Mark D. Rausher

John Carlisle Kilgo Professor of Biology

Office:

Room 3326 French Family Science Center, Durham, NC 27708

Campus Box:

Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338

Phone:

(919) 684-2295

Email:

mrausher@duke.edu

http://www.duke.edu/~mrausher/

We investigate the evolutionary processes that cause change at both the phenotypic and genetic levels. We have particular interests in the genetic basis of adaptation and in the evolution of metabolic pathways. Our approaches include molecular dissection of ecologically important phenotypes and characterizing patterns of selection acting on those phenotypes under natural conditions. For more information, please visit the Rausher lab web site.

Education

Ph.D., Cornell University 1978
B.A., University of Chicago 1973

Rausher, M. D. “The evolution of flavonoids and their genes.” In The Science of Flavonoids, 175–211, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-28822-2_7. Full Text

Rausher, M. D. “Natural selection and the evolution of plant-insect interactions.” In Evolutionary Perspectives in Insect Chemical Ecology, edited by B. D. Roitberg and M. B. Isman, 20–88. NY: Routledge, Chapman, and Hall, 1992.

Rausher, M. D. “The Ecology of host selection behavior in phytophagous insects.” In Variable Plants and Herbivores in Natural and Managed Systems., edited by R. F. Denno and M. S. McClure, 223–57. NY: Academic press, 1983.

Rausher, M. D. “The Ecology of host selection behavior in phytophagous insects.” In Variable Plants and Herbivores in Natural and Managed Systems, edited by R. F. Denno and M. S. McClure, 223–57. NY: Academic Press, 1983.

Papaj, D. R., and M. D. Rausher. “Individual variation in host location by phytophagous insects.” In Herbivore Insects: Host Seeking Behavior and Mechanisms, edited by S. Ahmad, 77–124. NY: Academic Press, 1983.

Rausher, M. D., and D. R. Papaj. “Individual variation in host location by phytophagous insects.” In Herbivore Insects: Host Seeking Behavior and Mechanisms, edited by S. Ahmad, 77–124. NY: Academic Press, 1983.

Rifkin, Joanna L., Irene T. Liao, Allan S. Castillo, and Mark D. Rausher. “Multiple aspects of the selfing syndrome of the morning glory Ipomoea lacunosa evolved in response to selection: A Qst-Fst comparison..” Ecology and Evolution 9, no. 13 (July 2019): 7712–25. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5329. Full Text

Feng, Chen, Chao Feng, Lihua Yang, Ming Kang, and Mark D. Rausher. “Genetic architecture of quantitative flower and leaf traits in a pair of sympatric sister species of Primulina..” Heredity 122, no. 6 (June 2019): 864–76. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-018-0170-2. Full Text

Rifkin, Joanna L., Allan S. Castillo, Irene T. Liao, and Mark D. Rausher. “Gene flow, divergent selection and resistance to introgression in two species of morning glories (Ipomoea)..” Molecular Ecology 28, no. 7 (April 13, 2019): 1709–29. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14945. Full Text

Wessinger, Carolyn A., John K. Kelly, Peng Jiang, Mark D. Rausher, and Lena C. Hileman. “SNP-skimming: A fast approach to map loci generating quantitative variation in natural populations..” Molecular Ecology Resources 18, no. 6 (November 2018): 1402–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12930. Full Text

Muñoz-Rodríguez, Pablo, Tom Carruthers, John R. I. Wood, Bethany R. M. Williams, Kevin Weitemier, Brent Kronmiller, David Ellis, et al. “Reconciling Conflicting Phylogenies in the Origin of Sweet Potato and Dispersal to Polynesia..” Current Biology : Cb 28, no. 8 (April 12, 2018): 1246-1256.e12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.03.020. Full Text

Jiang, Peng, and Mark Rausher. “Two genetic changes in cis-regulatory elements caused evolution of petal spot position in Clarkia..” Nature Plants 4, no. 1 (January 3, 2018): 14–22. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-017-0085-6. Full Text

Martins, Talline R., Peng Jiang, and Mark D. Rausher. “How petals change their spots: cis-regulatory re-wiring in Clarkia (Onagraceae)..” The New Phytologist 216, no. 2 (October 2017): 510–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14163. Full Text

Kramer, Elena M., Hongzhi Kong, and Mark D. Rausher. “Plant evolutionary developmental biology. Introduction to a special issue..” The New Phytologist 216, no. 2 (October 2017): 335–36. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14808. Full Text

Rausher, Mark D. “Selfing, Local Mate Competition, and Reinforcement..” The American Naturalist 189, no. 2 (February 2017): 87–104. https://doi.org/10.1086/690009. Full Text

Wise, Michael J., and Mark D. Rausher. “Costs of resistance and correlational selection in the multiple-herbivore community of Solanum carolinense..” Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 70, no. 10 (October 2016): 2411–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13035. Full Text