1-16 August 1997
The Green Plant Phylogeny Research Coordination Group (GPPRCG) was well represented at the Sixth International Phycological Congress held 1-16 August 1997 in Leiden, The Netherlands. The GPPRCG was, in part, an inspiration for the symposium titled "Global Consortia in exploring algal evolution: partnerships, process, and progress," convened by Mark Buchheim and Volker Huss. The whole concept of this symposium was discussed by the "green alga scientists" who met in a GPPRCG-sponsored workshop in conjunction with the Phycological Society of America annual meeting in Breckenridge, Colorado in 1995.
In this symposium, the green plants were the focus of the introductory talk by Russ Chapman ("The green plant phylogeny challenge: should botanists be more like physicists in the future?"). Green alga coverage at the Congress was not limited to this one symposium, and the following list includes many of the other green alga phylogeny presentations:
" Molecular and morphological analysis of Enteromorpha intestinalis and E. compressa in the British Isles" by Jaanika Blomster, Christine A. Maggs & Michael J. Stanhope (School of Biology and Biochemistry, Queens University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK)
" Molecular phylogenetics of chlamydomonad green algae" by Mark A. Buchheim1, Julie A. Buchheim1 & Russell L. Chapman2 (1 Dept. Of Biological Science, The University of Tulsa, USA; 2 Dept. Of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, USA)
" Charophyte cytology and its implications in systematics, phylogeny and phytogeography of extant charophyta" by B. R. Chaudhary (Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India)
" A molecular definition of species: possibilities and problems" by A. W. Coleman (BioMed, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA)
" Autapomorphies of the embryophyte clade: origin in charophycean preadaptations" by Linda E. Graham (Dept. Of Botany, 430 Lincoln Drive, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706, USA)
" Concordance between phylogenetic data and ultrastructural features in the classification of Chlorella and related taxa" by Nobutaka Hanagata1 and Mitsuo Chihara2 (1 Chiba Laboratory, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Japan; 2 Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150, Japan)
" Phylogeny of the Characeae (Class Charophyceae) based on DNA sequence data from multiple plastid genes" by Kenneth G. Karol1, Erin R. Sanders2, Alan Kasper2 & Richard M. McCourt3 (1 Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA; 2 Dept. Of Biological Sciences, DePaul University, Chicago, IL 60614, USA; 3 Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA)
" From algae to land plants: a paleobotanical perspective" by Paul Kenrick (Dept. of Paleobotany, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, S-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden)
" Phylogenetic relationships of the charophytes as inferred from biological markers" by Harald D. Kranz1, Rick McCourt2, Ken Karol3, and Volker A.R. Huss4 (1 Max Planck Institut für Züchtungsforschung, Abteilung Biochemie, Carl-von-linné-Weg 10, D-50829 Köln, Germany; 2 Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy., Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA; 3 Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560, USA; 4 Universität Erlangen, Institut für Botanik und Pharmazeutische Biologie, Staudtstr. 5, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany)
" Unravelling the systematics of Bryopsis using a new chloroplast marker" by Erin C. Krellwitz (Botany Dept., Duke University, Durham, NC 27704, USA)
" Intraspecies relationships in algae: high-resolution taxonomy and short-term phylogeny using a combination of classical and novel molecular methods" by Astrid Kvhler1, Annette W. Coleman2 and Stefan Fabry1 (1 University of Regensburg, Genetik, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany; 2 Brown University, Providence RI 02912, USA)
" New insights on phylogenetic relationships among the Trentepohliales" by J.M. López- Bautista, K. Brooks and R.L. Chapman (Dept. of Plant Biology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA)
" Cytokinesis in Spirogyra: integration of cleavage and cell-plate formation" by K.J. McIntosh, J.D. Pickett-Heaps, and B.E.S. Gunning (University of Melbourne, Botany Dept., Australia)
" Charophytology approaches the 21st century: morphological and evolutionary implications for Chara from recent DNA sequencing studies" by S. Meiers1, V. Proctor2, and R.L. Chapman1 (1 Dept. of Plant Biology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA USA; 2 Dept. of Biology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX USA)
" Through the looking glass: frameshifts in algal evolutionary studies" by Jeanine L. Olsen (Dept. of Marine Biology, Biological Centre, University of Groningen, PO Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands)
" Phylogeny of Klebsormidium and like green algae based on molecular (rDNA) and morphological evidence" by H.J. Sluiman1, C. Guihal1, T. Friedl2, G.M. Lokhorst3 and D.G. Mann1 (1 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland UK; 2 University of Bayreuth, Plant Systematics Dept., 95440 Bayreuth Germany; 3 University of Leiden, Rijksherbarium/Hortus Botanicus, 2400RA Leiden, The Netherlands)
" The gyrogonite: witness of charophyte's evolution and adaptation" by Ingeborg Soulié- Märsche (Laboratoire de Paleobotanique, University Montpellier II, CP 062, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier-Cedex 05, France)
" Molecular evolution of green and non-green chloroplasts" by Bettina Stoebe, Ina Schaffran, Christine von der Lippe, Thomas Laatsch, Wilfried Behn, Torsten Nitsch, Ulrich Freier and Klaus V. Kowallik (Botany Dept., Heinrich-Heine-University, Universitätsstr. 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany)