Dissertation Research:  Systematics and Evolution in        Calochortus (Liliaceae)
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Graduate student Bryan Ness, under the supervision of                      faculty adviser Dr. Douglas Soltis of Washington State                          University, will study several species groups in the mariposa                   lily genus, Calochortus.  Morphological, biochemical and                        chromosomal diversity in the genus pose challenging problems for                the recognition of species and the determination of evolutionary                relationships among them.  Mr. Ness will employ modern molecular                methods for analysis of isozymes and of ribosomal and                           chloroplast DNA in order to measure genomic differences between                 species, and to determine progenitor species for the                            high-chromosome number(polyploid) taxa.  Biochemical data will be               integrated with morphological and chromosomal information in an                 updated taxonomic treatment of these western North American                     plants.  The combination of several analytical approaches in the                study of evolutionary diversity constitutes a model program of                  systematic research.
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