Dr Mario Vallejo-Marin

Associate Professor

Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Contact details

ORCID 0000-0002-5663-8025

About me

I was born in Mexico City. I studied Biology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) at the Faculty of Sciences and did my undergrad thesis on the evolutionary ecology of seed predation at the Ecology Institute under the supervision of Prof. Cesar Dominguez Perez-Tejada. I studied in UCLA, and a PhD at Duke University with Prof. Mark D. Rausher where I studied self-incompatibility and the evolution of plant reproductive strategies. I did a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto with Prof. Spencer C. H. Barrett studying the evolution of plant reproduction. Since 2008, I lead my own lab at the University of Stirling where I study plant evolution, speciation and buzz pollination.

Vallejo-Marin Lab webpage: http://www.plant-evolution.org Follow me on Twitter: @nicrodemo //

Award

Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. Nivel II. CONACyT, Mexico
2018
https://www.conacyt.gob.mx/…e-investigadores
Distinction recognising quality and prestige of scientific contributions to Mexican researchers.

Research

I am interested in determining the role of adaptation in the evolution of plant reproductive strategies. Reproductive strategies determine patterns of gene transfer, and thus are tightly linked to the reproductive success and evolutionary potential of plant populations. Managing and conserving natural populations requires an integrative approach including the study of both ecological interactions and evolutionary dynamics. My goal is to continue my research of the ecology and evolution of reproductive strategies, and expand it to explore the role of adaptive evolution on the origin and maintenance of population differentiation and, ultimately, speciation.I am interested in determining the role of adaptation in the evolution of plant reproductive strategies. Reproductive strategies determine patterns of gene transfer, and thus are tightly linked to the reproductive success and evolutionary potential of plant populations. Managing and conserving natural populations requires an integrative approach including the study of both ecological interactions and evolutionary dynamics. My goal is to continue my research of the ecology and evolution of reproductive strategies, and expand it to explore the role of adaptive evolution on the origin and maintenance of population differentiation and, ultimately, speciation.

Projects

Genetic diversity and ecological success of the invasive riparian plant Mumulus guttatus
PI: Dr Mario Vallejo-Marin
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
01/10/2012–30/11/2013

RSE - NSFC Joint Project in field of Plant Evolutionary Ecology
PI: Dr Mario Vallejo-Marin
Funded by: The Royal Society of Edinburgh
17/02/2010–16/02/2012

Assessing the genetic basis and functional significance of flower form variation in Solanum rostratum (Solanaceae)
PI: Dr Mario Vallejo-Marin
Funded by: Royal Society
01/11/2010–31/10/2011

Carnegie Travel Award
PI: Dr Mario Vallejo-Marin
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
01/07/2010–30/09/2010

Outputs

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Article

Natural selection and outbreeding depression suggest adaptive differentiation in the invasive range of a clonal plant (Forthcoming/Available Online)

Pantoja PO, Paine CET & Vallejo-Marín M (2018)
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1091.

Commentary

Searching for the genetic footprint of ancient and recent hybridization

Vallejo-Marín M (2018) Searching for the genetic footprint of ancient and recent hybridization

Article

Neonicotinoid pesticide limits improvement in buzz pollination by bumblebees

Whitehorn PR, Wallace C & Vallejo-Marin M (2017)
Scientific Reports, 7 (1), Art. No.: 15562.

Article

Recent autopolyploidization in a naturalized population of Mimulus guttatus (Phrymaceae)

Porcar V, Silva JL, Meeus S, Higgins JD & Vallejo-Marin M (2017)
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 185 (2), pp. 189-207, Art. No.: box052. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/box052.

Article

Partial interfertility between independently originated populations of the neo-allopolyploid Mimulus peregrinus

Vallejo-Marin M, Quenu M, Ritchie S & Meeus S (2017)
Plant Systematics and Evolution, 303 (8), pp. 1081-1092.

