Alyssa R. Phillips

This study investigates the origins and adaptive consequences of polyploidy in the prairie grass Andropogon gerardi, finding that whole genome duplication is common and provides fitness advantages in xeric climates.

The paper examines genome evolution in maize and related grasses, revealing variable outcomes of polyploidy across species.

The paper benchmarks deep learning models on genomic data across 18 grass species, finding they generalize across species but not across alleles within species.

The paper characterizes genomic variation across 744 Zea genomes, identifies adaptive variants, and highlights their potential for breeding applications.