- Group leader (Evolution and Biodiversity of Plants Group)
- Director (Botanical Garden)
Professor Dr. Kai Müller
Hüfferstr. 1, Raum 104
48149 Münster
T: +49 251 83-21645
F: +49 251 83-24668
kaimueller@uni-muenster.de
Publikationen
- . . ‘Hoefkenia hunsrueckensis, a New Genus and Species from Europe, and the Identity of Virescentia vogesiaca (F.W.Schultz ex Skuja) Necchi, D.C.Agostinho & M.L.Vis (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta).’ Diversity 16, Nr. 8: 473. doi: 10.3390/d16080473.
- . . ‘BarKeeper – A versatile web framework to assemble, analyze, and manage DNA barcoding data and metadata.’ Methods in Ecology and Evolution Early View. doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.14047.
- . . ‘Magnoliopsida (Angiosperms) p.p. Subclass Rosidae p.p. (Trochodendranae to Saxifraganae).’ In Syllabus of Plant Families - Part 5/1, edited by , 215–255. Stuttgart: Borntraeger.
- . . ‘Magnoliopsida (Angiosperms) p.p. Subclass Rosidae p.p. (Rosanae to Berberidopsidanae).’ In Syllabus of Plant Families - Part 5/1, edited by , 255–615. Stuttgart: Borntraeger.
- . . ‘WARPP - web application for the research of parasitic plants.’ Plant Physiology 185: 1374–1380. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiaa105.
- . . ‘JPhyloIO: A Java library for event-based reading and writing of different phylogenetic file formats through a common interface.’ BMC Bioinformatics 20, Nr. 1: 402. doi: 10.1186/s12859-019-2982-3.
- . . ‘Morphology, geographic distribution, and host preferences are poor predictors of phylogenetic relatedness in the mistletoe genus Viscum L.’ Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 131: 106–115. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.041.
- . . ‘Pollen characters and DNA sequence data converge on a monophyletic genus Iresine (Amaranthaceae, Caryophyllales) and help to elucidate its species diversity.’ Taxon 67: 944–976. doi: 10.12705/675.7.
- . . ‘Evolution of a sucker: Functional principles of traps in carnivorous bladderworts (Utricularia, Lentibulariaceae).’ Atlas of Science 1.
- . . „Trap diversity and character evolution in carnivorous bladderworts (Utricularia, Lentibulariaceae).“ Scientific Reports 7: 12052. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-12324-4.
- . . ‘LeafNet: A computer vision system for automatic plant species identification.’ Ecological Informatics 40: 50–56. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2017.05.005.
- . . ‘Genus-wide screening reveals four distinct types of structural plastid genome organization in Pelargonium (Geraniaceae).’ Genome Biology and Evolution 9, Nr. 1: 64–76. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evw271.
- . ‘How to tackle the molecular species inventory for an industrialized nation-lessons from the first phase of the German Barcode of Life initiative GBOL (2012-2015).’ Genome 59: 661–670.
- . . ‘Image-Based Identification of Plant Species Using a Model-Free Approach and Active Learning.’ In KI 2016: Advances in Artificial Intelligence, edited by , 169–176. Basel : Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-46073-4_16.
- . . ‘Mechanistic model of evolutionary rate variation en route to a nonphotosynthetic lifestyle in plants.’ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113, Nr. 32: 9045–9050. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1607576113.
- . . ‘Sample data processing in an additive and reproducible taxonomic workflow by using character data persistently linked to preserved individual specimens.’ Database 2015: bav094. doi: 10.1093/database/bav094.
- . „AlignmentComparator - Comparing and annotating alternative alignments of the same data set.“ contributed to the IPAM Multiple Sequence Alignment Workshop, Los Angeles, USA, .
- . „LibrAlign - A powerful Java GUI library for MSA and attached raw and meta data.“ contributed to the IPAM Multiple Sequence Alignment Workshop, Los Angeles, USA, .
