{"id":3370,"date":"2014-04-04T15:46:31","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T19:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=3370"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:52:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:52:05","slug":"sara-martin","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/sara-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"Sara Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"current-research\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My research program encompasses areas including evolution, genomics, systematics, and weed science and has a focus on the Brassicaceae (Mustard Family). This includes work to understand: the evolution of herbicide resistance, the role hybridization and polyploidy in plant evolution, and the potential for gene flow between species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, my laboratory is focused on projects in four main areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Developing key areas of knowledge needed for the evaluation of novel crops from the Brassicaceae;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Examining the potential for hybridization between genetically engineered crop species and wild Canadian relatives within the Brassicaceae;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Understanding the evolution and spread of herbicide resistance in Canadian weed populations; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unravelling the systematics of the genus Camelina using genomics approaches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The majority of our research currently focuses on <em>Camelina sativa<\/em>, the <em>Brassica <\/em>spp., <em>Sinapis arvensis<\/em> (Brassicaceae) and <em>Kochia scoparia<\/em> (a.k.a. Bassia scoparia \u2013 Amaranthaceae).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"selected-publications\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sara L Martin, Leshawn Benedict, Connie A Sauder, Wei Wei, Leandro Oliveira da Costa, Linda M Hall, and Hugh J Beckie. 2017. Glyphosate resistance reduces kochia fitness: Comparison of segregating resistant and susceptible F2 populations. Plant Science. 261: 69-79.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sara L Martin, Tyler W Smith, Tracey James, Fatma Shalabi, Paul Kron, and Connie A Sauder. 2017. An update to the Canadian range, abundance, and ploidy of Camelina spp.(Brassicaceae) east of the Rocky Mountains. Botany. 95(4): 405-417.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kyle W Cheung, Fakhria M Razeq, Connie A Sauder, Tracey James, and Sara L Martin. 2015. Bidirectional but asymmetrical sexual hybridization between <em>Brassica carinata<\/em> and <em>Sinapis arvensis<\/em> (Brassicaceae). Journal of Plant Research. 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