Systematics at the University of
California,
Davis
UC Davis has
numerous systematists scattered across several
departments, with interests ranging from doing alpha taxonomy to
inferring the tree of life and from strictly
empirical work to strictly theoretical work. This website is an
attempt to compile information about UC Davis systematics people and
resources in one location.
P Gordon
Burleigh: gymnosperm phylogeny P Amy Driskell: methods
to
infer tree of life; bird evolution P Justen Whittall: evolution
of flower color SShelah
Morita (also with Cranston): Philoliche
long-tongued horse flies S Brian O'Meara (also with Ward):
Myrmecocystus ants;
comparative methods SRosita Scherson: Astragalus
(legume)
Brad
Shaffer:
evolution, ecology, and conservation of reptiles and
amphibians
S
Michael Branstetter S Andrea Lucky SBrian O'Meara (also with
Sanderson): Myrmecocystus
ants; comparative methods S Eli Sarnat: ants of Fiji S Alex Wild: Linepithema ants (Argentine ants
and relatives); other ant groups
Faculty members in areas related to
systematics (with Postdocs
and Students, where known
to
me):
Nina Amenta:
Computer science (visualizing trees and morphological evolution) Dan Gusfield:
Computer science (phylogenetic networks) Bruce Rannala: Genome/EVE
(Bayesian approaches/bioinformatics/genetics) Michael
Turelli: EVE
(genetics/speciation) Peter
Wainwright:
EVE (comparative functional
morphology)
P
Rita Mehta
SRose
Carlson (morphological evolution in darters) S Dave Collar S Timothy Higham
(functional morphology of feeding and locomotion) S Dan
Warren
Phylogenetic Discussion Group: Weekly discussion of phylogenetic
literature. See UC Davis
BioTalks site for schedule.
Bay Area
Biosystematists (BABS): Monthly meeting for UC
Davis, UC Berkeley, California Academy of Sciences, San Jose State, and
other San Francisco Bay Area researchers in systematics.
Systematic entomology discussion: Typically, for members of
Cranston, Gullan, and Ward labs, as well as folks at the Bohart.
Seminars: Numerous systematics seminars in Evolution and Ecology,
Population Biology, Entomology, and other departments. See UC Davis
BioTalks site for schedule.