Theis project is being conducted in collaboration with Dr. Mark Tebbitt, a horticultural botanist at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and an expert in Begoniaceae. We will be sequencing two genes as part of this effort, the ITS region encoded by the nucleus, and the rbcL-ORF106 region encoded by the chloroplast genome. We will use computer programs to analyze DNA sequences and for form an hypothesis of evolutionary relationships among species. Student researchers may also travel to Brooklyn Botanic Gardens to learn about and code morphological characters to include in the analysis. There will be funding for at least one student this summer.
Research projects are generally in the area of biochemistry, cell biology and molecular genetics.
The ABC covers the cost of room and board. There may be some additional support to cover the cost of transportation. This project will test whether IAA transport inhibition in the bud is a precondition of the repression of bud growth. The transport of radio labeled indoleacetic acid and its conjugates in nodal stem segments of Phaseolus vulgaris L. Plant Growth Regul. Tamas, I. A. 1995.