Robin Atherton's Page

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Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

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university graduate, researcher, university

Working topics/research interests - as general or specific as you like

Tracing human migration patterns through commensal plants
Ethnobotany of the genus Corynocarpus
Plant domestication
2nd generation DNA sequencing technology

I have a personal interest in the transfer of traditional ecological knowledge from one generation to another and using TEK to compliment modern agriculture

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English

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Currently working on my PhD entitled "Tracing the whakapapa (genealogy) of New Zealand cultivated plants using molecular makers"

Education
2008 - BSc Hons (1st Class) in botany from the University of Reading, UK
1995 - Higher National Diploma in Crop Technology from Pershore College, UK

I speak Welsh and Dutch. Interested in photography; ethnobotany; linguistics and learning languages; plant propagation; the use of traditional ecological knowledge in scientific research

Member of:
The Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution
Society of Economic Botany (SEB)

Website 1

http://www.allanwilsoncentre.ac.nz/people/students.htm

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