- . „LibrAlign - A Java library with powerful GUI components for multiple sequence alignment and attached raw and meta data.“ contributed to the German Conference on Bioinformatics (GCB), Bielefeld, Germany, .
- . . ‘Evolution of genome size and chromosome number in the carnivorous plant genus Genlisea (Lentibulariaceae), with a new estimate of the minimum genome size in angiosperms.’ Annals of Botany 114, Nr. 8: 1651–1663. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcu189.
- . „AlignmentComparator - A GUI application to efficiently visualize and annotate differences between alternative multiple sequence alignments.“ contributed to the 4th annual Münster Graduate School of Evolution Symposium, Münster, Germany, .
- . . ‘Disproportional plastome-wide increase of substitution rates and relaxed purifying selection in genes of carnivorous Lentibulariaceae.’ Molecular Biology and Evolution 31, Nr. 3: 529–545. doi: 10.1093/molbev/mst261.
- . „LibrAlign - A GUI library for displaying and editing multiple sequence alignments and attached data.“ contributed to the BioDivEvo 2014, Dresden, Germany, .
- . . ‘Phylogenetics, character evolution and a subgeneric revision of the genus Pelargonium (Geraniaceae).’ Phytotaxa 159, Nr. 2: 31–76.
- . . ‘Mechanisms of functional and physical genome reduction in photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic parasitic plants of the broomrape family.’ The Plant Cell 25: 3711–3725. doi: 10.1105/tpc.113.113373.
- . . ‘The phylogeny of Linderniaceae - The new genus Linderniella, and new combinations within Bonnaya, Craterostigma, Lindernia, Torenia and Vandellia.’ Willdenowia 43: 209–238. doi: 10.3372/wi.43.43201.
- . . ‘Population genetics and conservation of Sideroxylon canariense (Sapotaceae) on the Canary Islands.’ Vieraea 41: 295–308.
- . „Complex mutations and multiple sequence alignment - Example: Hairpin-initiated repeats (HIRs).“ contributed to the 2nd annual Münster Graduate School of Evolution Symposium, Münster, Germany, .
- . „Software in the BioInfWeb project.“ contributed to the 2nd annual Münster Graduate School of Evolution Symposium, Münster, Germany, .
- . . ‘The new monotypic genus Bardotia (Orobanchaceae) from Madagascar and remarks on the phylogenetic relationships of the African and Madagascan genera Micrargeria, Parastriga, Radamaea, Rhamphicarpa and Sieversandreas.’ Phytotaxa 46: 19–33.
- . . ‘Phylogenetics of early branching eudicots: comparing phylogenetic signal accross chloroplast introns, spacers, and genes.’ Journal of Systematics and Evolution 50: 85–108. doi: 10.1111/j.1759-6831.2012.00181.x.
- . . ‘Chasing the hare - Evaluating the phylogenetic utility of a nuclear single copy gene region at and below species level.’ BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 357. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-357.
- . . ‘McPherson S. (ed. by Fleischmann A. and Robinson A.): Carnivorous plants and their habitats. (Book review).’ Willdenowia 42: 387–388.
- . . ‘What does it take to resolve relationships and to identify species with molecular markers? An example from the epiphytic Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae).’ American Journal of Botany 98, Nr. 9: 1549–1572. doi: 10.3732/ajb.1000502.
- . . ‘Biodiversität und Evolution.’ In Perspektiven - Forschungsfragen der Zukunft, edited by , 1–10. 1. Aufl. Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh.
- . . ‘The evolution of the plastid chromosome in land plants: gene content, gene order, gene function.’ Plant Molecular Biology 76, Nr. 3-5: 273–297. doi: 10.1007/s11103-011-9762-4.
- . . ‘Towards resolving Lamiales relationships: insights from rapidly evolving chloroplast sequences.’ BMC Evolutionary Biology 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-352.
- . . ‘Alignment of, and phylogenetic inference from, random sequences: the susceptibility of alternative methods to artifactual resolution and support.’ Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57, Nr. 3: 1004–1016. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.09.004.
