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The Genetics Department is especially strong in the areas of quantitative
and population genetics and molecular and developmental genetics. Many model
organisms are studied including Drosophila,
yeast, mice, bacteria, corn, tobacco, wheat, Arabidopsis
and forest trees. Several faculty members have research programs that stress
theoretical aspects of genetics. Students have a wide choice of research
projects available and receive a solid academic foundation in all aspects
of genetics.
Follow the links below to learn more about faculty research.
For Teaching Faculty information,
go to the Teaching Faculty Page.
Genetics Faculty
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| Faculty
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Area
of Research |
| J.M.
Alonso |
Ethylene signal
transduction in Arabidopsis; characterization of Arabidopsis
genome |
| W.R.
Atchley |
Computational
biology and molecular evolution |
| S.
E. Curtis |
Regulation
of gene expression during cyanobacterial development |
| T.H.
Emigh |
Statistical
and population genetics model for the extinction of populations |
| P.A.
Estes |
Development
of the Central Nervous System (CNS) and cellular and molecular response
to hypoxia |
| R.G.
Franks |
Development
of the carpel margin meristem |
| T.F.C.
Mackay |
The genetic
basis of quantitative variation |
| J.W.
Mahaffey |
Animal development
- specification of body pattern |
| L.D.
Mathies |
Genetic control
of early gonad development in C. elegans |
| W.H.
McKenzie |
Cytogenetics
and genetic toxicology |
| W.O. McMillan |
Population genetics, evolution, and conservation biology |
| D.Nielsen |
Developing
techniques for fine-scale genetic mapping in human populations, using
population history to help locate genes involved in phenotypes such
as hereditary diseases. |
| S.L.
Spiker |
Plant molecular
biology, chromatin structure, gene regulation |
| J.L.
Thorne |
Development
of statistical tools for analysis of DNA and protein sequences |
| Z.B.
Zeng |
Theoretical
quantitative and population genetics |
Associate Members
Faculty from other Departments, who can direct student research for a Ph.D. in Genetics.
| Faculty
Name |
Area
of Research |
| R.
Anholt |
Molecular
and quantitative genetics of olfactory behavior in Drosophila |
| R.
S. Boston |
Gene regulation
in maize endosperm |
| R.
A. Dean |
Development
of resources for dissecting and understanding fungal genomes |
| E.
J. Eisen |
Quantitative
genetics of growth and reproductive traits in mice |
| M.
M. Goodman |
Corn genetics
and breeding, isozyme genetics of maize, and numerical taxonomy |
| F.L.
Gould |
Ecological,
genetic and chemical aspects of plant/herbivore interactions, pest
management, and behavioral ecology of arthropods |
| C.
Grozinger |
Applied insect
ecology and pest management (genomics) |
| L.
K. Hanley-Bowdoin |
Geminiviruses
as models for plant DNA replication and transcription |
| T.
R. Klaenhammer |
Physiology,
metabolism and genetics of lactic acid bacteria |
| S.
A. Lommel |
Host-pathogen
interactions and mechanisms of disease induction in plant viruses |
| C.
H. Opperman |
Plant-parasitic
nematode genetics; molecular crop protection |
| D.
Robertson |
Plant molecular
biology, cell biology of geminivirus DNA replication, geminiviruses
as vectors for gene silencing. |
| R.
R. Sederoff |
Forest biotechnology |
| W.
F. Thompson |
Molecular
genetics of development in higher plants |
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