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Genetic basis of climate adaptation and rapid evolution in plants

Moisés Expósito-Alonso - Professor, Integrative Biology

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: On Campus

The global climate is changing at an unprecedented rate due to human activities, threatening global biodiversity and food security. A fundamental question in evolutionary biology is: What enables or limits species to rapidly evolve and adapt to changing climates? In this project, we will use natural ecotypes of Arabidopsis to...

 Biological & Health Sciences

Exploring variation in the mutation spectrum across the plant kingdom

Moisés Expósito-Alonso - Professor, Integrative Biology

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: On Campus

Description: Spontaneous mutations fuel the rate of evolutionary change by increasing the amount of genetic variation across the green tree of life. Genetic variation is utilized within natural populations to improve fitness, therefore, knowledge of the historical bias of mutation rates and spectra across a genome and across populations will...

 Biological & Health Sciences

Building resilience to climate change in quaking aspen populations

Moisés Expósito-Alonso - Professor, Integrative Biology

Status: Current Term Now Closed     

Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) is the most widespread tree in North America, iconic for its gold color in the fall. The species provides essential ecosystem services, such as soil/water retention, habitat, and wood products. Aspen provides critical and unique ecosystem services, such as soil/water retention, habitat for other...

 Biological & Health Sciences

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