John H Willis
Associate Professor

919-660-7340

3314 French Science Center

Willis Lab Page

Research Interests: Evolutionary genetics in natural plant populations

We conduct research on broad issues in evolutionary genetics, and we are currently addressing questions relating to the evolution of adaptation, reproductive isolation, breeding systems, inbreeding depression, and floral traits in natural plant populations. Please see our lab web page for more information.

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

1. Fishman, L. and J.H. Willis, Pollen limitation and natural selection on floral characters in the yellow monkeyflower Mimulus guttatus, New Phytologist, advance online publication (2007) .
2. Mitchell-Olds, T., J.H. Willis, and D. Goldstein, What evolutionary processes influence natural genetic variation for phenotypic traits?, Nature Reviews Genetics, vol. 8 (2007), pp. 845-856 .
3. McDaniel, S.F., J. H. Willis, and A. J. Shaw, A linkage map reveals a complex basis for segregation distortion in an inter-populational cross in the moss Ceratodon purpureus, Genetics, vol. 176 (2007), pp. 2489-2500 .
4. Rieseberg, L. H., and J.H. Willis, Plant speciation, Science, vol. 317 (2007), pp. 910-914 .
5. Sweigart, A. L., N. H. Martin, and J. H. Willis, Patterns of nucleotide variation and reproductive isolation between a Mimulus allotetraploid and its progenitor species, Molecular Ecology (Accepted, 2007) .