Dr. Larry Buckley
Associate Professor
Associate Head, School of Life
Sciences
Email: ljbsbi@rit.edu
Phone: 585-475-7507
Office: Gosnell Building 08-2120
Research Interest
Evolutionary Biology
Reconciling morphological and molecular phylogenies of iguanas; biogeography of Mexico and Central America.
Potential Research Project
The published morphological and molecular phylogenies for iguanas are largely incongruent. In particular, members of the genus Ctenosaura are grouped together by morphology but form distinct groups on different branches of the family Iguanidae by mitochondrial DNA analysis. A nuclear gene, rhodopsin, will be sequenced for representatives of all 8 genera of Iguanidae and all species of the genus Ctenosaura to determine the best phylogeny.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0829259. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).
