Research subject Plant Systematics

AdaptiveTarget: Accessing haplotype variation at complex loci with optimized targeting and adaptive sampling

Catarina Rydin works with Isoetes (Isoetaceae), a distinct group of lycopods that are often semi-aquatic but may also be terrestrial or grow submersed in lakes.

Parasitic plants obtain part of or all of their nutrients from another plant. We study one of the most well-known parasitic plants, the European mistletoe, Viscum album, but parasitism has evolved 12 times within the flowering plants and some 4750 species are parasites.

Harnessing evolutionary transitions, machine learning, and genomics to decode pollen evolution and unravel sexual selection mechanisms shared across kingdoms

Catarina Rydin's main research interest concerns the Gnetales, gymnospermous seed plants comprising the genera Gnetum, Welwitschia and Ephedra.

Rubiaceae comprise more than 13,000 species, with a worldwide distribution.

Supergenes are clusters of genes that can maintain favorable trait combinations because they are inherited as a unit. Studying supergenes allows us to address fundamental questions on the origin and evolution of multi-trait adaptations and is therefore of broad significance.