Follow op on program of study petition
– Jiri will check petition status
– Have acquired all committee signatures approving change in program of study requirements
Ch. 1: Lit. Review
– Should only be ~4 pages and structured to provide introductory material for each chapter
Ch. 2: Global population structure of X. crassiussculus
– Anticipated timeline is to have DNA extracted from abdominal muscle tissue by mid-May for Adam Payton to prepare sequencing library.
– May need more Chinese specimens for Ch. 4
– Specimens & Locations
Ghana – 26
Honduras – 3
Japan – 26
Malaysia – 3
New Guinea – 26
Taiwan – 6
Thailand – 24
Hawaii – 10
China – 5 (Need more. Will be going through Craig’s specimens)
Cameroon – 6
SE US – 56
Ch. 3: Continuous morophological variation in X. ferrugineus/bispinatus
– Need Jiri to contact Tom Atkinson about future collaboration on this project.
– In the process of acquiring an assistant to began sorting specimens and assessing morphological variation.
– Need to finalize number of specimens and locations.
– Specimens & Locations
X. bispinatus
North Carolina – 6
Georgia – 45
Florida – 165
Honduras – 2
X. ferrugineus
North Carolina – 8
Georgia – 12
Florida – 171
Costa Rica – 5
Honduras – 49
Panama – 7
Ch. 4: Pop. Structure and diversity of inbreeding and outbreeding Scolytines in their native and exotic ranges
– Comparing X. crassiusculus to Dendroctonus valens
– Need lot more D. valens specimens. Jiri will contact some folks about this.
– Specimens & Locations
X. crassiusculus
Same as Ch.2
Dendroctonus valens (list of all available specimens)
Michigan – 10
Wisconsin – 2
California – 3
Other: Wallacellus spp. phylogenetic revision
– Adding new X. eurygraphus sequences to test multiple hypothesis for phylogenetic relationships between similis, piceus, and Euwallace
– Also adding X. horrius and Cyclorhipidion spp. sequences when building new phylogeny, which is for another project