Article

Spectral Characteristics for Estimation Heavy Metals Accumulation in Wheat Plants and Grain

Amer M, Tyler A, Fouda T, Hunter P, Elmetwalli AMH, Wilson C & Vallejo-Marin M (2017)
Scientific Papers Series: Management, Economic Engineering and Rural Development, 17 (3), pp. 47-55.

Article

Subgenome Dominance in an Interspecific Hybrid, Synthetic Allopolyploid, and a 140-Year-Old Naturally Established Neo-Allopolyploid Monkeyflower

Edger PP, Smith R, McKain MR, Cooley AM, Vallejo-Marin M, Yuan Y, Bewick AJ, Ji L, Platts AE, Bowman MJ, Childs KL, Washburn JD, Schmitz RJ, Smith GD, Pires JC & Puzey JR (2017)
Plant Cell, 29 (9), pp. 2150-2167. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00010.

Newspaper Article

Il y a 140 millions d’années, la toute première fleur ressemblait à un magnolia

Vallejo-Marin M (2017)
The Conversation, 07.09.2017.

Newspaper Article

Revealed: the first ever flower, 140m years ago, looked like a magnolia

Vallejo-Marin M (2017)
The Conversation, 01.08.2017.

Article

Geographic variation in floral traits and the capacity of autonomous selfing across allopatric and sympatric populations of two closely related Centaurium species

Schouppe D, Brys R, Vallejo-Marin M & Jacquemyn H (2017)
Scientific Reports, 7, Art. No.: 46410.

Article

Does the morphological fit between flowers and pollinators affect pollen deposition? An experimental test in a buzz-pollinated species with anther dimorphism

Solis-Montero L & Vallejo-Marin M (2017)
Ecology and Evolution, 7 (8), pp. 2706-2715.

Article

Global biogeography of mating system variation in seed plants

Moeller D, Briscoe Runquist R, Moe AM, Goodwillie C, Cheptou P, Eckert CG, Elle E, Johnston MO, Kalisz S, Ree RH, Sargent RD, Vallejo-Marin M, Winn AA & Geber MA (2017)
Ecology Letters, 20 (3), pp. 375-384.

Article

Genetic variation and clonal diversity in introduced populations of Mimulus guttatus assessed by genotyping at 62 single nucleotide polymorphism loci

Pantoja PO, Porcar V, Puzey JR & Vallejo-Marin M (2017)
Plant Ecology and Diversity, 10 (1), pp. 5-15.

Article

Hybridization and hybrid speciation under global change

Vallejo-Marín M & Hiscock S (2016)
New Phytologist, 211 (4), pp. 1170-1187. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14004.

Article

Strongly asymmetric hybridization barriers shape the origin of a new polyploid species and its hybrid ancestor

Vallejo-Marin M, Cooley AM, Lee MYQ, Folmer M, McKain MR & Puzey JR (2016)
American Journal of Botany, 103 (7), pp. 1272-1288.

Newspaper Article

Hybrid species are on the march – with the help of humans

Vallejo-Marin M (2016)
The Conversation, 31.05.2016.

Article

Floral sonication is an innate behaviour in bumblebees that can be fine-tuned with experience in manipulating flowers

Morgan T, Whitehorn PR, Lye G & Vallejo-Marin M (2016)
Journal of Insect Behavior, 29 (2), pp. 233-241.

Article

Current plant speciation research: unravelling the processes and mechanisms behind the evolution of reproductive isolation barriers (Meeting Report)

Lafon-Placette C, Vallejo-Marín M, Parisod C, Abbott RJ & Kohler C (2016)
New Phytologist, 209 (1), pp. 29-33. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13756.

Article

High incidence of pollen theft in natural populations of a buzz-pollinated plant

Solis-Montero L, Vergara CH & Vallejo-Marin M (2015)
Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 9 (6), pp. 599-611.

Article

Speciation by genome duplication: Repeated origins and genomic composition of the recently formed allopolyploid species Mimulus peregrinus

Vallejo-Marin M, Buggs RJA, Cooley AM & Puzey JR (2015)
Evolution, 69 (6), pp. 1487-1500.

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