- . . ‘Phylogenetics and character evolution in the carnivorous plant genus Genlisea A. St.-Hil. (Lentibulariaceae).’ Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56, Nr. 2: 768–783. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.009.
- . . ‘The deterministic effects of alignment bias in phylogenetic inference.’ Cladistics 27, Nr. 4: 402–416. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00333.x.
- . . ‘Phylogenetic inference using non-redundant coding of dependent characters vs. alternative approaches when applied to protein-coding genes.’ Cladistics 27, Nr. 2: 186–196. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00327.x.
- . . ‘TreeGraph 2: combining and visualizing evidence from different phylogenetic analyses.’ BMC Bioinformatics 11: 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-11-7.
- . . ‘Evolutionary rates in Veronica L. (Plantaginaceae): Disentangling the influence of life history and breeding system.’ Journal of Molecular Evolution 70, Nr. 1: 44–56. doi: 10.1007/s00239-009-9307-5.
- . . ‘Caryophyllales phylogenetics: disentangling Phytolaccaceae and Molluginaceae and description of Microteaceae as a new isolated family.’ Willdenowia 39: 209–228.
- . . ‘The relative sensitivity of different alignment methods and character codings in sensitivity analysis.’ Cladistics 24, Nr. 6: 1039–1050. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00230.x.
- . . Gene und Stammbäume: Ein Handbuch zur molekularen Phylogenetik. 2. Aufl. Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.
- . . ‘Pinguicula chuquisacensis (Lentibulariaceae), a new species from the Bolivian Andes, and first insights on phylogenetic relationships among South American Pinguicula.’ Willdenowia 38: 201–212.
- . . ‘Fifty mosses on five trees: Comparing phylogenetic information in three types of non-coding mitochondrial DNA and two chloroplast loci.’ Plant Systematics and Evolution 282: 241–255. doi: 10.1007/s00606-008-0043-x.
- . . ‘PlantTribes: A gene and gene family resource for comparative genomics in plants.’ Nucleic Acids Research 36, Nr. IS 1: D970–D976. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkm972.
- . . ‘Analysis of 81 Genes from 64 Chloroplast Genomes Resolves Relationships in Angiosperms and Identifies Genome-Scale Evolutionary Patterns.’ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104, Nr. 49: 19369–19374. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0709121104.
- . . ‘Molecular evolutionary analysis of the Arabidopsis L7 ribosomal protein gene family.’ Gene 403: 143–150. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.08.002.
- . . ‘The relative performance of indel-coding methods in simulations.’ Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 724–740. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.04.001.
- . . ‘A penalty of using anonymous dominant markers (AFLPs, ISSRs, and RAPDs) for phylogenetic inference.’ Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 528–542. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.08.008.
- . . ‘Recent progress in understanding the evolution of Lentibulariaceae.’ Plant Biology 8: 748–757. doi: 10.1055/s-2006-924706.
- . . ‘Smallest angiosperm genomes found in Lentibulariaceae, with chromosomes of bacterial size.’ Plant Biology 8: 770–777. doi: 10.1055/s-2006-924101.
- . . ‘Phylogenetic utility of rapidly evolving DNA at high taxonomical levels: contrasting matK, trnT-F and rbcL in basal angiosperms.’ Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41, Nr. 1: 99–117. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.06.017.
- . . Gene und Stammbäume. Ein Handbuch zur molekularen Phylogenetik. 1. Aufl. Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.
- . . ‘Incorporating information from length-mutational events into phylogenetic analysis.’ Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38, Nr. 3: 667. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.07.011.
- . . ‘Multiple origins of a unique pollen feature: stellate pore ornamentation in Amaranthaceae.’ Grana 44: 266–281. doi: 10.1080/00173130500477787.
- . . ‘The efficiency of different search strategies in estimating parsimony jackknife, bootstrap, and Bremer support.’ BMC Evolutionary Biology 5: 58. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-5-58.
- . . Evolution of Amaranthaceae - A case study integrating molecular phylogenetics and pollen data Dissertationsschrift, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhems-Universität Bonn. Bonn.
