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Christina Richards

Assoc Professor

INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY | COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Research Terms & Keywords

Research Terms

Life Sciences Biology Evolution DNA Sequencing Plant Genetics and Plant Genome Plant Sciences

Keywords

Climate Change Coastal Ecosystems Darwin Day Ecology And Evolution Of Cancer Epigenetics Epigenomics Evolution Genomics Invasive Species Mangroves Molecular Ecology Salt Marshes

Research Projects

Ends

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08-2025

Genetic Diversity of Targeted Seagrass Assemblages in Fl Genetic Diversity of Targeted Seagrass Assemblages in Fl

09-2020

Multi-Trait Plasticity in Response to a Changing Climate Multi-Trait Plasticity in Response to a Changing Climate

08-2020

The tumor-host evolutionary arms race The tumor-host evolutionary arms race

06-2020

Population Dynamics of the Giant Caribbean Sea Anemone i Population Dynamics of the Giant Caribbean Sea Anemone i

04-2020

Epigenetic Variation Across a Shallow Water Depth Gradient in Curacao Epigenetic Variation Across a Shallow Water Depth Gradient in Curacao

06-2019

Population Dynamics of the Giant Caribbean Sea Anemone (Condylactis Gigantea) in Florida and Across the Caribbean Population Dynamics of the Giant Caribbean Sea Anemone (Condylactis Gigantea) in Florida and Across the Caribbean

01-2019

Collaborative Research: Effects of Genetic Diversity, Ep Collaborative Research: Effects of Genetic Diversity, Ep

06-2018

Population Dynamics of the Giant Caribbean Sea Anemone ( Population Dynamics of the Giant Caribbean Sea Anemone (

06-2017

Population Dynamics of the Giant Caribbean Sea Anemone ( Population Dynamics of the Giant Caribbean Sea Anemone (

06-2017

Application of High-Sensitive and High-Throughput Molecu Application of High-Sensitive and High-Throughput Molecu

06-2016

Population Dynamics of the Giant Caribbean Sea Anemone ( Population Dynamics of the Giant Caribbean Sea Anemone (

03-2016

EAGER: Developing Epigenetic Genotyping-by-Sequencing in EAGER: Developing Epigenetic Genotyping-by-Sequencing in

Degrees

PhD, Botany

University of Georgia ▪ 2004
BA, Biology

Swarthmore College ▪ 1995

Awards & Honors

Make Our Planet Great Again- German Research Initiative Scholar

Deutscher Akademische Austauschdienst ▪ 2018
Outstanding Faculty Award

University of South Florida ▪ 2017
Fulbright U.S. Core Research Scholar

Fulbright Commission of the United States Department of State ▪ 2016
Teylers Tweede Genootschap Haarlem Medal of the Second Teyler Society

