Jessica M. Budke, Doctoral Student

      M.S. 2005 University of Connecticut

      B.S. 2003 Miami University

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Office: 316 Bio/Pharm Bld.

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University of Connecticut
75 N. Eagleville Road, U-3043
Storrs, Connecticut USA

Phone: (860) 486-6306

Fax: (860) 486-6364

Email: jessica.budke@uconn.edu
 

Research Interests

Bryophytes (Mosses); Evolution; Systematics; Developmental Morphology; Anatomy. I am particularly interested in the development and morphological evolution of moss structures, such as the peristome teeth, stomata, calyptra and meristematic regions.

Master's Thesis

         My thesis entitled "Phylogenetic Analyses of the Timmiaceae (Bryophyta; Musci) Inferred from Sequence Data and a Developmental Study of the Peristome-forming Region of Timmia megapolitana (Timmiaceae)", consisted of two main components. Using DNA sequence data from two chloroplast and one nuclear genomic region I examined the phylogenetic relationships among the six established taxa in the Timmiaceae. Additionally I documented the initial cellular divisions that form the peristome teeth, focusing on the alignment of cell walls in the inner peristome forming layer (IPL).

Undergraduate Research

During undergrad I worked in Jim Hickey's lab at Miami University (Oxford, OH) studying Isoetes. There I assisted in the description of a new species of Isoetes (Isoetes tennesseensis Luebke & Budke). Also I carried out an analysis of this new species of Isoetes using anatomical and morphological techniques.

Publications

Budke, Jessica M., Cynthia S. Jones and Bernard Goffinet. 2007. Development of the enigmatic peristome of Timmia megapolitana (Timmiaceae; Bryophyta). American Journal of Botany 94(3): 460-467.

Budke, Jessica M., and Bernard Goffinet. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis of Timmiaceae (Bryophyta: Musci) based on  nuclear and chloroplast sequence data. Systematic Botany. 31(4): 633-641.

Budke, Jessica M., R. James Hickey, and Kerry D. Heafner. 2005. Analysis of morphological and anatomical characteristics of Isoetes using Isoetes tennesseensis. Brittonia. 57(2): 167-182.

Luebke, Neil T. and Jessica M. Budke. 2003. Isoëtes tennesseensis (Isoëtaceae), an octoploid quillwort from Tennessee. American Fern Journal. 93(4): 184-190.

Advisors
Bernard Goffinet
Cynthia Jones

University of Connecticut - Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology