Dr. C. Donovan Bailey
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Dr. C. Donovan Bailey
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As a systematic botanist, I am particularly
interested in addressing questions regarding the evolutionary relationships
of plant taxa
and the evolution
of specific traits. Research in the lab primarily addresses these questions
on members of the mustard and legume plant families. These groups are
well represented in the Southwestern US and Mexican floras and they include
numerous important crop species as
well as threatened/endangered species. Molecular biology techniques employed
in the lab include PCR, DNA sequencing, gene cloning, southern analyses,
AFLPs, RAPDs, and SCARS. Data assembled from these methodologies are analyzed
in a phylogenetic context and the results are used to discuss the implications
of the inferred evolutionary relationships and to develop new classifications.
As curator of the NMSU herbarium (a permanent repository for historical and
contemporary plant collections) I am also interested in projects associated
with the development of plant field guides, revisions of plant groups, as
well as the data basing of herbarium material. For additional discussion
of ongoing research projects please see the "Research" and "Grants" tabs
above.