INVESTIGATING INTROGRESSION AT THE MAMYB2 LOCUS IN MIMULUS PUNICEUS

dc.contributor.advisorStreisfeld, Matthew
dc.contributor.advisorShort, Aidan
dc.contributor.advisorBayerl, Corinne
dc.contributor.authorKendrick, Kayden
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-27T18:47:52Z
dc.date.available2021-07-27T18:47:52Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description32 pages
dc.description.abstractThe red ecotype of Mimulus puniceus gained its ability to grow red flowers through the introgression of MaMyb2 which functions in the anthocyanin production pathway required to produce red pigments. This thesis provides a brief literature review on adaptive introgression and radiations as well as background information pertaining to the monkeyflower radiation of Southern California. Utilizing genomic analysis methods, this thesis investigates the 100 kilobase region surrounding the MaMyb2 locus. Through this analysis, it is shown that the region surrounding MaMyb2 in the red ecotype of M. puniceus is genetically more similar to Mimulus rutilus, rather than to the accepted donor taxa of the introgressed gene, Mimulus aridus. This thesis also discusses the surrounding genomic landscape and its evolutionary implications.en_US
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0001-6489-9746
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/26533
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.subjectMimulusen_US
dc.subjectIntrogressionen_US
dc.subjectEvolutionen_US
dc.subjectGenomicsen_US
dc.subjectMaMyb2en_US
dc.titleINVESTIGATING INTROGRESSION AT THE MAMYB2 LOCUS IN MIMULUS PUNICEUS
dc.typeThesis/Dissertation

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