- . . ‘Phylogenetic Analysis of Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae): Chloroplast DNA Sequences and Morphology Support Several Geographically Distinct Radiations.’ American Journal of Botany 92: 1723–1736. doi: 10.3732/ajb.92.10.1723.
- . . ‘Towards Understanding Basal Angiosperm Diversification: Recent Insights Using Rapidly Evolving Genomic Regions.’ Nova Acta Leopoldina 92 342: 85–110.
- . . ‘Phylogenetics of Amaranthaceae based on matK/trnK sequence data - evidence from parsimony, likelihood, and Bayesian analyses.’ Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 92, Nr. 1: 66–102.
- . . ‘SeqState - primer design and sequence statistics for phylogenetic DNA data sets.’ Applied Bioinformatics 4: 66–69.
- . . ‘The Linderniaceae and Gratiolaceae (Lamiales) are further lineages distinct from Scrophulariaceae.’ Plant Biology 7, Nr. 1: 67–78. doi: 10.1055/s-2004-830444.
- . . ‘Phylogenetics of Utricularia (Lentibulariaceae) and molecular evolution of the trnK intron in a lineage with high substitutional rates.’ Plant Systematics and Evolution 250: 39–67. doi: 10.1007/s00606-004-0224-1.
- . . ‘Phylogeny of Aristolochiaceae based on parsimony, likelihood, and Bayesian analyses of trnL-trnF sequences.’ Plant Systematics and Evolution 250: 7–26. doi: 10.1007/s00606-004-0217-0.
- . . ‘TreeGraph: automated drawing of complex tree figures using an extensible tree description format.’ Molecular Ecology Notes 4: 186–788. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00813.x.
- . . ‘Evolution of carnivory in Lentibulariaceae and the Lamiales.’ Plant Biology 6: 477–490. doi: 10.1055/s-2004-817909.
- . . ‘Molecular evolution of the chloroplast trnL-F region in land plants.’ In Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes, edited by , 13–37. St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden Press.
- . . ‘The phylogeny and evolution of epiphytism in three moss families Meteoriaceae, Brachytheciaceae, and Lembophyllaceae.’ In Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes, edited by , 328–364. St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden Press.
- . . ‘PRAP - computation of Bremer support for large data sets.’ Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31, Nr. 2: 780–782. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2003.12.006.
- . . ‘Angiosperm phylogeny based on matK sequence information.’ American Journal of Botany 90: 1758–1776. doi: 10.3732/ajb.90.12.1758.
- . . ‘Characterisation of the chloroplast DNA psbT-H region and the influence of dyad symmetrical elements on phylogenetic reconstructions.’ Plant Biology 5: 400–410. doi: 10.1055/s-2003-42715.
- . . ‘QuickAlign: A New Alignment Editor.’ Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 21: 1–5. doi: 10.1007/BF02773390.
- . . ‘Evolution of carnivory in the Lentibulariaceae: considerations based on molecular, morphological, and physiological evidence.’ Proceedings of the 4th International Carnivorous Plant Conference, Tokyo, Japan 2002 : 63–73.
- . . ‘The taxonomic status of Eurhynchium crassinervium from river banks based on ITS sequence data.’ Journal of Bryology 22: 291–306.
