John H Willis, Professor  

John H Willis

Education:
PhD, University of Chicago, 1991

Office Location: FFSC: 3314
Office Phone: 919-660-7340
Email Address: jwillis@duke.edu
Web Page: http://www.biology.duke.edu/willislab

Specialties:
Evolution
Ecology and Population Biology
Genetics
Genomics

Research Categories: Evolutionary genetics in natural plant populations

Research Description: 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. Cooley, A. M., G. Carvallo, and J.H. Willis, Is Floral Diversification Associated with Pollinator Divergence? Flower Shape, Flower Colour and Pollinator Preference in Chilean Mimulus, Annals of Botany, vol. 101 (2008), pp. 641-650 .
  2. Case, A.L., and J.H. Willis, Hybrid male sterility in Mimulus (Phrymaceae) is associated with a geographically restricted mitochondrial rearrangement, Evolution, vol. 62 (2008), pp. 1026-1039 .
  3. McDaniel, S.F., J. H. Willis, and A. J. Shaw, The genetic basis of developmental abnormalities in interpopulation hybrids of the moss Ceratodon purpureus, Genetics, vol. 179 (2008), pp. 1425-1435 .
  4. Lowry, D. B., J. L. Modliszewski, K. M. Wright, C. A. Wu, and J. H. Willis, The strength and genetic basis of reproductive isolating barries in flowering plants, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, vol. 363 (2008), pp. 3009-3021 .
  5. Lowry, D. B., R. C. Rockwood, and J. H. Willis, Ecological reproductive isolation of coast and inland races of Mimulus guttatus, Evolution, vol. 62 (2008), pp. 2196-2214 .

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