Date

March 5, 2018

Time

12:00 pm

Location

RW432

Speaker: Joanna Rifkin, Postdoc in the Wright/Barrett labs|
Hosts: Spencer Barrett and Stephen Wright

I’m interested in the evolution of reproduction, chiefly from a genetics perspective. Right now, I’m studying the evolution of separate sexes and of sex chromosomes in plants.

I address these questions using sequence data, greenhouse work, and field collections. In the past, I have also used phylogenetic comparative methods. My current model system is the wind-pollinated genus Rumex, but I have also worked on morning glories, hummingbirds, Anolis lizards, and host-parasite interactions across a broad range of taxa.