Jannice Friedman, Queen's University

Research

Adaptation Climate Ecological Genomics Life history Natural Selection Phenotypic Plasticity Plants Quantitative Genetics

Latest papers

Intraspecific variation in seed dispersal between annual and perennial populations.
Annals of botany · 2025 · senior author
Kin discrimination causes plastic responses in floral and clonal allocation.
Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025 · senior author
A standardized and efficient technique to estimate seed traits in plants with numerous small propagules.
Applications in plant sciences · 2023 · senior author

All 9 publications

Latest funding

High performance computing infrastructure for evolutionary biology, spatial ecology, and conservation biology
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$148,324
Mechanisms and evolution of plant reproductive strategies
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$240,000

All 2 grants and awards

9 publications.

01

Intraspecific variation in seed dispersal between annual and perennial populations.

Velichka J, Friedman J

Annals of botany2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcae218 PMID: 39704337

02

Kin discrimination causes plastic responses in floral and clonal allocation.

Lewis I, Friedman J

Proceedings. Biological sciences2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2024.2387 PMID: 39876723

03

A standardized and efficient technique to estimate seed traits in plants with numerous small propagules.

Steinecke C, Lee J, Friedman J

Applications in plant sciences2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/aps3.11552 PMID: 37915429

04

Autopolyploid establishment depends on life-history strategy and the mating outcomes of clonal architecture.

Van Drunen WE, Friedman J

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/evo.14582 PMID: 35861365

05

Mating and fitness consequences of variation in male allocation in a wind-pollinated plant.

Aljiboury AA, Friedman J

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/evo.14544 PMID: 35765717

06

Assessing climate change tolerance and the niche breadth-range size hypothesis in rare and widespread alpine plants.

Haynes KR, Friedman J, Stella JC, Leopold DJ

Oecologia2021

DOI: 10.1007/s00442-021-05003-9 PMID: 34331105

07

Population genomic and historical analysis suggests a global invasion by bridgehead processes in Mimulus guttatus.

Vallejo-Marín M, Friedman J, Twyford AD, Lepais O, Ickert-Bond SM, Streisfeld MA, Yant L, van Kleunen M, Rotter MC, Puzey JR

Communications biology2021

DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-01795-x PMID: 33712659

08

Multi-level patterns of genetic structure and isolation by distance in the widespread plant Mimulus guttatus.

Twyford AD, Wong ELY, Friedman J

Heredity2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41437-020-0335-7 PMID: 32641721

09

Environmental heterogeneity generates intrapopulation variation in life-history traits in an annual plant.

Friedman J, Middleton TE, Rubin MJ

The New phytologist2019First author

DOI: 10.1111/nph.16099 PMID: 31400159

High performance computing infrastructure for evolutionary biology, spatial ecology, and conservation biology

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Lougheed, Stephen

$148,324

Mechanisms and evolution of plant reproductive strategies

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Friedman, Jannice

Keywords: life history; reproductive strategies; ecological genomics; natural selection; adaptation; quantitative genetics; phenotypic plasticity; climate; sexual selection; plants

$240,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Adaptation Dear Professor Friedman, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Intraspecific variation in seed dispersal between annual and perennial populations." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Mechanisms and evolution of plant reproductive strategies" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]