"These woodrats have only been exposed to creosote bush for about 15,000 years—in an evolutionary timescale, that's very little time," said Dylan Klure, postdoctoral researcher at the U and lead ...

Woodrats survive on toxic creosote plants by copying detox genes, producing more enzymes to break down plant toxins and avoid ...

It may also be found in sandy substrates in creosote bush scrub not directly associated with sand dune habitat. This species lives at elevations ranging from 200 to 2,100 feet. RANGE: The species is ...

Rob is an evolutionary ecologist who studies polyploidy and speciation in the creosote bush. Here at CU, he continued his creosote research and collaborated with Nolan Kane to develop genomic tools ...