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McDaniel Lab
Led by Stuart McDaniel · Biology
What we study
The McDaniel Lab studies why genetic variation persists and how populations diverge, using the moss species Ceratodon purpureus and Physcomitrella patens. They combine laboratory experiments, gene‑targeting and genomic sequencing with field work on Arctic moss‑microbe interactions.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Fieldwork
- Computational
- Plants
- Bacteria & microbes
- Coding helps
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Evolutionary causes and consequences of dioecy
Investigating why separate male and female sexes evolve in mosses and what genomic effects result.
Community genomics of moss‑associated nitrogen fixation in a changing Arctic
Studying how moss diversity influences nitrogen‑fixing microbes in Arctic ecosystems.
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Recent papers, explained
- The Intersection Of Legacy Literature, Natural Language Processing, Traits And Ontologies
2026
- Sex determination in land plants
2026 · Current Biology
Reviews genes and pathways that control sex determination in plants.
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- Outbreeding and inbreeding depression dynamics in the haplodiploid date stone beetle, Coccotrypes dactyliperda
2025 · Entomologia Generalis
Studies how inbreeding and outbreeding affect fitness in a beetle species.
- Testing for the Genomic Footprint of Conflict Between Life Stages in an Angiosperm and Moss Species
2025 · Genome Biology and Evolution
Investigates whether conflicts between plant life stages affect genetic variation.
- Mating-system evolution in predominantly haploid species: a commentary on Clo et al. (2025)
2025 · Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Compares mating systems across plants and animals to find general evolutionary patterns.
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