Second Teyler Society, Haarlem, The Netherlands ▪ 2013

Publications

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**Mounger, J., M.L. Ainouche, O. Bossdorf, *A. Cavé-Radet, B. Li, *M. Parepa, A. Salmon, J. Yang & C.L. Richards. 2021. Epigenetics and the success of invasive species: Rapid adaptation in new environments. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0117.
*Boquete M.T., I. Lang, M. Weidinger, C.L. Richards & C. Alonso. 2021. Heavy metal accumulation and tolerance in two terrestrial moss species with contrasting habitat specialization. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 182 (2021): 104336. doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2020.104336
**Ibrahim-Hashim, A., K.A. Luddy, D. Abrahams, P.M. Enriquez-Navas, S. Damgaci, J. Yao, T. Chen, R.J. Gilles, C. O’Farrelly, C.L. Richards, J.S. Brown & R.A. Gatenby. 2021. Artificial selection for host resistance to tumor growth and subsequent cancer cell adaptations: an evolutionary arms race. British Journal of Cancer 124: 455-465. doi: 10.1038/s41416-020-01110-1
Richards, C.L. & M. Pigliucci. 2020. Epigenetic inheritance a decade into the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis. Paradigmi. 38, 463-494. DOI: 10.30460/99624. https://tinyurl.com/2020paradigmi
Chen, C., Z. Zheng, Y. Bao, H. Zhang, C.L. Richards, J. Li, Y. Chen, Y. Zhao, Z. Shen & C. Fu. 2020. Comparisons of natural and cultivated populations of Corydalis yanhusuo indicate divergent patterns of genetic and epigenetic variation. Frontiers in Plant Science 11:985-987. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00985.
Sun, K.-K., W.-S. Yu, J.J. Jiang, C.L. Richards, E. Siemann, J. Ma, B. Li, & R.-T. Ju. 2020. Mismatches between the resources for adult herbivores and their offspring suggest invasive Spartina alterniflora is an ecological trap. Journal of Ecology 108(2): 719-732.
*Boquete, M.T., N.C.A.M. Wagemaker, P. Vergeer, **J. Mounger & C.L. Richards. 2020. Epigenetic approaches in non-model plants. Methods in Molecular Biology. Pp. 203-215. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0179-2_14
Paun, O., K.J.F. Verhoeven & C.L. Richards. 2019. Opportunities and limitations of reduced representation bisulfite sequencing in ecological epigenomics. New Phytologist. 221:738-742 doi: 10.1111/nph.15388
**Alvarez, M., J. Ferreira de Carvalho, A. Salmon, M.L. Ainouche, A. Cavé-Radet, A. El Amrani, T.E. Foster, ***S. Moyer & C.L. Richards. 2018. Transcriptome response of the foundation plant Spartina alterniflora to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Molecular Ecology 27: 2986–3000. DOI: 10.1111/mec.14736
Banta, J.B. & C.L. Richards. 2018. Quantitative epigenetics and evolution. Heredity 121: 210–224. DOI: 10.1038/s41437-018-0114-x
Heer, K., **J. Mounger, *M.T. Boquete, C.L. Richards & L. Opgenoorth. 2018. The diversifying field of plant epigenetics. New Phytologist. 217: 988–992. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14985.
Richards, C.L., C. Alonso, C. Becker, O. Bossdorf, E. Bucher, M. Colomé-Tatché, W. Durka, J. Engelhardt, B. Gaspar, A. Gogol-Döring, I. Grosse, T.P. van Gurp, K. Heer, I. Kronholm, C. Lampei, V. Latzel, M. Mirouze, L. Opgenoorth, O. Paun, S.J. Prohaska, S.A. Rensing, P.F. Stadler, E. Trucchi, K. Ullrich & K.J.F. Verhoeven. 2017. Ecological plant epigenetics: Evidence from model and non-model species, and the way forward. Ecology Letters 20: 1576–1590. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12858
**Robertson, M.H., *A.W Schrey, ***A. Shayter, ***C.J. Moss & C.L. Richards. 2017. Genetic and epigenetic variation in Spartina alterniflora following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Evolutionary Applications: Special issue in Evolutionary Toxicology. 10:792–801. DOI: 10.1111/eva.12482
**Alvarez, M.¹, **C.M. Foust¹, **M.H. Robertson¹, M.L. Ainouche, J. Ferreira de Carvalho, ***C.J. Meals, V. Preite, A. Salmon, ***A. Shayter, *A.W Schrey, K.J.F. Verhoeven & C.L. Richards. 2016. Molecular response to challenging environmental conditions in Spartina alterniflora: an integrated approach. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Invasive Spartina. Université de Rennes 1 Press, Rennes, France. pp. 59-64. ¹shared first authorship.
**Foust, C.M., V. Preite, *A.W. Schrey, **M. Alvarez, **M.H. Robertson, K.J.F. Verhoeven & C.L. Richards. 2016. Genetic and epigenetic differences associated with environmental gradients in replicate populations of two salt marsh perennials. Molecular Ecology 25: 1639–1652.

Memberships

Sigma Xi, Member; 2021 - present

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Member; 2014 - present

Other Professional Activities

“Celebrating the Importance of Evolution” blog post to Science News of Frontiers for Young Minds about USF Darwin Days: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2021/02/12/children-in-science-celebrating-the-importance-of-evolution/ Annual USF Darwin Days events: http://ecologicalepigenetics.com/usf-darwin-day

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OpenAlex Works Search Search Google Scholar for Christina Richards https://www.facebook.com/groups/ecologicalepigeneticsFacebook https://twitter.com/EcolEpigTwitter http://linkedin.com/in/ecolepigLinkedIn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7VtQ43M908YouTube

Contact Information

clr@usf.edu

(813) 974-5090

University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue
SCA129
Tampa, FL 33620

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