Genetic adaptations are the very foundation of Darwinian evolution.
But surprisingly, little is known about their molecular basis. For instance,
How often are novel genetic sequences involved in adaptations?
How does the structure and organization of the genome itself
affect how adaptations evolve?
How important are changes in gene regulation versus
amino acid expression to adaptation?

In the Corbin Jones lab, we take an integrative and interdisciplinary approach
to getting the answers we need. Through the use of genetic analyses
of complex adaptive traits, population-scale studies of nucleotide variation,
and computational and experimental comparisons of genomic data,
we seek to solve these questions and more.