Genetics
The study of heredity and gene action is one of the most rapidly developing fields of biology. A thorough understanding of genetics is essential to modern advances in agriculture, medicine, and many industrial fields dealing with biological diversity. The information content of genetic sequences is enormous and is rapidly becoming a major tool in tracing evolutionary lineages and in reassessing biological classification.
- Daniele Armaleo, Associate Professor Of The Practice
Developmental and molecular biology of symbiosis in lichens - Ryan Baugh, Assistant Professor
Animal developmental genetics and genomics - Amy Bejsovec, Associate Professor
Genetic control of cell fate specification in Drosophila - Philip N Benfey, Paul Kramer Professor and Director, Center for Systems Biology
Plant Developmental Genetics and Genomics - John E Boynton, Professor Emeritus
- Sherryl A Broverman, Associate Professor of the Practice
science literacy for non-majors; science education reform; the interaction of gender, education and global health - Meng Chen, Assistant Professor
Light signal transduction in plants - Xinnian Dong, Professor
Plant-Microbe interactions - Kathleen Donohue, Associate Professor
Evolutionary ecology and genetics of natural plant populations, genetic basis of adaptation, gene-environment interactions - Mary W. Eubanks, Adjunct Professor of Biology
Maize Evolution and Improvement - Nicholas W Gillham, James B Duke Professor Emeritus
- Steve Haase, Assistant Professor
Control of cell cycle, DNA replication, and centrosome duplication in budding yeast - Elizabeth H. Harris, Director, Chlamydomonas Center
- Alison Hill, Lecturer
- Daniel P Kiehart, Professor and Chair
Biophysical approaches to cellular, molecular and developmental biology - Paul M Magwene, Assistant Professor
Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics - John M Mercer, Associate Professor Of The Practice
Molecular evolution, Evolution, Mathematical biology, Morphometrics - Thomas Mitchell-Olds, Professor
Evolutionary, Ecological, & Agricultural Functional Genomics - H Frederik Nijhout, Professor
Developmental physiology/development and evolution - Mohamed A. Noor, Professor and Associate Chair
Speciation and evolutionary genetics, recombination - Zhen-Ming Pei, Associate Professor
Plant Sensory Signal Transduction - Mark D Rausher, Professor
Evolutionary Genetics and Molecular Evolution - David R. Sherwood, Assistant Professor
Genetic analysis of development in C. elegans: modeling cell invasive behavior - Nina T Sherwood, Assistant Research Professor and IGSP Scholar
Functions of spastin and other microtubule severing proteins in the nervous system; Drosophila models of human disease - James N. Siedow, Professor and Vice Provost for Research
Function and regulation of plant respiratory pathways - Tai-ping Sun, Professor
Molecular mechanisms of plant hormone controlled growth and development - Chandra L Tucker, Assistant Research Professor
Protein technologies and chemical genomics in yeast - Marcy K Uyenoyama, Professor
Population genetics, molecular evolution - Rytas J Vilgalys, Professor
Phylogenetic systematics and molecular evolution in fungi - Pelin Cayirlioglu Volkan, Assistant Professor
Genetic Regulation of Olfactory Circuit Assembly in Drosophila - Huntington F Willard, Director, Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy and Professor of Biology and Vice Chancellor for Genome Sciences
- John H Willis, Professor
Evolutionary genetics in natural plant populations - Anne D. Yoder, Professor and Director, Duke Lemur Center
Phylogeny and evolution of mammals, ; conservation genetics; historical biogeography and biodiversity of Madagascar
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