Monkeyflowers as a model system
Mimulus Parishii x M. cardinalis hybrids (photo: Katie zarn)
With others, the Fishman Lab has worked to develop the genus Mimulus as a resource-rich model system for evolutionary genetics and genomics. Monkeyflowers are amazingly diverse and experimentally tractable.
Fishman Lab @ University of Montana
fieldwork in Yellowstone(photo: Kory KOlis)
Join us! We are happy to consider motivated PhD/MS applicants (via the EE graduate program) and often have research opportunities for undergraduate or post-baccalaureate students.
Current Reseach
Iron Mountain population (Photo: Lila Fishman)
We are interested in understanding the processes and genetic mechanisms underlying plant variation at all scales -- from within populations to among species. Read more under RESEARCH and PUBLICATIONS.