T. Mitchell-Olds

Soil variation among natural habitats alters glucosinolate content in a wild perennial mustard

The paper investigates how soil variation in natural habitats affects glucosinolate content in wild mustard plants, finding that physico-chemical soil properties, not microbes, drive significant changes in glucosinolate quantity.

Identifying the fitness consequences of sex in complex natural environments

This study shows that sex reduces lifetime fitness in wildflowers due to inbreeding depression, despite lower herbivory, and highlights the role of complex environments and mate identity.

The evolution of sex is tempered by costly hybridization in Boechera (rock cress)

This study investigates the role of hybridization in the evolution of sex by examining reproductive barriers and fitness in Boechera species.

Plasticity Of Plant Defense And Its Evolutionary Implications In Wild Populations Of Boechera stricta

The study examines glucosinolate plasticity in Boechera stricta, finding that plasticity often aligns with natural selection, enhancing reproductive fitness across habitats.