Evolutionary Genetics and Plant Evolution

Our lab is focused on genetic variation in plants. Two major areas of emphasis include the impact of domestication on patterns of polymorphism in domesticated species and the contribution of recombination to genetic variation and patterns of linkage disequilibrium.

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News

• Lab Meeting: Sep 11, 2026 Leveraging long-read assemblies and machine learning to enhance short-read transposable element detection and genotyping
  Discussion Leader: Han Yang
• Mar 20, 2026 Podcast: Deep Roots & Big Data: The Evolution of Our Crops (Minnesota CropCast)