Morgan Moeglein

Morgan Moeglein studies the evolution of leaf form across plants. Her research investigates leaf form variation at multiple scales, from within individuals to across species. This work combines tools from molecular and developmental biology with extensive field observations to make sense of naturally occurring morphological diversity in leaf shape. Research in her lab currently focuses on how long-lived woody plants invest in leaf development across seasons and how changes in genome size and chromosome number affect leaf growth and shape.

Ph.D. Yale University
M.S. Brown University 
B.S. University of Vermont

BI 303 Genetics
BI 399 Plant Development and Physiology
BI 101 Principles of Biology Lab

"Donoghue, M.J., Eaton, D.A., Maya-Lastra, C.A., Landis, M.J., Sweeney, P.W., Olson, M.E., Cacho, N.I., Moeglein, M.K., Gardner, J.R., Heaphy, N.M. and Castorena, M., 2022. Replicated radiation of a plant clade along a cloud forest archipelago. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(9), pp.1318-1329.

Moeglein, M.K., 2021. The Roles of Polyploidy, Climate, and Genetic Architecture in the Evolution of Leaf Form in Viburnum (Adoxaceae) (Doctoral dissertation, Yale University).

Moeglein, M.K., Chatelet, D.S., Donoghue, M.J. and Edwards, E.J., 2020. Evolutionary dynamics of genome size in a radiation of woody plants. American Journal of Botany, 107(11), pp.1527-1541.