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BRIANA GROSS
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., 2001, Willamette University
Ph.D., 2007, Indiana University
Email:blgross@d.umn.edu
Office: 253A SSB
Phone: 218-726-7722
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/brianalgross/
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Research:
My research deals with understanding how deterministic forces (such as natural selection) and stochastic processes (such as genetic drift) shape the origin of species and evolution of lineages. While both forces are important, the relative contribution and effect of each is often unknown. I use systems that show repeated evolution to distinguish the repeated effects of deterministic forces from those that differ due to stochastic processes. My research encompasses a variety of taxa including wild, weedy, and domesticated plants ranging from domesticated apples to African rice. I utilize comparisons at both the intraspecific and interspecific level, and apply ecological, quantitative, and population genetics and genomics to examine the potential for and patterns resulting from repeated evolution.
Recent Publications:
- Briana L. Gross, Gayle M. Volk, Christopher M. Richards, Philip L. Forsline, Gennaro Fazio, C. Thomas Chao. 2012. Identification of “duplicate” accessions within the USDA-ARS National Plant Germplasm System Malus collection. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 137: 333-342.
- Briana L. Gross, Adam D. Henk, Philip L. Forsline, Christopher M. Richards, Gayle M. Volk. 2011. Identification of interspecific hybrids among domesticated apple and its wild relatives. Tree Genetics & Genomes http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11295-012-0509-4.
- Allison J. Miller and Briana L. Gross. 2011. From forest to field: Perennial fruit crop domestication. American Journal of Botany 98: 1389-1414.
- Briana L. Gross, Faith T. Steffen, and Kenneth M. Olsen. 2010. The molecular basis of white pericarps in African domesticated rice: Novel mutations at the Rc gene. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 2747-2753.
- Briana L. Gross and Kenneth M. Olsen. 2010. Genetic perspectives on crop domestication. Trends in Plant Science 15: 529-537.
- Briana L. Gross, Michael Reagon, Shih-Chung Hsu, Ana L. Caicedo, Yulin Jia, and Kenneth M. Olsen. 2010. Seeing red: The origin of grain pigmentation in US weedy rice. Molecular Ecology 19: 3380-3393.
- Carrie S. Thurber, Michael Reagon, Briana L. Gross, Kenneth M. Olsen, Yulin Jia, and Ana L. Caicedo. 2010. Molecular evolution of shattering loci in US weedy rice. Molecular Ecology 19: 3271-3284.
- Michael Reagon, Carrie S. Thurber, Briana L. Gross, Yulin Jia, and Ana L. Caicedo. 2010. Genomic patterns of nucleotide diversity in divergent populations of U.S. weedy rice. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:180.
Teaches:
- BIOL 2201 Genetics
- BIOL 2202 Genetics Lab
Hobbies:
Training for marathons or half-marathons and learning to play the harp.
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