What’s cooking in the Nowicki Lab right now?

• 2020
  • 01 Jan 2020 - Evaluation of genetic diversity of Asian callery pear

    In this endeavor, Shiwani (MS student) is evaluating species diversity using de novo gSSRs. We accrued samples of non-cultivated P. calleryana from Asia. Molecular markers will be tested for cross-amplification to related species as well.

• 2019
  • 01 Aug 2019 - Eastern Redbud chlorotyping and diversity assessment

    Chloroplast DNA haplotying of redbuds is expected to provide lineage and spread data, inaccessible with nuclear DNA SSRs.

• 2018
  • 01 Aug 2018 - Diversity of Eastern Redbud, Cercis canadensis, native to US

    MS thesis project of Meher A. Ony. Includes two major objectives, (1) gSSR selection and redbud fine-scale study, and (2) genetic diversity assessment across the species native range.