Forschungsschwerpunkt
- Molecular Phylogenetics
Vita
Akademische Ausbildung
- Doctoral studies, Nees-Institut für Biodiversität der Pflanzen, University of Bonn
- Dr. rer. nat., University of Bonn; Evolution of Amaranthaceae - A case study integrating molecular phylogenetics and pollen data; summa cum laude
- Graduation from Bonn University (Diploma in Biology); A phylogenetic analysis of Lentibulariaceae based on sequences of matK and adjacent non-coding regions; grade 1.0, mark of distinction
- University studies in Biology, Bonn University
Beruflicher Werdegang
- Professor for Botany, Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, WWU Münster
- Assistent professor at the Nees Institute (Prof. Barthlott), head of the Systematics and Evolution working group and lab
- Postdoctoral research assistant at the lab of Prof. C. dePamphilis, Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, and Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Preise
- Stipendium der Deutschen Telekom Stiftung – Deutsche Telekom Stiftung
- Promotionsstipendium der Eduard-Rhein-Stiftung – Eduard-Rhein-Stiftung
- Stipendium der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes – Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
- Aufnahme in das Junge Kolleg der Nordrhein-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste – Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste (NRW-AdW)
- Förderpreis Biodiversität der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur zu Mainz – Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur zu Mainz (AdW-Mainz)
Mitgliedschaften und Aktivitäten in Gremien
- Young Academy of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences
- Editorial board member, Systematic Biology
- International Association for Plant Taxonomy
- German Botanical Society
Projekte
- Wildpflanzenschutz Deutschland ( – )
Gefördertes Einzelprojekt: Universität Potsdam - Multiscale Green Biology Münster - vom Molekül zum Ökosystem: Grünes Wissen für Bildung, Forschung und Gesellschaft in Zeiten des Klimawandels ( – )
Durch die Universität Münster intern gefördertes Projekt: Universität Münster-interne Förderung - Topical Programs - BIO-GEEC – Deutsch-ecuadorianisches Biodiversitätskonsortium ( – )
participations in other joint project: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst | Förderkennzeichen: 57520227 - GBOL-Verbund: German Barcode of Life – Von der Wissenschaft zur Anwendung (GBOL-2) – Teilprojekt 11: Datenfluss und Analyse der Sequenzdaten. Bioinformatik Sanger & NGS Daten ( – )
participations in bmbf-joint project: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung | Förderkennzeichen: 01LI1501L - MGSE – Münster Graduate School of Evolution - Unterstützung des Evolution Think Tank ( – )
Gefördertes Einzelprojekt: Santander Consumer Bank AG - Aufbau einer wissenschaftlichen Kooperation zwischen der Universität Münster und der Universität Kopenhagen zur Entschlüsselung genetischer Netzwerke in parasitischen Pflanzen ( – )
Gefördertes Einzelprojekt: DFG - Internationale Kooperationsanbahnung | Förderkennzeichen: WI 4507/2-1| MU 2875/4-1 - GBOL – German Barcode of Life: Teilvorhaben 5b: Botanik - Moose, Farne ( – )
Gefördertes Einzelprojekt: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn - Aufbau eines Sammlungs-Erschließungssystems für die nordhemisphärische Blütenpflanzengattung Campanula ( – )
Gefördertes Einzelprojekt: DFG - Wissenschaftliche Literaturversorgung und Informationssysteme | Förderkennzeichen: MU 2875/3-1 - Carnivory in Lamiales – Carnivory in Lamiales: understanding character evolution, substitution rate plasticity, and genome miniaturization ( – )
Gefördertes Einzelprojekt: DFG - Sachbeihilfe/Einzelförderung | Förderkennzeichen: MU 2875/2-1
- Wildpflanzenschutz Deutschland ( – )
Betreute Promotionen
Wiechers, Sarah Entwicklung von Softwarekomponenten für und Analyse von DNA Barcoding Daten der deutschen Flora Stöver, Ben Software zur Förderung von Datenwiederverwendbarkeit und Reproduzierbarkeit in der Phylogenetik und Phylogenomik Röschenbleck, Joachim Die Gattung Pelargonium (Geraniaceae): Taxonomie, Biogeography und Plastomevolution Testroet, Philip DNA-Barcoding and ex-situ cultures: a floristic and molecular biological analysis of soil spore banks Schäper, Katharina Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies in hemiparasitic genera of Orobanchaceae Krug, Michael Attributing differences in phylogenetic structure to molecular structural elements Schäferhoff, Bastian Carnivory in Lamiales: Phylogeny, taxonomy, and chloroplast genome evolution Wicke, Susann Assessing the Evolutionary Patterns of Plastid Genome Reduction in a Group of Non-Photosynthetic Parasitic Angiosperms (Orobanchaceae)