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Andrea Sweigart

Courtesy Faculty in Plant Biology
(home department: Genetics)
Genetics
Associate Professor
Office:
C218, Davison Life Sciences Building
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A fundamental goal of evolutionary biology is to explain how populations become reproductively isolated species. Does speciation occur in allopatry or do populations diverge in the presence of some gene flow? What is the genetic basis of reproductive isolation? What are the evolutionary forces that create and maintain variation in speciation genes? My research tackles these questions in an emerging model system: the Mimulus guttatus species complex, a group of closely related, ecologically diverse wildflowers that exhibit tremendous variation in reproductive isolation between populations and species. I use a range of approaches – from field and greenhouse experiments to genetic mapping and bioinformatics – to investigate the genetic mechanisms and evolutionary dynamics of speciation.

Grants:
  • National Science Foundation, “CAREER: Molecular evolution and genetics of hybrid sterility in Mimulus” (DEB-1350935). A. Sweigart is sole PI. (6/14-5/19)
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Education:

Ph.D. , Duke University 2006

Events featuring Andrea Sweigart
2401 Miller Plant Sciences

Title: "Evolution and genetics of hybrid incompatabilities in Mimulus"

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