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Statement of Research Interests
Research in my lab combines the laboratory tools of molecular genetics with the conceptual tools of population genetics and phylogenetics to understand mechanisms of evolutionary divergence in plants. Current projects include phylogenetics and biogeography of Schiedea in the Hawaiian Islands; phylogeography, evolution, and conservation of endemic Lotus on the California Channel Islands; systematics and population genetics of Platanthera orchids; and landscape genetics of Canada thistle, an invasive species.
Recent Publications
Wallace, L.E. 2006. Spatial genetic structure and frequency of interspecific hybridization in Platanthera aquilonis and P. dilatata (Orchidaceae) occurring in sympatry. American Journal of Botany 93: 1001-1009.
Wallace, L.E. 2004. A comparison of genetic variation & structure in the allopolyploid Platanthera huronensis & its diploid progenitors, Platanthera aquilonis & Platanthera dilatata (Orchidaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany 82:244-252.
Holsinger, K.E. & L.E. Wallace. 2004. Bayesian approaches for the analysis of population genetic structure: an example from Platanthera leucophaea (Orchidaceae). Molecular Ecology 13:887-894.