Rodolfo Salas Lizana

Research

​Rodolfo studies evolution of biodiversity, population genetics, phylogeography and phylogeny of fungi with special focus on fungal pine endophytes. Rodolfo uses theoretical population genetics and coalescent theory, particularly non-equilibrium models and population-species boundaries.

Selected Publications

• A comparative analysis of Lophodermium fissuratum, sp. nov., found in haploxylon pine needles in the Pacific Northwest, and other Lophodermium endophytes. Mycologia. 110(5):797-810.
• Double-digest RADseq loci using standard Illumina indexes improve deep and shallow phylogenetic resolution of Lophodermium, a widespread fungal endophyte of pine needles. Ecology and Evolution. 8(13):6638-6651.
• Deep sequencing across multiple host species tests pine-endophyte specificity. American Journal of Botany. 109(1):83-98.