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Assistant Professor • Publications
Institute for Behavioral Genetics • Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
luke.m.evans@colorado.edu

Institute for Behavioral Genetics
University of Colorado Boulder
447 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0447

Research Interests:

Methods for estimating heritability and investigating genomic architecture of complex traits. Recent work focuses on the heritability and genetic architecture of psychiatric disorders.

Active Grants:

  • NIH/NIA 1 R01 AG046938-06 (PI: Reynolds) Colorado Adoption/Twin Study of Lifespan Behavioral Development & Cognitive Aging (CATSLife2). Role: Co-Investigator
  • NIH/NIDA 1 R01 DA044283-01 (PI: Vrieze) Deep sequencing, phenotyping, and imputation in large-scale biobanks: A novel and cost-effective framework to identify rare mutations associated with addiction. Role: Co-Investigator
  • NIH/NIMH 5 R01 MH100141-06 (PI: Keller) Estimating the genetic and environmental architecture of psychiatric disorders. Role: Co-Investigator

Additional Resources:

Evans Lab Page

EBIO faculty page

Current CV

 

Current Lab

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Christopher Arehart
Predoctoral Trainee
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
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Maizy Brasher
Bachelor's-Accelerated Master's student
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
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Travis Mize
Predoctoral Trainee
Institute for Behavioral Genetics

Former Trainees

Scott Funkhouser

Postdoctoral trainee, 2019-2021

Publications

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No Support for Historical Candidate Gene or Candidate Gene-by-Interaction Hypotheses for Major Depression Across Multiple Large Samples

CU Boulder Authors: Keller, Matthew C; Evans, Luke M.
All Authors: Border R; Johnson EC; Evans LM; Smolen A; Berley N; Sullivan PF; Keller MC
Published in: American Journal of Psychiatry
Publication Date: 2019-05-01
Type: Journal Article

CARDIOMETABOLIC AND SLEEP PATHWAYS TO COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING AT MIDLIFE

CU Boulder Authors: Hewitt, John K; Evans, Luke M.
All Authors: Whitehurst LN; Smolen A; Evans LM; De Fries JC; Hewitt JK; Wadsworth SJ; Reynolds CA
Published in: Psychosomatic Medicine
Publication Date: 2019-03-06
Type: Conference Proceeding

Narrow-sense heritability estimation of complex traits using identity-by-descent information

CU Boulder Authors: Keller, Matthew C; Evans, Luke M.; Jones, Matt
All Authors:
Evans LM; Tahmasbi R; Jones M; Vrieze S; Abecasis GR; Das S; Bjelland DW; de Candia TR; Yang J; Goddard ME...
  • Evans LM
  • Tahmasbi R
  • Jones M
  • Vrieze S
  • Abecasis GR
  • Das S
  • Bjelland DW
  • de Candia TR
  • Yang J
  • Goddard ME
Published in: Heredity
Publication Date: 2018-12-01
Type: Journal Article

Characterization of a large sex determination region in Salix purpurea L. (Salicaceae)

CU Boulder Authors: Evans, Luke M.
All Authors:
Zhou R; Macaya-Sanz D; Rodgers-Melnick E; Carlson CH; Gouker FE; Evans LM; Schmutz J; Jenkins JW; Yan J; Tuskan GA...
  • Zhou R
  • Macaya-Sanz D
  • Rodgers-Melnick E
  • Carlson CH
  • Gouker FE
  • Evans LM
  • Schmutz J
  • Jenkins JW
  • Yan J
  • Tuskan GA
Published in: Molecular Genetics and Genomics: an international journal
Publication Date: 2018-12-01
Type: Journal Article

Adaptive introgression and maintenance of a trispecies hybrid complex in range-edge populations of Populus

CU Boulder Authors: Evans, Luke M.
All Authors: Chhatre VE; Evans LM; DiFazio SP; Keller SR
Published in: Molecular Ecology
Publication Date: 2018-12-01
Type: Journal Article

Relationships between estimated autozygosity and complex traits in the UK Biobank

