Scientific staff

Neela Enke

Dr. Neela ENKE
Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
Phone: +49(30) 838-50 144; E-mail: n.enke@bgbm.org.

Function:

Research Scientist at Molecular Facility.

Curriculum:

2000-2005 Diploma in Biology at Philipps-Universität, Marburg (Diploma-Thesis: „Morphologische und anatomische Untersuchungen an Conopholis americana (L.) Wallr. (Orobanchaceae)“).
2005-2009 PhD at the BGBM. Thesis: „Phylogeny and Character Evolution of the Genus Crepis L. (Cichorieae, Compositae)”
since 2010 Long Term Storage and Availability of Biodiversity Data

Research interests and projects:

Phylogeny of the genus Crepis (Asteraceae) based on molecular (ITS, matK) as well as on morphological analyses.
Chromosome Evolution in Crepis
Data Management

Publications:

Enke, N, Fuchs, J. & Gemeinholzer, B. 2010. Shrinking genomes? Evidence from genome size variation in Crepis (Compositae). Plant Biology. doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.2010.00341.x
Enke, N. 2009. Contributions towards a revised infrageneric classification of Crepis (Cichorieae, Compositae). Willdenowia 39: 229-245.
Enke, N., Kilian, N., Nemomissa, S., & Gemeinholzer, B. 2008. Afro-alpine Dianthoseris actually a congener of Crepis s.str. (Compositae, Cichorieae, Crepidinae). Botanische Jahrbücher 127(3): 389-405.
Enke, N. &Gemeinholzer, B. 2008. Babcock revisited: new insights into generic delimitation and character evolution in Crepis L. (Compositae: Cichorieae) from ITS and matK sequence data. Taxon 57(3): 756-768.

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