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John H. Willis
Professor of Biology
Biology
jwillis@duke.edu
Box 90338, Department of Biology, Durham, NC 27708-0338
3314 French Science Center, Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708
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R2 [Reciprocal Relationships]: Mentorships to Strengthen and Sustain STEM Teachers
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Co-Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2020 - 2025
Genetic and Genomics Training Grant
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2020 - 2025
Collaborative Research: RoL: Rapid Evolution of Reproductive Isolation via Hybrid Seed Lethality in Mimulus
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2019 - 2025
Genetics Training Grant
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
1979 - 2020
Collaborative Research: Hybrid Seed Inviability and the Evolution of Endosperm Development in Mimulus
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2016 - 2019
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Understanding the Role of Chromosomal Inversions in Life History Divergence and Local Adaptation in Mimulus
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2015 - 2018
Collaborative Proposal: The ecological genomic basis of parallel serpentine adaptation in Mimulus
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2014 - 2018
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Genetic Basis of Population Divergence in the Threshold of Environmental Induction of a Floral Popolyphenism in a Mimulus Species
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2014 - 2018
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Shedding Light on the Complex Relationship Between Circadian Clock Variation and the Trade-off Between Flowering Time and Flower Size
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2015 - 2017
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Genetic Basis and Adaptive Significance of Key Developmental Traits Underlying Ecological Differences Between Sympatric Sister Species
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2014 - 2017
A Genomic Analysis of Complex Trait Variation in Mimulus
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by University of Kansas ·
2012 - 2016
LiT: Genomic Analysis of Life-history Adaptation to Variation in Seasonal Water Availability in Mimulus
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2010 - 2014
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: The Genetics of Adaptation to a Novel Stressful Environment in Mimulus
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2012 - 2014
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: The Genetic Basis of Local Adaptation: Serpentine Tolerance in Mimulus guttatus
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2011 - 2013
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: The evolution of phenotypic and genomic changes in allotetraploid Mimulus
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2010 - 2013
Do Parental Conflict and Genomic Imprinting Cause Hybrid Lethality in Mimulus?
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2011 - 2012
Discovering Genome Evolution in a Model System for Plant Ecological Genomics
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2010 - 2012
Ecological Genomics of Drought Adaptation in Mimulus
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2007 - 2011
FIBR: Integrated Ecological and Genomic Analysis of Speciation in Mimulus
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2003 - 2010
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: The geographic mode, ecological mechanisms, as well as genetic basis of local adaptation and ecological reproductive isolation
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2007 - 2010
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Evolution of Copper Tolerance in Mimulus guttatus
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2007 - 2010
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Genetics and evolutionary ecology of a flower color diversification in Chilean Mimulus
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2005 - 2008
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Identification and characterization of incompatibility genes that contribute to postzygotic reproductive isolation between species of Mimulus
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2004 - 2006
REU (Supplement): A genome-wide investigation of factors causing postzygotic isolation
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2003 - 2004
A genome-wide investigation of factors causing postzygotic isolation between two Mimulus species
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2000 - 2004
Dissertation Research: Ecological genetics of life-history evolution in Mimulus guttatus
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2001 - 2003
Doctoral Dissertation: Barriers to genetic exchange between two species of Mimulus
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2000 - 2002
