Evolution, systematics and conservation of plants

My research concentrate on the use of molecular markers in evolutionary and conservation biology, especially hybridisation, polyploidy, the evolutionary consequences of human-mediated plant movement and conservation genetics.

I am also interested in the problems of using herbarium specimens as a source of DNA for evolutionary studies, and the history of botany.

Yasmin S. Baksh-Comeau, Shobha S. Maharaj, C. Dennis Adams, Stephen A. Harris, Denis L. Filer, William D. Hawthorne (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa, 250:1. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.250.1.1 Spielmann, A, Harris, S.A, Boshier, D.H, Vinson, C.C. (2015) Orchard: Paternity program for autotetraploid species Molecular Ecology Resources.. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12370. Vinson, C.C, Kanashiro, M, Sebbenn, A.M, Williams, T.C, Harris, S.A, Boshier, D.H. (2014) Long-term impacts of selective logging on two Amazonian tree species with contrasting ecological and reproductive characteristics: inferences from Eco-gene model simulations Heredity.. doi:10.1038/hdy.2013.146. Vinson, C.C, Kanashiro, M, Harris, S.A, Boshier, D.H. (2014) Impacts of selective logging on inbreeding and gene flow in two Amazonian timber species with contrasting ecological and reproductive characteristics Molecular Ecology. 24 (1): pp 38-53. doi:10.1111/mec.13002. Brennan, A.C, Harris, S.A, Hiscock, S.J. (2013) The population genetics of sporophytic self-incompatibility in three hybridizing senecio (asteraceae) species with contrasting population histories Evolution.. doi:10.1111/evo.12033. Ludwig, S, Robertson, A, Rich, T.C.G, Djordjevic, M, Cerovic, R, Houston, L, Harris, S.A, Hiscock, S.J. (2013) Breeding systems, hybridization and continuing evolution in Avon Gorge Sorbus Annals of Botany. 111 (4): pp 563-575. doi:10.1093/aob/mct013.