (0)
- Genomic screening of 16 UK native bat species through conservationist networks uncovers coronaviruses with zoonotic potential (2023) (0)
- Can Pleistocene refuge theory explain within-species patterns of genetic diversity in African lowland rainforest trees? (2010) (0)
- A taxonomic revision of the ecologically important Ochna holstii (Ochnaceae) complex using molecular and morphological data (2023) (0)
- History of Botanical Classification (2019) (0)
- Europe's Fight for the Tree of Life (2003) (0)
- Orchid speciation and coexistence in the context of above and belowground mutualists (2009) (0)
- Evidence of positive selection associated with placental loss in tiger sharks (2016) (0)
- A comparative analysis of the factors promoting deer invasion (2012) (0)
- Tree of Life (2004) (0)
- 50 & 100 Years Ago (2007) (0)
- Developing a new variety of kentia palms (Howea forsteriana): up-regulation of cytochrome b561 and chalcone synthase is associated with red colouration of the stems (2018) (0)
- Evolution and Classification of Plants with Seeds (2019) (0)
- How predictable is genome evolution ? Similar patterns of genomic divergence have been observed in the evolution of plant species separated by oceans (2019) (0)
- Most Cited Authors... Most Cited Authors... (2007) (0)
- Decision letter: Natural selection and repeated patterns of molecular evolution following allopatric divergence (2019) (0)
- Supplementary material from "Sympatric speciation in mountain roses (Metrosideros) on an oceanic island" (2020) (0)
- sympatric speciation unusually widespread local adaptation and supports Evaluation of genetic isolation within an island flora reveals (2014) (0)
- Selected Orders and Families (2019) (0)
- Running title : Coexistence in annual killifish 2 Title : Trait evolution and historical biogeography shape assemblages of annual killifish 3 4 (2018) (0)
- The genetic basis and evolution of red blood cell sickling in deer (2017) (0)
- strict cospeciation paradigm (2012) (0)
- Complete Generic-Level Phylogenetic Analyses of Palms (Arecaceae) with Comparisons of Supertree and Supermatrix Approaches (project) (2020) (0)
- A synchronous colonization of Madagascar by plants (2008) (0)
- Characterising SARS-CoV-2 transmission via aerosols and effective sampling methods for surveillance (2022) (0)
- SARS-CoV2 and Air Pollution Interactions: Airborne Transmission and COVID-19 (2022) (0)
- PECH, B. and J. BRUNETON (1982): Alcaloïdes du laurier (2009) (0)
- Early Events in Monocot Evolution: Macroecological correlates of global monocot species richness (2013) (0)
- Floras And Vegetations (2019) (0)
- Jodrell Lecture Theatre Royal Botanic Gardens (2007) (0)
- Taxonomists are their own worst enemies (2004) (0)
- How predictable is genome evolution? (2019) (0)
- Special Issue: Origins and evolution of a biodiversity hotspot, the Biota of the African Cape Floristic Region. (2009) (0)
- WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO RESOLVE THE GUENON PHYLOGENY? NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING FROM 100-YEAR OLD MUSEUM SPECIMENS (2010) (0)
- Complete Generic-Level Phylogenetic Analyses of Palms (Arecaceae) with Comparisons of Supertree and Supermatrix Approaches [X26786] Morphological matrix from Baker et al 2009 (prepared by MorphoBank curators from original submission) (2020) (0)
- Descriptive Plates of Families (2019) (0)
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