Cynthia Weinig

Assistant Professor

Department of Plant Biology

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Professor Cynthia Weinig
e-mail: cweinig@tc.umn.edu

Mailing Address: Department of Plant Biology
University of Minnesota
250 Biological Sciences Center
1445 Gortner Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108

Office: 304 Biological Sciences Center
Phone: 612- 624-1037
FAX: 612-625-1738

Publications

Kelley, J. L., J. R. Stinchcombe, C. Weinig, and J. Schmitt. Soft and hard selection on plant defense traits in Arabidopsis thaliana . In review. Evolutionary Ecology Research.

Weinig, C. Rapid evolutionary responses to selection in heterogeneous environments among agricultural and non-agricultural weeds. In review. International Journal of Plant Sciences.

Weinig, C., K. Gravuer, N. C. Kane, and J. Schmitt. Testing adaptive plasticity to UV: costs and benefits of stem elongation and light-induced phenolics. In review. Evolution.

Olsen, K. M., S. S. Halldorsdottir , J. R. Stinchcombe, C. Weinig, J. Schmitt, and M. D. Purugganan. 2004. Linkage disequilibrium mapping of Arabidopsis CRY2 flowering time alleles. In press. Genetics.

Stinchcombe, J. R., C. Weinig, M. C. Ungerer, K. M. Olsen, C. Mays, S. S. Halldorsdottir, M. D. Purugganan, and J. Schmitt. 2004. Latitudinal clines in flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana are modulated by the flowering time gene FRIGIDA . In press. Proc Natl Acad Sci.

Weinig, C., and J. Schmitt. 2004. Environmental effects on the expression of quantitative trait loci and implications for phenotypic evolution. In press. BioScience.

Weinig, C., J. R. Stinchcombe, and J. Schmitt. 2003. QTL architecture of resistance and tolerance traits in Arabidopsis thaliana in natural environments. Molecular Ecology 12(5): 1153-1163.

Weinig, C., J. R. Stinchcombe, and J. Schmitt. 2003. Evolutionary genetics of resistance and tolerance to natural herbivory in Arabidopsis thaliana . Evolution 57(6): 1270-1280.

Weinig, C., L. A. Dorn, N. C. Kane, Z. German, S. S. Halldorsdottir, M. C. Ungerer, T. F. C. Mackay, M. D. Purugganan, and J. Schmitt. 2003. Heterogeneous selection at specific loci in natural environments in Arabidopsis thaliana . Genetics 165: 321-329.

Weinig, C., M. C. Ungerer, L. A. Dorn, S. S. Halldorsdottir, Y. Toyonaga, T. F. C. Mackay, M. D. Purugganan, and J. Schmitt. 2002. Novel loci control variation in reproductive timing in Arabidopsis thaliana in natural environments. Genetics 162: 1875-1884.

Weinig, C. 2002. Phytochrome photoreceptors mediate plasticity to light quality in flowers of the Brassicaceae. American Journal of Botany 89: 230-235.

Weinig, C. and L. F. Delph. 2001. Phenotypic plasticity early in life constrains developmental responses later. Evolution 55: 930-936.

Dixon , P., C. Weinig, and J. Schmitt. 2001. Responses to ambient UV radiation and R:FR vary between woodland and clearing populations of Impatiens capensis. American Journal of Botany 88: 1401-1408.

Weinig, C. 2000. Limits to adaptive plasticity: temperature and photoperiod influence plant competitive responses. American Journal of Botany 87: 1660-1668.

Weinig, C. 2000. Plasticity versus canalization: population differences in the timing of shade-avoidance responses. Evolution 54: 441-451.

Weinig, C. 2000. Differing selection in alternative competitive environments: shade-avoidance responses and germination timing. Evolution 54: 124-136.

Delph, L. F., C. Weinig, and K. Sullivan 1998. Why fast-growing pollen tubes give rise to vigorous progeny: the test of a new mechanism. Proc. of the Royal Society B. 265: 935-939.