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| [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebwww/ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology]<br/> | | [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebwww/ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology]<br/> |
| [http://www.uconn.edu/ University of Connecticut]<br/> | | [http://www.uconn.edu/ University of Connecticut]<br/> |
| Storrs, CT 06269-3043<br/> | | Storrs, CT 06269-3043<br/> |
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| office: 200 Pharmacy/Biology Building<br/> | | office: 200 Pharmacy/Biology Building<br/> |
| voice: +1 860-486-6723<br/> | | voice: +1 860-486-6723<br/> |
| fax: +1 860-486-6364<br/> | | fax: +1 860-486-6364<br/> |
| email: [mailto:louise.lewis@uconn.edu louise.lewis@uconn.edu]<br/><br/> | | email: [mailto:louise.lewis@uconn.edu louise.lewis@uconn.edu]<br/><br/> |
− | [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/L._Lewis_Lab <span style="font-size: larger">L. Lewis Lab Homepage</span>]
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− | ==Research Interests and Selected Publications==
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− | <span style="font-size: large">Systematics and evolution of green algae<br/></span>
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− | *Lewis, L. A. (2007) Chlorophyta on land. Independent lineages of green eukaryotes from arid lands. In: J. Seckbach (ed.) ''Extremophilic Algae, Cyanobacteria and non-photosynthetic Protists: From Prokaryotes to Astrobiology''. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
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− | *McManus, H. A. and L. A. Lewis (2005) Systematics, morphological variation and implications for colony-form evolution in the family Hydrodictyaceae (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyta). Phycologia 44: 582-595.
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− | *Lewis, L. A. and R. M. McCourt (2004) Green algae and the origin of land plants. American Journal of Botany 91: 1535-1556.
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− | *Shoup, S. and L. A. Lewis (2003) Polyphyletic origin of parallel basal bodies in swimming cells of chlorophycean green algae (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 39: 789-796.
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− | *Watanabe, S., A. Himizu, L. A. Lewis, G. L. Floyd and P. A. Fuerst (2000) ''Pseudoneochloris marina'', a new coccoid Ulvophycean alga, and its phylogenetic position inferred from morphological and molecular data. Journal of Phycology 36: 596-604.
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− | *Lewis, L. A. (1997) Phylogenetic placement of ''Bracteacoccus'' based on 18S rDNA sequence data. Journal of Phycology 33: 279-28.
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− | *Lewis, L. A., L. W. Wilcox, P. A. Fuerst and G. L. Floyd (1992) Concordance of molecular and ultrastructural data in the study of zoosporic green algae. Journal of Phycology 28: 375-380.<br/>
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− | <span style="font-size: large">Diversity of desert green algae<br/></span>
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− | [[Image:ArizonaCrust.jpg|thumb|right|''Arizona Biotic Crust'']]
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− | *[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/bcp/ Biotic Crust Project] - web site and relational database is designed to disseminate results of an NSF-funded (Biotic Systems and Inventories) project to document the diversity of green algae, cyanobacteria, lichens and bryophytes of the desert crust communities of the western United States.
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− | *Lewis, L. A. and P. O. Lewis (2005) Unearthing the molecular phylodiversity of desert soil green algae (Chlorophyta). Systematic Biology 54: 936-947.
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− | *Lewis, L. A., and V. R. Flechtner (2004) Cryptic species of ''Scenedesmus'' (Chlorophyta) from desert soil communities of western North America. Journal of Phycology 40: 1127-1137.
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− | *Lewis, L. A. and V. R. Flechtner (2002) Green algae (Chlorophyta) of desert microbiotic crusts: diversity of North American taxa. Taxon 51: 443-451.<br/>
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− | <span style="font-size: large">Physiology of desert green algae<br/></span>
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− | *Gray, D. W., Z. G. Cardon and L. A. Lewis (2007) Photosynthetic recovery following desiccation of desert green algae (Chlorophyta) and their aquatic relatives. Plant Cell and Environment 30, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2007.01704.x.
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− | *Gray, D. W., Z. G. Cardon and L. A. Lewis (2006) Simultaneous collection of rapid chlorophyll fluorescence induction kinetics, fluorescence quenching parameters, and environmental data using an automated PAM-2000/CR10X data logging system. Photosynthesis Research 87: 295-301.<br/>
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− | <span style="font-size: large">Phylogenetic relationships of symbiotic green algae<br/></span>
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− | [[Image:BiolBulletin.gif|right|''Biological Bulletin Cover'']]
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− | *Lewis, L. A. and G. Muller-Parker (2004) Phylogenetic placement of "Zoochlorellae" (Chlorophyta), algal symbiont of the temperate anemone ''Anthopleura'' ''elegantissima''. Biological Bulletin 207: 87-92.<br/>
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− | <span style="font-size: large">Phylogeny of basal green plants<br/></span>
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− | *Lewis, L. A., B. D. Mishler and R. Vilgalys (1997) Phylogenetic relationships of the liverworts (Hepaticae), a basal embryophyte lineage, inferred from nucleotide sequence data of the chloroplast gene, rbcL. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 7: 377-393.
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− | *Mishler, B. M., L. A. Lewis, M. A. Buchheim, K. S. Renzaglia, D. J. Garbary, C. F. Delwiche, F. W. Zechman, T. S. Kantz and R. L. Chapman (1994) Phylogenetic relationships of the "green algae" and "bryophytes". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 81: 451-483.<br/>
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− | <span style="font-size: large">Beyond greens<br/></span>
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− | *Hershkovitz, M. A. and L. A. Lewis (1996) Deep-level diagnostic value of the rDNA-ITS region. Molecular Biology and Evolution 13: 1276- 1295.
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− | *Hanelt, B., D. van Schyndel, C.M. Adema, L. A. Lewis, and E.S. Loker (1996) The phylogenetic position of ''Rhopalura opiocomae'' (Orthonectida) based on 18S ribosomal RNA sequence data. Molecular Biology and Evolution 13: 1187-1191.
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− | *Wawrzyniak, L.A. and R.A. Andersen (1983) Silica-scaled Chrysophyceae from North American boreal forest regions in northern Michigan, U.S.A. and Newfoundland, Canada. Nova Hedwigia 41: 127-145.<br/>
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− | ==Courses==
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− | Fall 2007
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− | * Special seminar in ultrastructure of green algae and bryophytes. Contact me for information.
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− | Spring 2008
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− | *During alternate spring semesters (next in 2008) I will co-teach [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolution_of_Green_Plants Evolution of Green Plants] with Dr. Bernard Goffinet.
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− | *I also teach [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/algae/ Biology of the Algae] (co-listed as EEB 290 and EEB 390) in alternate fall semesters (2006, 2008...).
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− | Spring 2009
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− | *I am involved in teaching introductory biology for majors, Biology 108, usually in alternate spring semesters (2009, 2011...). This course web site is accessed using [https://vista.uconn.edu/ Vista].
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