Jim Leebens-Mack

PeerJ Editor & Reviewer

Summary

Prof. James H. Leebens-Mack is a Professor of Plant Biology within the Department of Plant Biology at the University of Georgia, US.

His research employs genomic, phylogenetic and experimental analyses to investigate the genetic and ecology processes that influence diversification. Specific interests include the molecular genetics of diversification including speciation; the molecular basis of adaptation; the evolution of genome structure; genomic processes influencing gene family evolution; the evolutionary consequences of species interactions; and the coevolution of genes interacting in regulatory and developmental pathways.

Evolutionary Studies Genomics Plant Science Taxonomy

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ Open Advances in Plant Science

Past or current institution affiliations

University of Georgia

Work details

Professor

University of Georgia

Plant Biology

Websites

PeerJ Contributions

Reviewed 1

Signed reviews submitted for articles published in PeerJ Note that some articles may not have the review itself made public unless authors have made them open as well.

January 21, 2016

Revisiting the Zingiberales: using multiplexed exon capture to resolve ancient and recent phylogenetic splits in a charismatic plant lineage

Chodon Sass, William J.D. Iles, Craig F. Barrett, Selena Y. Smith, Chelsea D. Specht

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1584 PubMed 26819846