Waites, Richard - University of York

个人简介

Career 2015 - Professor Department of Biology, University of York 2001 - 2015 Lecturer Department of Biology, University of York 1998 - 2001 EMBO Fellowship Institute for Developmental Biology, University of Cologne, Germany 1995 - 1998 Post-doc Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh 1995 PhD University of Edinburgh 1991 BSc University of Leicester

研究领域

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Our main aim is to investigate how, and why, plants make leaves of different shapes. We have used genetics to identify genes with roles in leaf development, and designed computer software to measure leaf shape and size variation. We are now focussing on the genetic factors that affect shape variation and aim to understand at the genetic level how this is regulated. We have assessed leaf shape variation in plants from, for example, different genetic backgrounds grown in different conditions. We are also interested in how the variation in leaf shape evolved and a further aim is to uncover how the functional significance of leaf shape variation has changed over time.