CU Boulder Authors: Keller, Matthew C; Evans, Luke M.
All Authors: Johnson EC; Evans LM; Keller MC
Published in: PLoS Genetics
Publication Date: 2018-07-01
Type: Journal Article

A 5-Enolpyruvylshikimate 3-Phosphate Synthase Functions as a Transcriptional Repressor in Populus

CU Boulder Authors: Evans, Luke M.
All Authors:
Xie M; Muchero W; Bryan AC; Yee K; Guo H-B; Zhang J; Tschaplinski TJ; Singan VR; Lindquist E; Payyavula RS...
  • Xie M
  • Muchero W
  • Bryan AC
  • Yee K
  • Guo H-B
  • Zhang J
  • Tschaplinski TJ
  • Singan VR
  • Lindquist E
  • Payyavula RS
Published in: The Plant Cell
Publication Date: 2018-07-01
Type: Journal Article

Comparison of methods that use whole genome data to estimate the heritability and genetic architecture of complex traits

CU Boulder Authors: Keller, Matthew C; Evans, Luke M.
All Authors:
Evans LM; Tahmasbi R; Vrieze SI; Abecasis GR; Das S; Gazal S; Bjelland DW; de Candia TR; Goddard ME; Neale BM...
  • Evans LM
  • Tahmasbi R
  • Vrieze SI
  • Abecasis GR
  • Das S
  • Gazal S
  • Bjelland DW
  • de Candia TR
  • Goddard ME
  • Neale BM
Published in: Nature Genetics
Publication Date: 2018-05-01
Type: Journal Article

Using partitioned heritability methods to explore genetic architecture

CU Boulder Authors: Evans, Luke M.; Keller, Matthew C
All Authors: Evans LM; Keller MC
Published in: Nature Reviews Genetics
Publication Date: 2018-03-01
Type: Journal Article

Conserving threatened riparian ecosystems in the American West: Precipitation gradients and river networks drive genetic connectivity and diversity in a foundation riparian tree (Populus angustifolia)

CU Boulder Authors: Evans, Luke M.
All Authors: Bothwell HM; Cushman SA; Woolbright SA; Hersch-Green EI; Evans LM; Whitham TG; Allan GJ
Published in: Molecular Ecology
Publication Date: 2017-10-01
Type: Journal Article

Phenotypic and Genetic Relationship Between BMI and Drinking in a Sample of UK Adults

CU Boulder Authors: Evans, Luke M.
All Authors: Wills AG; Evans LM; Hopfer C
Published in: Behavior Genetics: an international journal devoted to research in the inheritance of behavior in animals and man
Publication Date: 2017-05-01
Type: Journal Article

Bud phenology and growth are subject to divergent selection across a latitudinal gradient in Populus angustifolia and impact adaptation across the distributional range and associated arthropods

CU Boulder Authors: Evans, Luke M.
All Authors: Evans LM; Kaluthota S; Pearce DW; Allan GJ; Floate K; Rood SB; Whitham TG
Published in: Ecology and Evolution
Publication Date: 2016-07-01
Type: Journal Article

High-resolution genetic mapping of allelic variants associated with cell wall chemistry in Populus

CU Boulder Authors: Evans, Luke M.
All Authors: Muchero W; Guo J; DiFazio SP; Chen J-G; Ranjan P; Slavov GT; Gunter LE; Jawdy S; Bryan AC; Sykes R
Published in: BMC Genomics
Publication Date: 2015-12-01
Type: Journal Article

Higher photosynthetic capacity from higher latitude: foliar characteristics and gas exchange of southern, central and northern populations ofPopulus angustifolia

CU Boulder Authors: Evans, Luke M.
All Authors: Kaluthota S; Pearce DW; Evans LM; Letts MG; Whitham TG; Rood SB
Published in: Tree Physiology: an international botanical journal
Publication Date: 2015-09-01
Type: Journal Article

Geographical barriers and climate influence demographic history in narrowleaf cottonwoods

CU Boulder Authors: Evans, Luke M.
All Authors: Evans LM; Allan GJ; DiFazio SP; Slavov GT; Wilder JA; Floate KD; Rood SB; Whitham TG
Published in: Heredity
Publication Date: 2015-04-01
Type: Journal Article

Vernalization and the chilling requirement to exit bud dormancy: shared or separate regulation?

