Dr. Alexandra Kellner

research associate until November 2012

Research interests

Scientific career

2000 - 2007: Studies in Biology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany
2006: Diploma (MSc) Biology: „Molecular systematic study of the phylogeny of the genus Lithops N. E. Br. (Aizoaceae)“, Institute of Systematic Botany, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany
2007: Ph. D. student at the Institute of Botany, Systematic Botany group, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
since 11/2009: Parental leave
02/2011 - 11/2012: Finishing of dissertation

Publications

Kellner, A., Ritz, C.M. and Wissemann, V. (submitted) Low genetic and morphological differentiation in the european species complex of Rosa sherardii, R. mollis and R. villosa (Rosa, sect. Caninae, subsect. Vestitae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
Kellner, A., Ritz, C.M. and Wissemann, V. (2012) Hybridization by invasive Rosa rugosa Thunb. threatens the genetic integrity of native Rosa mollis Sm. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 170: 472-484.
Föller, J., Kellner, A. und Wissemann, V. (2012). Die Schöne und das Biest - Differentielle Salztoleranz als eine mögliche Ursache evolutionären Erfolgs der sympatrischen Rosa rugosa Thunb. und Rosa mollis Sm. Kieler Notizen zur Pflanzenkunde 38: 68-77.
Kellner, A.; Benner, M.; Walther, H.; Kunzmann, L.; Wissemann, V.; Ritz, C.M. (2012):
Leaf architecture within the genus Rosa L. (Rosaceae) and its impact on the identification of the next living relative of the paleogenic Rosa lignitum Heer. International Journal of Plant Sciences 173(3): 239-250.
Kellner, A.; Ritz, C.M.; Schlittenhardt, P.; Hellwig, F. H. (2011). Genetic differentiation in the genus Lithops L. (Ruschioideae, Aizoaceae) reveals a high level of convergent evolution and reflects geographic distribution. Plant Biol. 13(2): 368-380.

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