Tom Winkler
Research Focus
Plant domestication has had profound impacts on human societies. But also plants changed substantially during the process of domestication. Understanding these changes can help to predict how plants adapt to future environments and to improve crops.
In my PhD project, I am interested in the trait and gene regulatory changes resulting from selection during domestication. In particular, I investigate the genetic basis of seed and transcriptomic changes during the repeated domestication of grain amaranth.