CU Boulder Authors: Evans, Luke M.
All Authors: Brunner AM; Evans LM; Hsu C-Y; Sheng X
Published in: Frontiers in Plant Science
Publication Date: 2014-12-17
Type: Journal Article

Population genomics of Populus trichocarpa identifies signatures of selection and adaptive trait associations

CU Boulder Authors: Evans, Luke M.
All Authors:
Evans LM; Slavov GT; Rodgers-Melnick E; Martin J; Ranjan P; Muchero W; Brunner AM; Schackwitz W; Gunter L; Chen J-G...
  • Evans LM
  • Slavov GT
  • Rodgers-Melnick E
  • Martin J
  • Ranjan P
  • Muchero W
  • Brunner AM
  • Schackwitz W
  • Gunter L
  • Chen J-G
Published in: Nature Genetics
Publication Date: 2014-10-01
Type: Journal Article

Landscape genetic connectivity in a riparian foundation tree is jointly driven by climatic gradients and river networks

CU Boulder Authors: Evans, Luke M.
All Authors: Cushman SA; Max T; Meneses N; Evans LM; Ferrier S; Honchak B; Whitham TG; Allan GJ
Published in: Ecological Applications
Publication Date: 2014-07-01
Type: Journal Article

The Proportion of Three Foundation Plant Species and Their Genotypes Influence an Arthropod Community: Restoration Implications for the Endangered Southwestern Willow Flycatcher

CU Boulder Authors: Evans, Luke M.
All Authors: Bangert R; Ferrier SM; Evans L; Kennedy K; Grady KC; Hersch-Green E; Allan GJ; Whitham TG
Published in: Restoration Ecology
Publication Date: 2013-07-01
Type: Journal Article

Herbivore host-associated genetic differentiation depends on the scale of plant genetic variation examined

CU Boulder Authors: Evans, Luke M.
All Authors: Evans LM; Allan GJ; Meneses N; Max TL; Whitham TG
Published in: Evolutionary Ecology
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Type: Journal Article

Populus hybrid hosts drive divergence in the herbivorous mite, Aceria parapopuli: implications for conservation of plant hybrid zones as essential habitat

CU Boulder Authors: Evans, Luke M.
All Authors: Evans LM; Allan GJ; Whitham TG
Published in: Conservation Genetics
Publication Date: 2012-12-01
Type: Journal Article

Community specificity: life and afterlife effects of genes

CU Boulder Authors: Evans, Luke M.
All Authors: Whitham TG; Gehring CA; Lamit LJ; Wojtowicz T; Evans LM; Keith AR; Smith DS
Published in: Trends in Plant Science
Publication Date: 2012-05-01
Type: Journal Article

The relative influences of host plant genotype and yearly abiotic variability in determining herbivore abundance

CU Boulder Authors: Evans, Luke M.
All Authors: Evans LM; Clark JS; Whipple AV; Whitham TG
Published in: Oecologia
Publication Date: 2012-02-01
Type: Journal Article

Temperature Alters the Relative Abundance and Population Growth Rates of Species Within theDendroctonus frontalis(Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Community

CU Boulder Authors: Evans, Luke M.
All Authors: Evans LM; Hofstetter RW; Ayres MP; Klepzig KD
Published in: Environmental Entomology
Publication Date: 2011-08-01
Type: Journal Article

A community and ecosystem genetics approach to conservation biology and management.

CU Boulder Authors: Evans, Luke M.
All Authors:
Whitham TG; Gehring CA; EVANS LM; LeRoy CJ; Bangert RK; Schweitzer JA; Allan GJ; Barbour RC; Fischer DG; Potts BM...
  • Whitham TG
  • Gehring CA
  • EVANS LM
  • LeRoy CJ
  • Bangert RK
  • Schweitzer JA
  • Allan GJ
  • Barbour RC
  • Fischer DG
  • Potts BM
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Type: Chapter

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