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: May 13, 2022 Genomic structural variants constrain and facilitate adaptation in natural populations of Theobroma cacao, the chocolate tree
  Discussion Leader: Giulia Frascarelli - Note: Special time, 11:30 am CT