William W. Cole, Lab Tech.

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Toronto
25 Willcocks Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5S 3B2
Phone: (416) 978-5603
Email: bill.cole@utoronto.ca

Degrees

  B.Sc. (Honours)

(1985) Ecology, Department of Botany, University of Guelph, Canada

  MSc.

(1988) Department of Botany, University of Guelph, Canada
Thesis titile: Spatial & Genealogical Aspects of mating in Silene cucubalus


Current Position

Research Tech, Professor Barrett's lab (55%), EEB technician & Webmaster(45%) Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto

Publications

  • Barrett, S.C.H., Husband, B.C. & Cole, W.W. (1993). Variation in outcrossing rates in Eichhornia paniculata : temporal changes in populations of contrasting morph structure. Plant Species Biology 8, 141-148. ( pdf )

  • Barrett, S.C.H., Harder, L.D. & Cole, W.W. (1994). Effects of flower number and position on self-fertilization in experimental populations of Eichhornia paniculata (Pontederiaceae). Functional Ecology 8, 526-535. ( pdf )

  • Barrett, S.C.H., Cole, W.W., Arroyo, J., Cruzan, M.B., & Lloyd, D.G. (1997). Sexual polymorphisms in Narcissus triandrus : is this species tristylous ? Heredity 78, 135-145.

  • Barrett, S.C.H., Cole, W. & Harder, L.D. (1998). Experimental studies on the effects of floral design and display on plant mating. In: Reproductive Biology in Systematics, Conservation & Economic Botany. (Eds. S.J. Owen & P.J. Rudell), pp. 1-13. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

  • Sage, T.L., Strumas, F., Cole, W.W. & Barrett, S.C.H. (1999). Differential ovule development following self- and cross-pollination: The basis of self-sterility in Narcissus triandrus (Amaryllidaceae). American Journal of Botany 86, 855-970. ( pdf )

  • Harder, L.D., Barrett, S.C.H., & Cole, W. (2000). The mating consequences of sexual segregation within inflorescences of flowering plants. Proceedings of the Royal Society Ser. B. 267, 315-320. ( pdf )

  • Barrett, S.C.H., Wilken, D.H. & Cole, W.W. (2000). Heterostyly in the Lamiaceae: the case of Salvia brandegeei. Plant Systematics & Evolution 223, 211-219. ( pdf )

  • Sage, T. L., Griffin, S.R., Pontieri, V., Drobac, P., Cole, W.W., & Barrett, S.C.H. (2001). Stigmatic self-incompatibility and mating patterns in Trillium grandiflorum and Trillium erectum (Melanthiaceae). Annals of Botany 88, 829-841. ( pdf )

  • Arroyo, J., Barrett, S.C.H., Hidalgo, R., & Cole, W.(2002). Evolutionary maintenance of stigma-height dimorphism in Narcissus papyraceus (Amarylliadaceae). American Journal of Botany 89,1242-1249. ( pdf )

  • Barrett, S.C.H., Cole, W.W. & Herrera, C.M. (2004). Mating patterns and genetic diversity in the wild daffodil Narcissus longispathus (Amaryllidaceae). Heredity 92, 459-465. (pdf)

  • Barrett, S.C.H., Harder, L.D. & Cole, W.W. (2004). Correlated evolution of floral morphology and mating-type frequencies in a sexually polymorphic plant. Evolution 58, 964-975. (pdf)

  • Zhang, L., Barrett, S.C.H., Gao, J-Y., Chen, J., Cole, W.W., Liu, Y., Bai, Z-L. & Li, Q-J. (2005). Predicting mating patterns from pollination syndromes: the case of "sapromyiophily" in Tacca chantrieri (Taccaceae) American Journal of Botany 92, 517-524. (pdf)

  • Anderson, B., Cole, W.W. & Barrett, S.C.H. (2005). Specialized bird perch aids cross-pollination. Nature 435, 41-42. (pdf)

  • Puentes, A., Cole, W.W. & Barrett, S.C.H. (2013). Trimorphic incompatibility in Pontederia subovata (Pontederiaceae): An aquatic macrophyte from lowland South America. International Journal of Plant Sciences 174:47–56. doi 10.1086/668229 (pdf)


Research Interests

Over the last 22 years I have enjoyed running Spencer's research program and helping graduate students. I have been fortunate to be able to travel with some of these students doing fieldwork in Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Western Australia, California and even Southern Ontario.


Long-styled morph of Narcissus triandrus (Amaryllidaceae)

Narcissus trindrus