John H. Willis
Professor of Biology
Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago 1991
Toll, K, and Willis, JH. "Hybrid inviability and differential submergence tolerance drive habitat segregation between two congeneric monkeyflowers." Ecology (October 26, 2018). Full Text
Troth, A, Puzey, JR, Kim, RS, Willis, JH, and Kelly, JK. "Selective trade-offs maintain alleles underpinning complex trait variation in plants." Science (New York, N.Y.) 361, no. 6401 (August 2018): 475-478. Full Text
Coughlan, JM, and Willis, JH. "Dissecting the role of a large chromosomal inversion in life history divergence throughout the Mimulus guttatus species complex." Molecular Ecology (July 20, 2018). Full Text
Ferris, KG, and Willis, JH. "Differential adaptation to a harsh granite outcrop habitat between sympatric Mimulus species." Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 72, no. 6 (June 2018): 1225-1241. Full Text
Barnett, LL, Troth, A, and Willis, JH. "Plastic breeding system response to day length in the California wildflower Mimulus douglasii." American Journal of Botany 105, no. 4 (April 25, 2018): 779-787. Full Text
Aeschbacher, S, Selby, JP, Willis, JH, and Coop, G. "Population-genomic inference of the strength and timing of selection against gene flow." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114, no. 27 (July 2017): 7061-7066. Full Text
Fierst, JL, Murdock, DA, Thanthiriwatte, C, Willis, JH, and Phillips, PC. "Metagenome-Assembled Draft Genome Sequence of a Novel Microbial Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Strain Isolated from Caenorhabditis remanei Tissue ." Genome Announcements 5, no. 7 (February 16, 2017): e01646-16-e01646-16. Full Text
Greenham, K, Lou, P, Puzey, JR, Kumar, G, Arnevik, C, Farid, H, Willis, JH, and McClung, CR. "Geographic Variation of Plant Circadian Clock Function in Natural and Agricultural Settings." Journal of Biological Rhythms 32, no. 1 (February 2017): 26-34. Full Text
Ferris, KG, Barnett, LL, Blackman, BK, and Willis, JH. "The genetic architecture of local adaptation and reproductive isolation in sympatry within the Mimulus guttatus species complex." Molecular ecology 26, no. 1 (January 2017): 208-224. Full Text
Puzey, JR, Willis, JH, and Kelly, JK. "Population structure and local selection yield high genomic variation in Mimulus guttatus." Molecular Ecology 26, no. 2 (January 2017): 519-535. Full Text
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Selected Grants
Collaborative Research: Hybrid Seed Inviability and the Evolution of Endosperm Development in Mimulus awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2016 to 2019
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Understanding the Role of Chromosomal Inversions in Life History Divergence and Local Adaptation in Mimulus awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2015 to 2018
Collaborative Proposal: The ecological genomic basis of parallel serpentine adaptation in Mimulus awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2014 to 2018
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Genetic Basis of Population Divergence in the Threshold of Environmental Induction of a Floral Po awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2014 to 2018
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Shedding Light on the Complex Relationship Between Circadian Clock Variation and the Trade-off Be awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2015 to 2017
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Genetic Basis and Adaptive Significance of Key Developmental Traits Underlying awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2014 to 2017
A Genomic Analysis of Complex Trait Variation in Mimulus awarded by University of Kansas (Principal Investigator). 2012 to 2016
LiT: Genomic Analysis of Life-history Adaptation awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2010 to 2014
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: The Genetics of Adaptation to a Novel Stressful Environment in Mimulus awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2012 to 2014
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: The Genetic Basis of Local Adaptation: Serpentine Tolerance in Mimulus guttatus awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2011 to 2013