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Congratulations Jessica and Juan Carlos! They both recently passed their general exams!
See article in Science daily on the Miniature forests of Cape Horn
New publications:
Wickett N.J., Y. Zhang, S.K. Hansen, J.M. Roper, J. V. Kuehl, S.A. Plock, P.G. Wolf, C.W. dePamphilis, J.L. Boore, and B. Goffinet. 2008. Functional Gene Losses Occur with Minimal Size Reduction in the Plastid Genome of the Parasitic Liverwort Aneura mirabilis. Molecular Biology and Evolution 25: 393-401.On-line version available here.
Wickett N.J. & B. Goffinet. 2008. Origin and relationships of the myco-heterotrophic liverwort Cryptothallus mirabilis Malmb. (Metzgeriales, Marchantiophyta). Botanical Journal of Linnean Society 156: 1-12. On-line version available here
Rozzi R., J.J. Armesto, B. Goffinet, W. Buck, F. Massardo, J. Silander,
M.T.K. Arroyo, S. Russell, C.B. Anderson, L.A. Cavieres, and J.B. Callicott. 2007. Changing lenses to assess biodiversity:
patterns of species richness in sub-
Antarctic plants and implications
for global conservation. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. On-line version available here.
B. Goffinet |
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Bryophyte and lichen systematics, with an emphasis on the evolution of the Orthotrichaceae, Splachnaceae and Funariaceae (Bryophyta) and the Peltigerales (lichenized Ascomycota). Contact: Phone: (860) 486-5290 email: bernard.goffinet@uconn.edu Click here to view Bernard's CV |
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Norman Wickett Evolution of life history shifts in bryophytes, with an emphasis on the loss of photosynthesis in the Aneuraceae. Contact: 75 North Eagleville Road Phone: (860) 486-6306 email: norman.wickett@uconn.edu |
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Jessica Budke Bryophytes (Mosses); Evolution; Systematics; Developmental Morphology; Anatomy. I am particularly interested in the development and morphological evolution of moss structures, such as the peristome teeth, stomata, calyptra and meristematic regions. Contact: 75 North Eagleville Road Phone: (860) 486-6306 email: jessica.budke@uconn.edu http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/jbudke/
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Juan Carlos Villarreal A. Systematics, anatomy, ultrastructure, molecular evolution of hornworts (Anthocerotophyta), especially Neotropical taxa. Population genetic of asexual hornwort taxa and evolution of sex in hornworts. Other interests are the evolution of the hornwort chloroplast, especially the ultrastructural and physiological implications of the presence of an algal-like pyrenoid. Symbiotic interactions between hornworts/cyanobacteria and cyanobiont specificity. Click here to view Juan Carlos' CV Contact: 75 North Eagleville Road Phone: (860) 486-6306 email: juan.villarreal@uconn.edu |
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Cassandra Huizenga |
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Chris Labreck |
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Plastid genome evolution of a non-photosynthetic liverwort, Aneura mirabilis.
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Jessica Clopton I worked on two projects: first, a genetic characterization of the photobionts of lichen-forming fungi Lobaria silvae-veteris and Lobaria oregana, and second, a test of the lichen-guild hypothesis in a southern Patagonian forest. |
Dung mosses: Splachnum rubrum (red sporophyte) and S. luteum (yellowish-green).
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology