Professor
Department of Botany
Research Themes
Evolutionary biology | Plant biology | Population genetics | Species at Risk Policy
Geographical Area(s) of Research
Canada | United States
jeannette.whitton@botany.ubc.ca
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About
Jeannette Whitton is an Associate Professor in the Department of Botany at UBC. Jeannette is a plant evolutionary biologist with interests that span the areas of evolutionary ecology, genetics, phylogenetics and speciation. Current research focuses on the origin, establishment and spread of asexual populations within otherwise sexually reproducing plant lineages. As a past member of the Committee on the Status of Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), Jeannette has extensive knowledge of Canada’s process for assessing species at risk, which she has applied to assessing the effectiveness of Canada’s Species at Risk legislation.