Structural and functional genomics of flowering plants, especially the molecular evolution of genome structure and gene function as it relates to crop performance.

Research to increase understanding of complex biological systems, particularly in plants because they are relatively under-investigated and because they provide the foundation of all environmental sustenance.

Currently performing comparative genomics on several grass genomes, including maize, wheat, rice and foxtail millet, and identifying the nature and mechanisms of DNA sequence evolution in plants.

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