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Conchita Alonso
I'm a Plant Evolutionary Ecologist interested in plant-animal interactions, the evolution
of plant mating system and plant epigenetics.
Google scholar profile (https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=fWb-A_MAAAAJ)
Orcid (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7418-3204)
Research ID (http://www.researcherid.com/rid/L-6957-2014)
email conalo@ebd.csic.es
RESEARCH INTERESTS / PROJECTS
Ecology and evolution of plant-animal interactions (http://www.plant-animal.es/organisms/dlaureola/Dlaureola.html)
Ecological Epigenetics (http://www.plant-animal.es/ecol_epiget.htm)
Pollination quality and evolution of plant reproductive systems (http://www.plant-animal.es/endlimit/index.html)
Chemical ecology (http://www.excelenciencia.org/articulo.asp?id=10156&catgrupo=35&tipocom=19)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Plant epigenetics
F. Balao, O. Paun and C. ALONSO. 2017. Uncovering the contribution of epigenetics to phenotypic plant variation in Mediterranean ecosystems. Plant Biology (in press)
ALONSO, C., F. Balao, P. Bazaga, and R. Pérez. 2016. Epigenetic contribution to successful polyploidizations: variation in global cytosine methylation along an extensive
ploidy series in Dianthus broteri (Caryophyllaceae). New Phytologist 212: 571-576.
ALONSO, C., Pérez, R., Bazaga, P., Medrano, M. and Herrera, C. M. 2016. MSAP markers and global cytosine methylation in plants: a literature survey and comparative analysis for a
wild growing species. Molecular Ecology Resources 16: 80-90.
Alonso, C., R. Pérez, P. Bazaga, and C. M. Herrera. 2015. Global DNA cytosine methylation as an evolving trait: phylogenetic signal and correlated evolution with genome size in
Angiosperms. Frontiers in Genetics 6: 1-4.
Plant-animal interactions & mating system evolution
Arceo-Gómez, G., L. Abdala-Roberts, A. Jankowiak, C. Kohler, G. A. Meindl, C. Navarro-Fernández, V. Parra-Tabla, T.-L. Ashman, and C. ALONSO. 2016. Patterns of among- and
within-species variation in heterospecific pollen receipt: the importance of ecological generalization. American Journal of Botany 103: 396-407.
ALONSO, C., Herrera, C.M. & Ashman, T.-L. 2012. A piece of the puzzle: a method for comparing pollination quality and quantity across multiple species and reproductive
events. New Phytologist 193: 532–542.
ALONSO, C. & Herrera, C.M. 2011. Back-and-forth hermaphroditism: phylogenetic context of reproductive system evolution in subdioecious Daphne laureola. Evolution 65: 1680-1692.
ALONSO, C., J. C. Vamosi, T. M. Knight, J. A. Steets & T.-L. Ashman. 2010. Is reproduction of endemic plant species particularly pollen limited in biodiversity hotspots? Oikos 119: 1192-1200.
ALONSO, C. & Herrera, C. M. 2001. Neither vegetative nor reproductive advantages account for high frequency of male-steriles in southern Spanish gynodioecious
Daphne laureola (Thymelaeaceae). American Journal of Botany 88: 1016-1024.