Mimulus Community
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General Info
The genus Mimulus (historically "Scrophulariaceae," order Lamiales) has been a model plant system for ecological and evolutionary genetics for over 50 years (Vickery, 1951).
Mimulus guttatus
The Mimulus guttatus species complex (yellow monkey flowers) is a group of closely related species exhibiting the common evolutionary transition from outcrossing to self-pollination. Mimulus presents an excellent model system for studies of evolution because of its broad diversity of floral morphologies, incomplete reproductive barriers, and its amenability to experimental manipulation.
People
Labs
- John Willis
- Lila Fishman
- Toby Bradshaw
- Kermit Ritland
- Doug Schemske
- Quentin Cronk
- Paul Beardsley
- Bob Vickery
- John Kelly
- Randall Mitchell
- Jeffery Karron
- Mark Macnair
Post-Docs
Megan Hall, Andrea Case, Amy Angert, Carrie Wu, Amy Bouck
Grad Students
Duke
Arielle Cooley, Young-Wa Lee, Andrea Sweigart, David Lowry, Kevin Wright
University of Washington
Christina Pince, Kristy Brady
Michigan State University
Mimulus web sites
- Mark MacNair's collection of strange Mimulus guttatus relatives from California
- The Willis Lab is quite excited about the release of the whole genome of Mimulus guttatus next summer. Updates are avaliable on the Clemson University Genomics Institute website.
- Mimulus Biological Resource Center
- Mimulus Flora of China
- Biodiversity