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- Qiuxin Wu (Ph.D.)
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- Department of Botany
- The Field Museum of Natural History
- Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive
- Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496
- Phone: 312-922-9410, ext. 718
- Fax: 312-427-2530
- E-mail: qwu@fieldmuseum.org
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Education:
- B.Sc., Forestry, Northeastern Forestry University, Harbin, China, 1983.
- M.S., Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, China, 1986.
- Ph.D., Botany, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA, 1991.
Professional Appointments:
- Collections Manager, Mycology, The Field Museum of Natural History,
Chicago, 1991-present
- Research Associate, Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Beijing, 1986-1987
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- Research Interests:
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- Biogeography, systematics, physiology, and ecology of macrofungi.
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- An interesting biological phenomenon is that eastern North America
and eastern Asia, although separated by a vast expanse of water for millions
of years, share some common species that cannot be found anywhere else
in the world. Extensive data exist on the relationship between the plants
and animals of China and eastern North America. However, knowledge of species
diversity and distribution of fungi in many areas of the world is sparse,
and the relationship between the fungi of eastern North America and eastern
Asia is not yet known. My current research project is aimed to help solve
this problem by: i) obtaining preliminary data on the biodiversity of macrofungi
in China and comparing these data to the mycota of eastern North America;
and, ii) testing several general biogeographic hypotheses by investigating
morphological and genetic divergence and variability among and within geographically
isolated populations of species that have presumed eastern Asia and eastern
North America - Central America disjunct distributions using DNA sequencing
techniques.
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- Selected Publications Mostly Related to the Project:
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- Wu, Q.-X. 1991. Systematics in the genus Clavicorona (Basidiomycotina,
fungi): morphology, incompatibility and phenoloxidase isozymes (Ph.D.dissertation).
University of Tennessee. 203 pp.
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- Wu, Q.-X. and R. H. Petersen. 1992. A new species of Clavicorona
from Japan. Mycotaxon 45: 123-129.
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- Wu, Q.-X. 1992. Mating tests and systematics in higher Basidiomycetes.
Acta Mycologica Sinica 11(4): 249-257.
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- Wu, Q-X. and G. M. Mueller. 1995. The genus Craterellus (Basidiomycetes,
Aphyllophorales) in Costa Rica and Colombia. Documents Mycologiques XXV
(98-100): 487-496.
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- Wu, Q-X., K. W. Hughes and R. H. Petersen. 1995. A reevaluation of
taxa of Clavicorona subg. Ramosa based on morphology, sexual
compatibility and laccase electrophoretic patterns. Sydowia 47(1): 89-124.
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- Wu, Q.-X. and G. M. Mueller, 1997. Biogeographic relationships between
the macrofungi of temperate eastern Asia and eastern North America.
Canadian Journal of Botany 75 (12)
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