Allen G Rodrigo, Adjunct Professor
My research focuses on evolutionary bioinformatics and computatioanl biology. In particular, I am interested in the development of novel methods to study the evolution of genes, genomes, organisms and species.
- Hayward, JJ; Rodrigo, AG, The distribution of feline immunodeficiency virus in tissue compartments of feral domestic cats., Archives of Virology, vol. 155 no. 3 (March, 2010), pp. 411-416 [20112119], [doi] .
- Abbott, WGH; Tsai, P; Leung, E; Trevarton, A; Ofanoa, M; Hornell, J; Gane, EJ; Munn, SR; Rodrigo, AG, Associations between HLA class I alleles and escape mutations in the hepatitis B virus core gene in New Zealand-resident Tongans., Journal of Virology, vol. 84 no. 1 (January, 2010), pp. 621-629 [19846510], [doi] [abs].
- Marks, EJ; Rodrigo, AG; Brunton, DH, Using logistic regression models to predict breeding success in male Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae), Polar Biology, vol. 33 no. 8 (August, 2010), pp. 1083-1094, Springer Nature [doi] [abs].
- Marks, EJ; Rodrigo, AG; Brunton, DH, Ecstatic display calls of the Adélie penguin honestly predict male condition and breeding success, Behaviour, vol. 147 no. 2 (February, 2010), pp. 165-184, BRILL [doi] [abs].
- Li, WLS; Rodrigo, AG, Covariation of branch lengths in phylogenies of functionally related genes., Plos One, vol. 4 no. 12 (December, 2009), pp. e8487 [20041191], [doi] [abs].
- Rodrigo, AG; Tsai, P; Shearman, H, On the use of bootstrapped topologies in coalescent-based Bayesian MCMC inference: a comparison of estimation and computational efficiencies., Evolutionary Bioinformatics Online, vol. 5 (July, 2009), pp. 97-105 [19812730] [abs].
- Rodrigo, A; Bertels, F; Heled, J; Noder, R; Shearman, H; Tsai, P, The perils of plenty: What are we going to do with all these genes?, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, vol. 363 no. 1512 (2008), pp. 3893-3902, The Royal Society [18852100], [doi] [abs].
- Bordewich, M; Rodrigo, AG; Semple, C, Selecting taxa to save or sequence: desirable criteria and a greedy solution., Systematic Biology, vol. 57 no. 6 (December, 2008), pp. 825-834 [19085326], [doi] [abs].
- Steel, M; Rodrigo, A, Maximum likelihood supertrees, Systematic Biology, vol. 57 no. 2 (2008), pp. 243-250, Oxford University Press (OUP) [18398769], [doi] [abs].
- Lim, SG; Cheng, Y; Guindon, S; Seet, BL; Lee, LY; Hu, P; Wasser, S; Peter, FJ; Tan, T; Goode, M; Rodrigo, AG, Viral quasi-species evolution during hepatitis Be antigen seroconversion., Gastroenterology, vol. 133 no. 3 (September, 2007), pp. 951-958 [17854598], [doi] [abs].
- Guindon, S; Black, M; Rodrigo, A, Control of the false discovery rate applied to the detection of positively selected amino acid sites, Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 23 no. 5 (2006), pp. 919-926, Oxford University Press (OUP) [16423864], [doi] [abs].
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- Durham NC 27705-4667
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Education:
Ph.D., University of Canterbury (New Zealand), 1990
Office Location: 137 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone: (919) 684-1698
Email Address: a.rodrigo@nescent.org
Web Page: http://biology.duke.edu/rodrigolab
Additional Web Page: http://biology.duke.edu/rodrigolab
Specialties:
Evolution
Genetics
Genomics
Research Categories: Computational evolutionary biology
Research Description:
My research focuses on evolutionary bioinformatics and computatioanl biology. In particular, I am interested in the development of novel methods to study the evolution of genes, genomes, organisms and species.
Areas of Interest:
The evolution of rapidly evolving pathogens
The estimation of evolutionary rates and divergence times
Statistical phylogenetics
Phylogenetic methods in conservation
Computational evolutionary biology
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