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My lab is interested in the adaptive evolution of developmental, physiological, and life history traits in natural plant populations. We use quantitative genetics, QTL mapping, and association studies of candidate loci to examine the genetic basis of natural variation in ecologically important traits in Arabidopsis thaliana. We also measure natural selection on these traits and the loci underlying them in the field by experimentally manipulating environments, phenotypes, and genotypes.
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Johanna Schmitt's research focus is adaptive evolution of developmental, physiological, and life history traits in natural plant populations. Her lab uses quantitative genetics, QTL mapping, and association studies of candidate loci to examine the genetic basis of natural variation in ecologically important traits. By experimentally manipulating environments, phenotypes, and genotypes in the field, they measure natural selection on these traits and the loci underlying them. Another major research objective is to elucidate the genetic and ecological mechanisms of adaptation to seasonal and geographic variation in climate.
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 JOHANNA SCHMITT, Ph. D., Stanford University http://research.brown.edu/myresearch/Johanna_Schmitt On The Web: Brown Ecologist Garners Major National Science Foundation Grant New Genetic Model Predicts Plant Flowering in Different Environments Johanna Schmitt Elected to National Academy of Sciences Environmental Change Initiative Are you Johanna Schmitt? Click here to edit your research profile. |
