Dissertation Research: Systematics of the Genus Mulinum Pers. (Apiaceae)

詹姆斯·泽赫是俄亥俄州立大学托德·斯图西博士指导下的博士生，他将对南美洲南部的木兰属植物进行系统研究，该植物由大约21个物种组成。该属是山胡萝卜科中鲜为人知的成员，即野生胡萝卜。这项研究将包括收集去南美的旅行，并与智利和阿根廷的植物学家合作进行研究，斯图西博士多年来与这些植物学家建立了良好的工作关系。这项研究涉及一系列现代技术，包括比较生化、染色体和解剖学研究。这些数据集将允许使用分支学重建该属的进化史，分支学是一种重建进化树的方法，随着数字计算机的发展而变得实用。

James Zech, a doctoral student under the direction of Dr. Tod Stuessy at the The Ohio State University, will undertake a systematic study of the plant genus Mulinum which is an assemblage of approximately 21 species occurring in southern South America. The genus is a poorly known member of the family Apiaceae, the wild carrots. The study will include collecting trips to South America and collaborative research with Chilean and Argentinian botanists with whom Dr. Stuessy has established good working relationships over the years. The study involves a battery of modern techniques including comparative biochemical, chromosomal and anatomical studies. These data sets will permit reconstruction of the evolutionary history of the genus using cladistics, which is a methodology to reconstruct evolutionary trees, made practical by the development of digital computers.