Why these flowers are so great for science!
Monkeyflowers have so many science secrets, and researchers at the University of Connecticut are on a mission to unlock them all! I spent the day with the Yuan Lab to learn why monkefylowers are such powerful model organisms.
Learn more about the Yuan Lab:
https://monkeyflower.eeb.uconn.edu/
Learn more about Amy & Minya's work:
@ amylafountain (Twitter)
https://scholar.google.com/citations?...
@ 0_minyaaa (Twitter)
https://www.minyaaa.com/
Learn more about the UConn Botanical Conservatory:
https://draft.botanical.eeb.uconn.edu/
Thank you to the National Science Foundation for funding this episode!
https://www.nsf.gov/
NSF EDGE Award No. 1827645
Enabling functional genomics in monkeyflowers (Mimulus)
NSF IOS Award No. 1755373
Developmental Genetics of Corolla Tube Formation: A Key Morphological Innovation During Angiosperm Evolution
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