Joshua R. Puzey

This study shows that microbiomes, not plant size, more strongly influence flowering and growth in milkweed, with leaf microbiomes predicting growth and soil microbiomes predicting flowering.

This study shows that the stigmatic microbiome of milkweeds affects pollen germination, with some microbial taxa being harmful and others neutral, and that pollinators may transfer these harmful microbes.

The study examines the spatial and genetic structure of Asclepias syriaca clones and finds that clonal reproduction and spatial aggregation do not hinder ramet sexual reproduction.

The paper investigates the roles of genetic drift and selection in the loss of short stamens in Arabidopsis thaliana along an elevational gradient and identifies different genetic loci associated with this trait variation.

The paper analyzes TE abundance variance in Mimulus guttatus and Drosophila melanogaster, finding overdispersion and developing a model to explain it through copy-and-paste dynamics.

This study identifies genetic factors influencing floral pigment intensity and spatial patterning in hybrid monkeyflowers through QTL analysis and gene candidate hypotheses.

The paper identifies MYB5a as a gene responsible for petal lobe anthocyanin pigmentation in Mimulus luteus var. variegatus and shows its regulatory impact on the MBW network.

The paper introduces a likelihood ratio test to detect changes in homeolog expression bias using RNA-seq data from Mimulus luteus and shows it outperforms alternative methods.

This study investigates genomic imprinting and epigenetic changes in hybrids of Mimulus guttatus and M. luteus, revealing altered methylation and expression patterns that contribute to endosperm-based hybrid incompatibilities.

The paper examines subgenome dominance in polyploids, showing rapid expression dominance and methylation changes across generations in hybrids and allopolyploids.