Qian Yu
PhD Student
qianyu(at)indiana.edu

PhD candidate, Evolutionary Ecology, 2006-present, Wuhan University, Indiana University
MSc, Evolutionary Ecology, 2001-2004, Wuhan University, China
Thesis: A Study on Reproductive Behavior in Aquilegia yabeana. (Advisor: Guo You-hao, Huang Shuang-quan)
BSc, Biotechnology, 1997-2001, Wuhan University, China

Generally I have been interested in looking at evolution in plants using a variety of approaches. I believe integration of results from different levels and perspectives could yield better insights to evolutionary questions. In the past I studied phenotypic plasticity in columbines, breeding system shift in butterburs, hybridization and introgression in several Epimedium species and epistasis in Silene latifolia. Currently I am in the EEB program at IU and I joined the Rieseberg lab in Aug 2009, to start a research on the phenotypic and genomic differentiation between native and invasive giant ragweeds.

Publications:
Zhang Y-W, Yu Q, Zhao J-M, Guo Y-H. (2009) Differential effects of nectar robbing by the same bumble-bee species on three sympatric Corydalis species with varied mating systems. Annals of botany 104:33-39.
Yu Q, Zhang Y-W, Guo Y-H. (2008) Translation and elucidation of common terms in pollination biology. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 46:96-102.
Tang L-L, Yu Q, Sun J-F, Huang S-Q. (2007) Floral traits and isolation of three sympatric Aquilegia species in the Qinling Mountains, China. Plant Systematics and Evolution 267: 121–128.
Yu Q, Huang S-Q. (2006) Flexible stigma presentation assists context-dependent pollination in a wild columbine. New Phytologist 169: 237–242.
Yu Q, Guo Y-H, Huang S-Q. (2005) Characters of stigma in three Aquilegia species. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 43: 513–516.
Huang S-Q, Tang L-L, Yu Q, Guo Y-H. (2004) Temporal floral sex allocation in protogynous Aquilegia yabeana contrasts with protandrous species: support for the mating environment hypothesis. Evolution 58: 1131-1134.