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Dr. Charlotte Lindqvist

Research Assistant Professor
Hochstetter 645
phone: 645-4986
New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences (CoE), B4-129
phone: (716) 881-8216
email: cl243@buffalo.edu

Research Summary

My research is broadly concerned with the processes and patterns of morphological and genetic diversification in natural populations, particularly plant (adaptive) radiations. I have focused on molecular phylogenetics and evolution at low taxonomic levels, primarily in angiosperms (asterids), but also to some extent vertebrates (marine mammals). Furthermore, I am interested in molecular genetic analyses of historical and prehistorical material, and recently I have become involved in metagenomics and mass-sequencing of environmental samples.

Current projects include:

• Molecular phylogenetics of the mint subfamily Lamioideae (Lamiaceae)
• Reticulate origin and evolution of the Hawaiian endemic mints (Lamiaceae)
• Molecular phylogenetics, biogeography and morphological evolution in selected genera of Apocynaceae
• Phylogeography and genetic variation of marine mammals (walrus, bowhead whales)
• Molecular diagnostics and genetic variation in historical material (ancient DNA)
• Metagenomic investigation of marine mammal gut microbiota

Selected Publications

• Sommer, R.S., C. Lindqvist, A. Persson, H. Bringsoe, A.G.J., Rhodin, N. Schneeweiss, P. Široky, L. Bachmann & U. Fritz (in press). Unexpected early extinction of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) in Sweden and climatic impact on its Holocene range. Molecular Ecology

• Lindqvist C., L. Bachmann, L.W. Andersen, E.W. Born, U. Arnason, K.M. Kovacs, C. Lydersen, A.V. Abramov & Ø. Wiig (2008). The Laptev Sea walrus Odobenus rosmarus laptevi: an enigma revisited. Zoologica Scripta, Published Online: 14 Oct 2008, 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00364.x link to abstract.

• Lindqvist C., A. Probst, A.R. Martin, Ø. Wiig & L. Bachmann (2008). Molecular species identification of historical whale remains from South Georgia. Marine Mammal Science, Published Online: 10 Oct 2008, DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00248.x link to abstract.

• Bachmann, L., B. Däubl, C. Lindqvist, L. Kruckenhauser, M. Teschler-Nicola & E. Haring (2008). PCR diagnostics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in historic human long bone remains from 18th century burials in Kaiserebersdorf, Austria. BMC Research Notes 1, 83. link to article.

• Scheen, A.-C., C. Lindqvist, C.G. Fossdal & V.A. Albert (2008). Molecular phylogenetics of tribe Synandreae, a North American lineage of lamioid mints (Lamiaceae). Cladistics 24, 299-314.

• Lindqvist, C., L. Laakkonen & V.A. Albert (2007). Polyglutamine variation in a flowering time protein correlates with island age in a Hawaiian plant radiation. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7, 105.

• Dolven, J.K., C. Lindqvist, V.A. Albert, K.R. Bjørklund, T.Yuasa, O. Takahashi & S. Mayama (2007). Molecular evidence for a diversity of alveolate symbionts and parasites in neritic North Atlantic radiolarians. Protist 158, 65-76.

• Lindqvist, C., L. Plaisance, T.A. Bakke & L. Bachmann (2007). Mitochondrial DNA variation of a natural population of Gyrodactylus thymalli (Monogenea) from the type locality Hrable on River Hnilec, Slovakia. Parasitology Research 101, 1439–1442.

• Lindqvist, C., J. De Laet, R.R. Haynes, L. Aagesen, B.R. Keener & V.A. Albert (2006). Molecular phylogenetics of an aquatic plant lineage, Potamogetonaceae. Cladistics 22, 568-588.

• Lindqvist, C., A-C. Scheen, M-J. Yoo, P. Grey, D.G. Oppenheimer, J.H. Leebens-Mack, D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis & V.A. Albert (2006). An expressed sequence tag (EST) library from developing fruits of an Hawaiian endemic mint (Stenogyne rugosa, Lamiaceae): characterization and microsatellite markers. BMC Plant Biology 6,16.

• Lindqvist, C., T.J. Motley, J.J. Jeffrey & V.A. Albert (2003). Cladogenesis and reticulation in the Hawaiian endemic mints (Lamiaceae). Cladistics 19, 480-495.

• Lindqvist, C. & V.A. Albert (2002). Origin of the Hawaiian endemic mints within North American Stachys (Lamiaceae). American Journal of Botany 89, 1709-1724.

• Zerega, N.J.C., S. Mori, C. Lindqvist, Q. Zheng & T.J. Motley (2002). Using Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms (AFLP) to identify black cohosh (Actaea racemosa). Economic Botany 56, 154-164.

• Lindqvist, C. & V.A. Albert (2001). A high elevation ancestry for the Usambara Mountains and lowland populations of African violets (Saintpaulia: Gesneriaceae). Systematics and Geography of Plants 71, 37-44.