Paula Kover

Dr. Paula Kover is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bath, affiliated with the Milner Centre for Evolution and the Department of Life Sciences. Her research integrates genetics and ecology to study the evolution of traits under natural selection, focusing on Arabidopsis thaliana as a model organism.

• Research Focus: Genetic basis of evolutionary traits (flowering time, plant architecture, seed traits), experimental evolution, phenotypic plasticity, and adaptive gene function.
• Recent Work: Investigates gene-environment interactions, linkage/association mapping, and plant immunity mechanisms. Key contributions include studies on zinc concentration in leaves, shoot branching plasticity, and species definition.
• Affiliations: Milner Centre for Evolution (University of Bath), collaborations with international institutions on genetic divergence and quantitative traits.
• Projects: Led the BBSRC-funded project on mapping genetic variation in Arabidopsis using heterogeneous stock.
• Labs: Maintains a research lab conducting field and laboratory experiments on plant evolution and ecology.