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Evolution - Molecular Evolution | Evolution - Population Biology | Evolution - Systematics

Andrea D. Wolfe

Associate Professor

318 Aronoff Laboratory

318 w. 12th Avenue Columbus, OH 43221

Phone: 614-292-0267

Fax: 614-292-2030

E-mail: wolfe.205@osu.edu

Lab Web Page: http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~awolfe/

Education: B.S. University of Oklahoma, Botany (1988) Ph.D. University of Oklahoma, Botany (1993) Postdoc Vanderbilt University

Brief Description of Research Interests

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Detailed Research Interests

Plant systematics and molecular evolution; parasitic plants of Orobanchaceae; systematics of Penstemon; systematics of Hyobanche

Key Citations

Wolfe, A. D., C. P. Randle, S. L. Datwyler, J. J. Morawetz, N. Arguedas, and J. Diaz. 2006. Phylogeny, taxonomic affinities, and biogeography of Penstemon based on ITS and cpDNA sequence data. American Journal of Botany 93: 1699-1713.

Wolfe, A. D. 2005. ISSR techniques for evolutionary biology. Molecular Evolution: Producing the biochemical data, Part B Methods in Enzymology 395: 134-144.

Wolfe, A D., C. P. Randle, L. Liu, and K. E. Steiner. 2005. Phylogeny and biogeography of Orobanchaceae. Folia Geobotanica 40: 115-134.

Wolfe, A. D., and C. P. Randle. 2004. Recombination, heteroplasmy, haplotype polymorphism, and paralogy in plastid genes: Implications for plant molecular systematics. Systematic Botany 29: 1011-1020.

Courses

http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~awolfe/Lab/Lab.html

Lab Group

Graduate Students: Jeffery Morawetz Michael Broe Dan Robarts

Undergraduate Students: Tim Wang

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