Word: pfisterer
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...faculty on July 1, 1994 as an assistant professor, joining Kellogg and Donoghue as part of a series of appointments in the area of plant biology intended to strengthen the discipline after several retirements left slots open in he department, said Gray Professor of Systematic Biology Donald H. Pfister...
...department is also interested in the broad questions of species concepts," Pfister said. "We're all looking and seeing the appointments as being really central to developing plant biology...and philogeny...
...Pfister said Donoghue is well-known in the field for his work with philogenetic trees, the analysis of the relationships between different vascular plants in a broader evolutionary context. He said Donoghue is also working with molecular techniques important in molecular philogeny, which studies how molecular characteristics and components of different groups explain group evolution...
...Kellogg, Pfister said, has been concentrating on evolution among different classes of grasses. Baum's specialty is floral development, specifically the subset called baobabs found in Madagascar and Australia...
...Pfister also said there are "not a lot a whole lot of facilities or tangible reasons" attracting students to Kirkland, but "the location and a healthy interactive community" compensate for other shortcomings...