Florida Museum of Natural History
Crowl Lab
Led by Andrew Crowl · Florida Museum of Natural History
What we study
The Crowl Lab studies plant evolution and genomics. A recent student project uses DNA sequence data from over 900 Lobelia plants to estimate ploidy; its papers cover oaks, bromeliads and blueberries.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Plants
- Coding required
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Project Phasing Alleles Allows for Accurate Ploidy Estimates and Provides Insights into the Evolution of North American Lobelia
The team used short DNA reads mapped to reference sequences to separate gene copies (phase alleles) from more than 900 Lobelia plants, then used this information to estimate genome size and infer evolutionary relationships among species.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 426
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Recent papers, explained
- Phylogenomics confirm the monophyly of Guzmania (Bromeliaceae: Tillandsioideae) and provide evidence regarding alternative hybridization scenarios involving G. monostachia
2026 · American Journal of Botany
Uses phylogenomics to study Guzmania evolution and hybridization in Tillandsioideae.
- Introgression, Phylogeography, and Genomic Species Cohesion in the Eastern North American White Oak Syngameon
2025 · Molecular Ecology
Studies introgression and population structure in eastern North American white oaks.
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- The spatiotemporal origin of Polynesian blueberries ( Vaccinium )
2025 · American Journal of Botany
Traces Polynesian blueberry origins using phylogenomics and biogeographic analysis.
- Population-Level Phylogenomic Analysis Yields Insights into Species Cohesion and Population Substructure of Lobelia Section Lobelia (Campanulaceae)
2025 · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- Evolution and taxonomic revision of the “residual highbush” blueberries of Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus (Ericaceae)
2025 · Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas
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