Perspective piece on gene conversion in maize centromeres


Our paper on gene conversion in maize centromeres, a collaboration with Kelly Dawe’s lab, came out today in PLoS Biology. Read More...

One Outstanding Old Oak


Our paper on the ancient clone of Palmer’s Oak in Riverside County (May et al. 2009; also see the poster) hit the news in a big way. Read More...

Maize hapmap in the news


Web coverage and a perspective piece on the maize hapmap paper (Gore et al. 2009)
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Articles in Autumn Leaflet


Two articles in the Plant Sciences leaflet highlight the lab’s work on crop evolution in maize and Joshua Tree research.

UC MEXUS funds phylogeography of Mexican persimmons


UC MEXUS has funded the lab to work on phylogeography of Mesoamerican Diopsyros.
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USDA funds genome scan for yield in maize


USDA NIFA Grant funds novel approach to identifying candidate genes
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