Topics and methods of especial interest: hybridization, island speciation, epigenetics and taxonomy, whole genome sequencing, morphometrics
Families of special interest: Gesneriaceae, Salicaceae, Asteraceae, Cyperaceae
Selected publications
Sanderson, B. J., DiFazio, S., Cronk, Q., Ma, T., & Olson, M. (2020). Targeted sequence capture array for phylogenetics and population genomics in the Salicaceae. bioRxiv.
Suarez‐Gonzalez, A., Hefer, C. A., Lexer, C., Douglas, C. J., & CRONK, Q. C. (2018). Introgression from Populus balsamifera underlies adaptively significant variation and range boundaries in P. trichocarpa. New Phytologist, 217(1), 416-427.
Kane, N., Sveinsson, S., Dempewolf, H., Yang, J. Y., Zhang, D., Engels, J. M., & CRONK, Q. (2012). Ultra‐barcoding in cacao (Theobroma spp.; Malvaceae) using whole chloroplast genomes and nuclear ribosomal DNA. American Journal of Botany, 99(2), 320-329.
CRONK, Q.C.B., Kiehn, M., Wagner, W.L. and Smith, J.E. (2005). Evolution of Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae) in the Pacific Ocean: The origin of a supertramp clade. American Journal of Botany 92, 1017-1024.
Percy, D. M., Page, R. D., & Cronk, Q. C. (2004). Plant–insect interactions: double-dating associated insect and plant lineages reveals asynchronous radiations. Systematic Biology, 53(1), 120-127.
CRONK, Q.C.B., Kiehn, M., Wagner, W.L. and Smith, J.E. (2005). Evolution of Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae) in the Pacific Ocean: The origin of a supertramp clade. American Journal of Botany 92, 1017-1024.
Bramley, G.L.C., Weber, A., CRONK, Q.C.B. and Bokhari, M.H. (2004). The genus Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae) in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 60, 331-360 (2003 publ. 2004).
Bramley, G.L.C. and CRONK, Q.C.B. (2003). The Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae) species of Mount Kerinci, Sumatra. Harvard Papers in Botany 7, 407-421.
Denduangboripant, J., Mendum, M. and CRONK, Q.C.B. (2001). Evolution in Aeschynanthus (Gesneriaceae) inferred from ITS sequences. Plant Systematics and Evolution 228, 181-197.
Atkins, H. and CRONK, Q.C.B. (2001). The genus Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae) in Palawan, Philippines. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 58, 443-458.
Denduangboripant, J. and CRONK, Q.C.B. (2001). Evolution and alignment of the hypervariable arm 1 of Aeschynanthus (Gesneriaceae) ITS2 nuclear ribosomal DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 20, 163-172.
Atkins, H., Preston, J. and CRONK, Q.C.B. (2001). Cyrtandra and the biogeography of Huxley's Line: a molecular study. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 72, 143-159
Denduangboripant, J. and CRONK, Q.C.B. (2000). High intraindividual variation in internal transcribed spacer sequences in Aeschynanthus (Gesneriaceae): implications for phylogenetics. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 267, 1407-1415.
Möller, M. and CRONK, Q.C.B. (1997). Phylogeny and disjunct distribution: evolution of Saintpaulia (Gesneriaceae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 264,1827-1836.
Möller, M. and CRONK, Q.C.B. (1997). Origin and relationships of Saintpaulia (Gesneriaceae) based on ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences. American Journal of Botany 84, 956-965.