L. Fishman

Undoing the 'nasty: dissecting touch-sensitive stigma movement (thigmonasty) and its loss in self-pollinating monkeyflowers

The paper investigates the genetic and molecular basis of stigma closure in monkeyflowers, identifying QTLs and gene expression patterns associated with this trait and its loss in self-pollinating species.

Population genomic consequences of novel life history and mating system adaptation to a geothermal soil mosaic in yellow monkeyflowers (Mimulus guttatus)

This study examines genetic and phenotypic variation in Mimulus guttatus across a geothermal soil mosaic, finding that life history and mating system adaptation do not necessarily lead to speciation without geographic barriers.

Divergence in bidirectional plant-soil feedbacks between montane annual and coastal perennial ecotypes of yellow monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus)

This study compares bidirectional plant-soil feedbacks between two ecotypes of Mimulus guttatus, finding context-dependent responses and distinct fungal associations.

Selfish chromosomal drive shapes recent centromeric histone evolution in monkeyflowers

The paper tests the selfish centromere model in Mimulus guttatus, showing co-evolution between a driving centromere and a kinetochore protein, with implications for fitness and molecular divergence.

Ancient and recent introgression shape the evolutionary history of pollinator adaptation and speciation in a model monkeyflower radiation (Mimulus section Erythranthe)

This study uses phylogenomic analysis to show that introgression, not speciation, explains pollination syndrome convergence in Mimulus species.

Quantitative trait locus mapping reveals an independent genetic basis for joint divergence in leaf function, life-history, and floral traits between scarlet monkeyflower (Mimulus cardinalis) populations

This study maps quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for leaf, life-history, and floral traits in Mimulus cardinalis populations, finding no genetic coordination across trait categories and suggesting environmental selection drives trait syndromes.

Predicting evolutionary change at the DNA level in a natural Mimulus population

The paper predicts DNA-level evolutionary change in Mimulus guttatus by calibrating population genetic models with fitness estimates and SNP frequency shifts.

Extreme copy number variation at a tRNA ligase affecting phenology and fitness in yellow monkeyflowers

This study identifies a tRNA ligase gene with extreme copy number variation in yellow monkeyflowers, showing its impact on phenology, fitness, and stress response across different environmental conditions.