The role of plasticity in adaptation to climate change
I am fascinated by the ability of plants to respond to their environment and to adapt to stressful environments. In this project, I am investigating the role of phenotypic plasticity in adpatation to climate change by incorporating within and between population variation in plasticity, selection gradients for plasticity, and quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis to start to uncover the genetic architecture of plasticity for multiple traits.
The results from this project will be applicable in understanding the effect of assisted migration and improving crops for climate resiliency.
Check out the work I've presented thus far on this project!
Evolution 2022 Poster - pilot study results
Evolution 2023 Poster - first results from RILs