Population Genetics
The following 21 faculty members are pursuing research related to this topic.
Bergelson, Joy - ProfessorThe evolution of plant-pathogen and plant-herbivore interactions; molecular ecology.
Borevitz, Justin O - Assistant ProfessorQuantitative and population genetics of local native plant species
Cox, Nancy J - ProfessorQuantitative human genetics, genetics of complex human diseases, including diabetes, asthma, stuttering, and psychiatric disorders.
Di Rienzo, Anna - ProfessorHuman genetic variation and the evolution of common diseases.
Ellis, Nathan Ames - Associate ProfessorMolecular mechanisms that maintain genomic integrity, with special emphasis on the RecQ helicases; the genetics colon cancer susceptibility.
Feder, Martin E - ProfessorEvolutionary and ecological functional genomics, with Hsp70 and other molecular chaperones in Drosophila as a focus.
Gilad, Yoav - Assistant ProfessorEvolution of gene expression in primates; Evolution of the sense of smell.
Hudson, Richard - ProfessorPopulation genetics theory and the analysis of molecular variation within and between populations.
Kreitman, Martin - ProfessorPopulation genetics; molecular evolution.
Lahn, Bruce - ProfessorEpigenetic Mechanisms of Cell Fate Restriction in Stem Cell Differentiation.
Li, Wen-Hsiung - ProfessorMolecular evolution, including experimental studies and bioinformatics studies of molecular and genomics.
Liu, Chun-Yu - Assistant ProfessorGenetics/genomics underlying neuropsychiatric disorders and brain functions.
Long, Manyuan - ProfessorNew gene evolution: the rates and patterns, the impact on protein networks, the functional and phenotypic effects; other problems of genome evolution. Drosophila as experimental systems; in silico genomics of animals and plants.
Nagylaki, Thomas - ProfessorTheoretical population biology, especially geographical variation; gene conversion in multi-gene families; random genetic drift; natural selection.
Ober, Carole - ProfessorComplex trait genetics; QTL mapping; asthma; fertility
Olopade, Olufunmilayo (Funmi) F - ProfessorCancer genetics and epigenetics, molecular genetics of breast and ovarian cancer; genetics of cancer predisposition in diverse populations including BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, inflammation and cancer.
Palmer, Abraham A - Assistant ProfessorGenetic basis of animal behavior, quantitative trait mapping, drug abuse and psychiatric phenotypes, translation of genetic findings to human populations
Pritchard, Jonathan - ProfessorStatistical genetics and population genetics; applications include complex disease mapping, human evolution and molecular evolution.
Przeworski, Molly - ProfessorPopulation genetics, human evolution
Van Valen, Leigh - Professor Ecological and evolutionary genetics, organization and evolution of phenotype, evolution of development and adaptation, macroevolution, phylogenetics, conceptual analysis.
Wu, Chung-I - ProfessorSpeciation, genomics, evolutionary genetics, molecular population genetics, sexual selection.