Current systematics

.pdf Levin, R. A. and J. S. Miller. 2005. Relationships within tribe Lycieae (Solanaceae): paraphyly of Lycium and multiple origins of gender dimorphism. American Journal of Botany 92:2044-2053.

Link to Shak et al. poster at Botany 2006

Link to Levin & Miller talk at Solanaceae 2006

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Research at Amherst College

Amherst College undergraduate theses

Savage, A. E. 2004. Molecular characterization of the S-locus in Lycium: breakdown of gametophytic self-incompatibility and the evolution of gender dimorphism. B.A. thesis, Department of Biology, Amherst College, U.S.A.  Link to a poster AES presented at Evolution 2004

Blanton, J. M. 2005. Species-Level Phylogenetics for an American clade of Lycium (Solanaceae): exploring the utility of the genetic marker nitrate reductase. B.A. thesis, Department of Biology, Amherst College, U.S.A.

Shak, J. R. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of Old World Lycium (Solanaceae): Reticulate evolution in the African taxa. B.A. thesis, Department of Biology, Amherst College, U.S.A.


Amherst College Summer Howard Hughes fellow projects

Kwan, A. Summer 2005. Lycium phylogenies: A study of the utility of nuclear and chloroplast gene regions.  Link to a poster Alan presented at the 2005 Howard Hughes session at Amherst College

Twum, D. A. F. Summer 2004. The utility of chloroplast and nuclear gene regions for inferring phylogenetic relationships among Lycium (Solanaceae).  Link to a poster Denise presented at the 2004 Howard Hughes session at Amherst College

Schroder, A. R. Summer 2003. The biogeography of Lycium (wolfberry) based on two chloroplast and one nuclear gene region.