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Mark D. Rausher

John Carlisle Kilgo Distinguished Professor of Biology
Biology
Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Room 3326 French Family Science Center, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Grants


Genetic and Genomics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Collaborative Proposal:Dimensions: The Evolution of Pollination Syndrome Diversity in Penstemon

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2021

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Genetics and Development of Parallel Pollination System Evolution in Penstemon

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2016 - 2021

Genetics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1979 - 2020

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: How is the Selfing Syndrome Assembled? A Common Garden Fitness Study of its Component Parts

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2017

Genetic and Genomics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Collaborative Proposal:Dimensions: The Evolution of Pollination Syndrome Diversity in Penstemon

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2021

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Genetics and Development of Parallel Pollination System Evolution in Penstemon

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2016 - 2021

Genetics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1979 - 2020

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: How is the Selfing Syndrome Assembled? A Common Garden Fitness Study of its Component Parts

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2017

Genetics and Evolution of Reproductive Character Displacement in Phlox drumondii

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2009 - 2016

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Genetic Architecture of Resistance in a Coevolving Plant-Fungus Pathosystem: Gene-for-Gene vs. Quantitative Resistance

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2009 - 2012

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Genetic basis of parallel flower color shifts in Penstemon

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2010 - 2012

DISSERTATION RESEACH: An investigation of pleiotropy as an adaptive constraint using flower color change in Phlox drummondii (Polemoniaceae)

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2009 - 2011

Evolutionary genetics of flower color in lochroma (Solanaceae)

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2010

Genetic Change Associated with Flower-color Adaptation in Morning Glories

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2005 - 2009

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Evolutionary Fate of Gene Duplications in Morning Glories

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2004 - 2006

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Selfing as a means of reproductive isolation: Pollonator-mediated interspecific competition in Ipomoea

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2003 - 2005

Molecular evolution of anthocyanin pathway genes in morning glories (Ipomoea)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2001 - 2004

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Genetic architecture of flower-color differences in Ipomoea species

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2002 - 2004

Dissertation research: Evolution of a disease-resistance polymorphism in Ipomoea purpurea

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2001 - 2004

Dissertation Research: Anthocyanin Biosynthesis and the Evolution of Red-Flowered Ipomoea

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2001 - 2003

Doctoral Dissertation: Ecological and Evolutionary Constraints to Herbivore Resistance in a Native Plant-Multiple Herbivore Community

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2000 - 2002

Optimal Reaction Norms and Genetic Constraints in the Evolution of Plant Size in Ipomoea purpurea

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1997 - 2001

Dissertation Research: Natural Selection and Genetic Constraints on the Evolution of Tolerance to Herbivore Damage in Ipomea purpurea

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1997 - 1999

The Effect of Induced Resistence on Herbivore Population Dynamics

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1996 - 1999

Evolution Leaf Shape in the Ivyleaf Morning Glory, Ipomoea Hederacea

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1996 - 1998

Maintenance of Floral Trait Polymorphisms in Ipomoea Purpurea

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1994 - 1997

Maintenance of Floral Trait Polymorphisims

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1994 - 1996

The Effect of Induced Resistance in Soybeans on Herbivore Population Dynamics

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Cooperative State Research Service (CSRS) · 1994 - 1996

Characterization of Natural Selection by Insects on a Morning Glory Ipormea Purpurea

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1989 - 1992

Characterization of Natural Selection by Insects on a Morning Glory Ipomoea Purpurea

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1989 - 1992

Empirical and Quantitative Analysis of Intraforest Dispersal in Southern Pine Beetles

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 1991 - 1991

Characterization of Natural Selection by Insects on a Morning Glory, Ipomoea Purpurea

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1988 - 1990

Genetics of Resistance to Insect Herbivores in Morning Glory

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Agriculture · 1989 - 1989

External Relationships


  • New Phytologist Trust

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