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Although most Gesneriaceae have flowers with bilateral symmetry a few genera have full or partial radial symmetry (in the latter the corollas are radially symmetric or nearly radially symmetric, but stamen abortion results in 4 instead of 5 stamens). Homologs of cycloidea have been identified in Gesneriaceae known as GCYC.

2018.Įvolution of Floral Symmetry in Gesneriaceae: Recent work on Antirrhinum and relatives have identified genes important in the control of floral symmetry, cycloidea and dichotoma. Mansfield F-H, Michael Ottenlips I, Ben Legler. Individuals of the Lomatium triternatum complex. Recent work completed by MS student Michael Ottenlips using data from the Angiosperm 353 baits has resolved some of the taxonomic confusion surrounding the Lomatium packardiae/anomalum subcomplex within the Lomatium triternatum complex.Ī recently funded (2019) NSF grant to PIs Mary Ann Feist (University of Wisconsin-Madison), James Smith (Boise State University) and Donald Mansfield (College of Idaho) will attempt to resolve the phylogeny of this group at the species level using next-generation sequencing data, ecology, and morphology. Recent phylogenetic work using Sanger sequencing has determined that most of the genera are para- or polyphyletic (including the larger genera Lomatium, Cymopterus, and Tauschia) and it is likely that many of the widespread species are harboring cryptic or near cryptic species. The Perennial Endemic North American (PENA) clade of Apiaceae consists of 19 genera and ca.

Phylogenetics of western North American Apiaceae. Office Location: Science Building, Room 207īIOL 597 Special Topics: Population GeneticsīIOL 597 Special Topics: Introduction to Bioinformatics RESEARCH INTERESTS Professor, Director of Snake River Plains Herbarium, and PhD EEB Graduate Program Coordinator
