Evolutionary ecology and genetics in plants

Purpose: Ongoing research in the lab includes the study of plant-herbivore interactions and the evolutionary genetics and ecology of plant defense traits, as well as the study of plant evolutionary genetics and adaptation.

Plant species: Mimulus guttatus and Mimulus verbanaceus

Current participants:
Jazlee Crowley, undergraduate student NAU
Alicia Chavez, undergraduate student NAU
Jordan Wann, undergraduate student, NAU
Kyle Christie, postdoc
Liza Holeski, associate professor

Funding: NAU Hooper Undergraduate Award, NIH, NSF