Student projects

Projects supervised by Erik J van Nieukerken

Description of Nepticulidae projects (in Dutch)

Phylogeny and biogeography of a group of Mediterranean miners on shrubs (Trifurcula) (in progress)
Cryptic species and DNA barcoding in Stigmella leafminers
Recognition of leafmines and caterpillars of oak mining Stigmella by DNA barcoding and statistics of mine morphology
Webbased taxonomy of groups of Nepticulidae
Webbased taxonomy and biodiversity analysis of SE Asian Lepidoptera (moths) download description

Former projects

Camiel Doorenweerd (2008-2009), MSc:
Phylogeny and host plant relationships of European Ectoedemia (leafmining moths on trees).

Abstract of paper read at SEL conference 2009 (Cluj, Roumania) and Systematics 2009 (Leiden, Netherlands)

Report: Molecular phylogeny of the leaf-mining moth subgenus Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)
& appendix

Literature thesis:

Changing distribution patterns of northern hemisphere eudicot hosts of Ectoedemia s.s. during the Tertiary in relation to their phylogeny: setting the scene for leafminer evolution.

Martijn Booister (2008) BSc:
DNA barcoding of butterfly eggs on herbarium specimens (in co-operation with Dr. Barbara Gravendeel, National Herbarium) (download description )

Abstract of poster presented at SEL conference 2009 (Cluj, Roumania) Download poster

Report: Microsatellite-based barcoding of Maculinea alcon (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) sing a new method for amplification of very small amounts of degraded DNA

Johan Vlasman (2010) BSc:
Host plant and leafminer identification by using DNA-barcoding of sterile herbarium specimens and frass (in co-operation with Dr. Barbara Gravendeel, National Herbarium) report

Monday, January 31, 2011

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