	Randal Linder Associate Professor, Section of Integrative Biology, see also the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
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Video: PC \| Mac E-mail: rlinder@mail.utexas.edu Office: BIO 110A (512) 471-7825 Lab: BIO 109 (512) 471-7826 Fax: (512) 232-9529	Education B.A., St. John's College, Sante Fe, 1982 M.S., Cornell University, 1987 Ph.D., Brown University, 1994 Postdoc, NSF/Sloan Fellow, Indiana University at Bloomington Research Interests My research focuses on three areas: the evolution of complex character traits in a phylogenetic context, the genetic architecture of species, and genetic maternal effects in seeds. I use modern molecular techniques, computer modeling, and traditional experimental approaches. My primary work is the evolution of angiosperm seed-oil composition. I study the selective forces that have generated the wide variety of oil in seeds, especially the balance between saturated and unsaturated oils. I am also involved in a project with Dr. Loren Rieseberg of Indiana University to develop simulation models that test how different levels and types of selection affect the genetic architecture of hybrids and populations experiencing introgression. Finally, I am using Brassica rapa (a wild mustard) as a model system to test how maternal effects influence the fitness and performance of seeds. Students interested in working with me need not work on the same organisms or issues that I do. I encourage independent and original thought, so I am open to almost any project within my areas of expertise. Instruction Fall 2001: BIO 386 - Ecology, Evolution, & Phylogeny Awards/Honors George R. Cooley Award for best presentation, National meeting of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, 1998 Silver Medal to the Senior with the highest academic record, St. John's College, 1982 Publications Linder, C.R., Moore, L.A., and Jackson, R.B. 2000. A universally applicable molecular method for identifying most underground plant parts to species. Molecular Ecology 9: 1549-1559. Ackerly, D.D., S.A. Dudley, S.E. Sultan, J. Schmitt, J.S. Coleman, C.R. Linder, D.R. Sandquist, M.A. Geber, A.S. Evans, T. Dawson, and M.J. Lechowicz. 2000. The evolution of plant physiological traits: recent advances and future directions. BioScience 50:979-995. Linder, C.R. 2000. Evolution and adaptive significance of the balance between saturated and unsaturated seed oils in angiosperms. The American Naturalist 156:442-458. Linder, C.R., L.R. Goertzen, B. Vanden Heuvel, J. Francisco-Ortega, R.K. Jansen. 2000. The external transcribed spacer of the rDNA repeat: a new nuclear region for low-level taxonomic analysis of the Asteraceae and closely allied families. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 14:285-303. Kimura, S., W. Laosinchai, T. Itoh, X. Cui., C.R. Linder, and R.M. Brown Jr. 1999. Immunogold labeling of rosette terminal cellulose synthesizing complexes in a vascular plant (Vigna angularis). The Plant Cell 11:2075-2086. Jackson, R.B., L.A. Moore, W.H. Hoffman, W.T. Pockman, and C.R. Linder. 1999. Ecosystem rooting depth determined with caves and DNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 96:11387-11392. Rieseberg, L.H. and C.R. Linder. 1999. Hybrid classification: insights from genetic map-based studies of experimental hybrids. Ecology 80:361-370. Linder, C.R. 1998. Potential persistence of escaped transgenes: seed germination and dormancy in transgenic canola and wild x canola hybrids. Ecological Applications 8:1180-1195. Schilling, E.E., C.R. Linder, R. Noyes, and L.H. Rieseberg. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships in Helianthus (Asteraceae) based on nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer region sequence data. Systematic Botany 23:177-187. Linder, C.R., I. Taha, G.J. Seiler, A. Snow, and L.H. Rieseberg. 1998. Long-term introgression of crop genes into wild sunflower populations. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 96:339-347.

Randal Linder

Associate Professor, Section of Integrative Biology,
see also the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Video: PC | Mac

E-mail:
rlinder@mail.utexas.edu
Office:
BIO 110A
(512) 471-7825
Lab:
BIO 109
(512) 471-7826
Fax:
(512) 232-9529

Education

B.A., St. John's College, Sante Fe, 1982
M.S., Cornell University, 1987
Ph.D., Brown University, 1994
Postdoc, NSF/Sloan Fellow, Indiana University at Bloomington

Research Interests

My research focuses on three areas: the evolution of complex character traits in a phylogenetic context, the genetic architecture of species, and genetic maternal effects in seeds. I use modern molecular techniques, computer modeling, and traditional experimental approaches. My primary work is the evolution of angiosperm seed-oil composition. I study the selective forces that have generated the wide variety of oil in seeds, especially the balance between saturated and unsaturated oils. I am also involved in a project with Dr. Loren Rieseberg of Indiana University to develop simulation models that test how different levels and types of selection affect the genetic architecture of hybrids and populations experiencing introgression. Finally, I am using Brassica rapa (a wild mustard) as a model system to test how maternal effects influence the fitness and performance of seeds.

Students interested in working with me need not work on the same organisms or issues that I do. I encourage independent and original thought, so I am open to almost any project within my areas of expertise.

Instruction

Fall 2001:

BIO 386 - Ecology, Evolution, & Phylogeny

Awards/Honors

George R. Cooley Award for best presentation, National meeting of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, 1998
Silver Medal to the Senior with the highest academic record, St. John's College, 1982

Publications

Linder, C.R., Moore, L.A., and Jackson, R.B. 2000. A universally applicable molecular method for identifying most underground plant parts to species. Molecular Ecology 9: 1549-1559.
Ackerly, D.D., S.A. Dudley, S.E. Sultan, J. Schmitt, J.S. Coleman, C.R. Linder, D.R. Sandquist, M.A. Geber, A.S. Evans, T. Dawson, and M.J. Lechowicz. 2000. The evolution of plant physiological traits: recent advances and future directions. BioScience 50:979-995.
Linder, C.R. 2000. Evolution and adaptive significance of the balance between saturated and unsaturated seed oils in angiosperms. The American Naturalist 156:442-458.
Linder, C.R., L.R. Goertzen, B. Vanden Heuvel, J. Francisco-Ortega, R.K. Jansen. 2000. The external transcribed spacer of the rDNA repeat: a new nuclear region for low-level taxonomic analysis of the Asteraceae and closely allied families. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 14:285-303.
Kimura, S., W. Laosinchai, T. Itoh, X. Cui., C.R. Linder, and R.M. Brown Jr. 1999. Immunogold labeling of rosette terminal cellulose synthesizing complexes in a vascular plant (Vigna angularis). The Plant Cell 11:2075-2086.
Jackson, R.B., L.A. Moore, W.H. Hoffman, W.T. Pockman, and C.R. Linder. 1999. Ecosystem rooting depth determined with caves and DNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 96:11387-11392.
Rieseberg, L.H. and C.R. Linder. 1999. Hybrid classification: insights from genetic map-based studies of experimental hybrids. Ecology 80:361-370.
Linder, C.R. 1998. Potential persistence of escaped transgenes: seed germination and dormancy in transgenic canola and wild x canola hybrids. Ecological Applications 8:1180-1195.
Schilling, E.E., C.R. Linder, R. Noyes, and L.H. Rieseberg. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships in Helianthus (Asteraceae) based on nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer region sequence data. Systematic Botany 23:177-187.
Linder, C.R., I. Taha, G.J. Seiler, A. Snow, and L.H. Rieseberg. 1998. Long-term introgression of crop genes into wild sunflower populations. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 96:339-347.