Young Wha Lee
About
I am a 6th year graduate student in the University Program in Genetics and Genomics at Duke, co-advised by Dr. John Willis (Duke) and Dr. John Kelly (University of Kansas). I am interested in complex trait variation and evolution.
What is the the genetic architecture of complex traits?
What processes maintain standing variation for complex traits?
Is the genetic architecture of the trait itself evolvable?
Does the genetic architecture of standing variation constrain adaptation?
I work on a population of annual 'Mimulus guttatus'
Publications
Wu, C. A., D. B. Lowry, A. M. Cooley, K. M. Wright, Y. W. Lee, and J. H. Willis. (2007). Mimulus is an emerging model system for the integration of ecological and genomic studies. Heredity (in press)
Xu X, Hotta CT, Dodd AN, Love J, Sharrock R, Lee YW, Xie Q, Johnson CH, Webb AA. (2007). Distinct Light and Clock Modulation of Cytosolic Free Ca2+ Oscillations and Rhythmic CHLOROPHYLL A/B BINDING PROTEIN2 Promoter Activity in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell (in press)
Education
B.A. Biology. Vanderbilt University. 2002.
Contact Info
ywl2@duke.edu
919-660-7223
Department of Biology, Duke University. Box 90338 Durham, NC 27708