Prof. Diego Rivera
Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Facultades de Biología y de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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Academic Career Length
39Years (1988-Present)
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Representative Publications
View All Publications1 March 2014 in Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Journal Article
Diego RiveraRARobert Allkin
Robert Allkin
Concepción Obon
Francisco Alcaraz
Robert Verpoorte
Michael Heinrich1 June 2006 in Economic Botany
Journal Article
MLMarco Leonti
Marco LeontiSNS. Nebel
S. Nebel
Diego RiveraMichael Heinrich1 May 1995 in Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Journal Article
Diego RiveraConcepción Obon28 September 2018 in Nature Communications
Journal Article
MTMaria F. Torres
Maria F. Torres
LMLisa S. Mathew
Lisa S. Mathew
IAIkhlak Ahmed
Ikhlak AhmedIAIman K. Al-Azwani
Iman K. Al-Azwani
RKRobert Krueger
Robert Krueger
JMJoel A. Malek
Joel A. Malek +4
The date palm tree is a commercially important member of the genus Phoenix whose 14 species are dioecious with separate male and female individuals. To identify sex determining genes we sequenced the genomes of 15 female and 13 male Phoenix trees representing all 14 species. We identified male-specific sequences and extended them using phased single-molecule sequencing or BAC clones. We observed that only four genes contained sequences conserved in all analyzed Phoenix males. Most of these sequences showed similarity to a single genomic locus in the closely related monoecious oil palm. CYP703 and GPAT3, two single copy genes present in males and critical for male flower development in other monocots, were absent in females. A LOG-like gene appears translocated into the Y-linked region and is suggested to play a role in suppressing female flowers. Our data are consistent with a two-mutation model for the evolution of dioecy in Phoenix.
16 August 2006
Book Chapter
Diego RiveraConcepción ObonMichael HeinrichCICristina Inocencio
Cristina Inocencio
AVAlonso Verde
Alonso VerdeJFJosé Fajardo
José Fajardo
The diversity of local Mediterranean food elements is not known in detail, but offers itself to search for new vegetables, salads, fruits and spices which could be used in to enrich diets outside their region of origin. Most amid those interesting local elements are edible wild plants and weeds. Ethnobotanical research has identified ca. 2,300 different plant and fungi taxa, which are gathered and consumed in the Mediterranean. Among these, >1,000 are only consumed in one single zone, therefore are strictly local. The percentage of local gathered food plant (GFP) taxa (present in 20 samples - are consumed in most of the Mediterranean. Most have been analyzed in the Local Food- Nutraceuticals project. The ca. 800 GFP taxa that occur in more than the 5% of localities show a geographical pattern that permits one to recognize seven geographical groups. These groups show relationships with types of Mediterranean diet and could also be related with human genetic polymorphism through long-term co-evolution in a geographical mosaic pattern.
1 July 2009 in Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Journal Article
PBP. Bremner
P. Bremner
Diego RiveraMCMarco Antonio Calzado Canale
Marco Antonio Calzado CanaleConcepción ObonCIC. Inocencio
C. Inocencio
Michael Heinrich +3
About Me
Diego Rivera graduated in Biology in 1981. He presented his project in 1983 and received the Graduation Extraordinary Award in 1984. He received his Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Murcia in 1985 and received the Ph.D. Extraordinary Award in 1987. He was the scholarship holder of the “Plan de Formación” of the University Research Personnel between 1982 and 1985 under the Spanish Ministry of Education. He also received a postgraduate scholarship from IAESTE (Germany) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France). He has been a regular professor in the Department of Plant Biology of the University of Murcia since 1990. Currently, he is Full Professor of Botany and Ethnobotany at the University of Murcia and Head of the Department of Plant Biology. He is a fellow of the Linnaean Society and a member of the International Society of Horticultural Sciences, the American Botanical Council, the Society of Ethnobotany, the International Society of Ethnobiology, OPTIMA, and the International Association for Plant Taxonomy, among others.