John H Willis, Professor
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)
- Benedict, B. G., J. L. Modliszewski, A. L. Sweigart, N. H. Martin, F. R. Ganders, and J.H. Willis, Mimulus sookensis (Phyrmaceae), a new allotetraploid species derived from Mimulus guttatus and Mimulus nasutus., Madrono, vol. 59 (2012), pp. 29-43 .
- Lowry, D. B., C. C. Sheng, J. R. Lasky, and J.H. Willis, Five anthocyanin polymorphisms are associated with an R2R3-MYB cluster in Mimulus guttatus (Phrymaceae), American Journal of Botany, vol. 99 (2012), pp. 82-91 .
- Mojica, J. P., Y. W. Lee, J.H. Willis, and J.K. Kelly, Spatially and temporally varying selection on intrapopulation quantitative trait loci for a life history trade-off in Mimulus guttatus., Molecular Ecology, vol. 21 (2012), pp. 3718-3728 .
- Mower, J. P., A. L. Case, E. R. Floro, and J.H. Willis, Evidence against equimolarity of large repeat arrangements and a predominant master circle structure of the mitochondrial genome from a monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus) lineage with cryptic CMS., Genome Biology and Evolution, vol. 4 (2012), pp. 670-686 .
- Modliszewski, J. L., and J.H. Willis, Allotetraploid Mimulus sookensis are highly interfertile despite independent origins., Molecular Ecology, vol. 21 (2012), pp. 5280-5298 .
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