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| | Pritzker Laboratory - Research Assistants |
 | | Currently, I continue to study the plant family Altingiaceae, or sweet gums, in collaboration with Associate Curator of Botany, Dr. |
 | | In spite of the biogeographic importance of the group, the largest genus of the family, Altingia, is taxonomically poorly known. |
 | | Secondly, based on the analyses of molecular sequence data we will test whether Altingiaceae diversified first in temperate regions and later migrated into tropical areas, and whether the lack of morphological difference in some taxa is due to morphological stasis. |
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