Heather McGray
Second year graduate studentEducation:
B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California Davis. 2002. Minor in Plant Biology.Research Interests:
I am interested in the ecological and genetic mechanisms driving biological invasions. Particularly, how invasive species respond and adapt to their new environments. To do this, I am examining the relative importance of genetic diversity in driving plant invasions in novel environments.
Recent Awards:
GAANN Fellowship 2005-2006
Recent Publications:
Qin, B., J.A. Lau, J. Kopshever, R.M. Callaway, H. McGray, L.G. Perry, T.L. Weir, M.W. Paschke, J.L. Hierro, J. Yoder, J.M. Vivanco and S. Strauss. In press. No evidence for root-mediated allelopathy in Centaurea solstitialis, a species in a commonly allelopathic genus. Biological Invasions.
Sloop, C.M., McGray, H.G., Blum, M.J, and Strong, D.R. (2005). Characterization of 24 additional microsatellite loci in Spartina species(Poaceae). Conservation Genetics. 6:1049-1052.
Tomilov, A., Tomilova, N., Shin, D.H., Jamison-McClung, D., Torres, M., Reagan, R., McGray, H., Horning, T., Truong, R., Nava, A.J., Nava, A., and Yoder, J.I. (2006) Chemical signaling between plants: mechanistic similarities between allelopathy and host plant recognition by parasitic Angiosperms. In: Dicke, M. and Takken, W. eds. Chemical ecology: from genes to ecosystem. Springer, Berlin.
Favorite Plant:
| Leopard Lily | Century plant | Snow Plant |
| Lilium pardalinum | Agave americana | Sarcodes sanguinea |
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