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Abigail Moore is an Assistant Professor of Plant Biology at the University of Oklahoma. She serves as Curator of the Robert Bebb Herbarium and is affiliated with the Oklahoma Biological Survey, focusing on plant adaptation and evolutionary genetics in diverse environments.
- Education: B.S. in Biology from the University of Utah (2004), Ph.D. in Integrative Biology from UC Berkeley (2010), and postdoctoral research at the University of Mainz (2011-2013) and Brown University (2013-2016).
Her research centers on plant adaptation to environmental challenges using DNA and RNA sequencing. Key areas include phylogenomics, ecological diversification, and hybridization-driven gene sharing. She emphasizes studies on Oklahoma's flora, examining how genetic mutations and population dynamics shape species evolution across precipitation gradients.
Recent publications highlight her work on hybridization patterns (Cherleria), photosynthetic pathway evolution (C4/CAM transitions), biogeographic histories (Calandrinia, Kewa), and taxonomic revisions (Grindelia, Balsamorhiza, Wyethia) through phylogenomic and population genetic frameworks.
Moore contributes to flora documentation (e.g., Flora of Oregon) and computational methods for phylogenetic inference, particularly in gene family enrichment techniques.
She is associated with the Robert Bebb Herbarium and the Oklahoma Biological Survey, integrating specimen-based research with genomic analyses to study plant evolution.
