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Aidan William SHORT

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MSc student (Guangxi University)
2016-2020
Graduated

I developed an interest in plant evolution as a Master’s student at Guangxi University where I studied how mangrove species with different latitudinal limits and populations from different latitudinal locations adapt to local temperature conditions.

I am currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Oregon where I study how introgressive hybridization during the early divergence history of species radiations contributes to adaptation and speciation. To answer this question I utilize the resources available for the Mimulus aurantiacus species complex to reconstruct the history of hybridization and identify the genetic basis of reproductive isolation among the members of this complex.

Publications

  1. Sunoj, V., Wen, Y., Jajoo, A., Short, A., Zeng, W., Elsheery, N., & Cao, K. (2022). Moderate photoinhibition of PSII and oxidation of P700 contribute to chilling tolerance of tropical tree species in subtropics of China. Photosynthetica, 60(4), 476-488.  [Open access – Click here]
  2. Short, A. W., Chen, R., & Wee, A. K. (2021). Comparison between parapatric mangrove sister species revealed higher photochemical efficiency in subtropical than tropical coastal vegetation under chilling stress. Aquatic Botany, 168, 103323.  [Open access – Click here]
  3. Yan, L., Sunoj, V. S., Short, A. W., Lambers, H., Elsheery, N. I., Kajita, T., Wee, A. K., & Cao, K. (2021). Correlations between allocation to foliar phosphorus fractions and maintenance of photosynthetic integrity in six mangrove populations as affected by chilling. New Phytologist, 232(6), 2267-2282. [Open access – Click here]
  4. Sebastian, J. S., Wen, Y., Short, A. W., Zeng, W., & Cao, K. (2018). The effect of winter chilling temperature on light-energy utilization and dissipation in eight tropical tree species planted in a southern subtropical city.  [Open access – Click here]
  5. Short, A. W., & Carlon, D. B. (2015). A molecular analysis of green crab diets in Casco Bay, Maine. Marine Lab Student Papers and Projects, 12. [Open access – Click here]