John H. Willis

Professor of Biology

Office:

3314 French Science Center, Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708

Campus Box:

Box 90338, Department Of Biology, Durham, NC 27708-0338

Phone:

(919) 660-7340

Email:

jwillis@duke.edu

Willis Lab homepage

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.

Education

Ph.D., University of Chicago 1991

Journal Articles

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

Oneal, E, Willis, JH, and Franks, RG. "Disruption of endosperm development is a major cause of hybrid seed inviability between Mimulus guttatus and Mimulus nudatus." The New phytologist 210, no. 3 (May 2016): 1107-1120. Full Text

Lee, YW, Fishman, L, Kelly, JK, and Willis, JH. "A Segregating Inversion Generates Fitness Variation in Yellow Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus)." Genetics 202, no. 4 (April 2016): 1473-1484. Full Text

Fierst, JL, Willis, JH, Thomas, CG, Wang, W, Reynolds, RM, Ahearne, TE, Cutter, AD, and Phillips, PC. "Correction: Reproductive Mode and the Evolution of Genome Size and Structure in Caenorhabditis Nematodes." PLOS Genetics 11, no. 9 (September 22, 2015): e1005497-e1005497. Full Text

Ferris, KG, Rushton, T, Greenlee, AB, Toll, K, Blackman, BK, and Willis, JH. "Leaf shape evolution has a similar genetic architecture in three edaphic specialists within the Mimulus guttatus species complex." Annals of botany 116, no. 2 (August 2015): 213-223. Full Text

Fierst, JL, Willis, JH, Thomas, CG, Wang, W, Reynolds, RM, Ahearne, TE, Cutter, AD, and Phillips, PC. "Reproductive Mode and the Evolution of Genome Size and Structure in Caenorhabditis Nematodes." PLoS genetics 11, no. 6 (June 26, 2015): e1005323-. Full Text