Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Thomas H. Eickbush

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Thomas H. Eickbush

Professor and Chair

Hutchison 334A
eick@mail.rochester.edu
585-275-7247

Molecular biology and evolution

  • integration of retrotransposable elements
  • origin and evolution of mobile elements
  • regulation of rRNA genes

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James D. Fry

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James D. Fry

Associate Professor

Hutchison 318
jfry@mail.rochester.edu
585-275-7835
  • Genetics of ecological adaptation in Drosophila
  • Evolutionary effects of deleterious mutations
  • Quantitative-genetic theory and methodology

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Daniel Garrigan

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Daniel Garrigan

Assistant Professor

Contact Information:

University of Rochester
Department of Biology

River Campus Box 270211
Rochester, New York 14627-0211

Hutchison 319

(585) 276-4816

Evolutionary genetics
  • Population genetics and genomics
  • Computational Biology
  • Human origins and evolution

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Richard E. Glor

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Richard E. Glor

Assistant Professor

rglor@mail.rochester.edu
Hutchison Hall 343
585-276-3346
  • Molecular phylogenetics
  • Macroevolutionary patterns of species diversification
  • Comparative method
  • Speciation

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John Jaenike

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John Jaenike

Professor

Hutchison 484
joja@mail.rochester.edu
585-275-0009
  • Ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions
  • Sex chromosome meiotic drive
  • Wolbachia as male killers and causes of reproductive isolation in Drosophila
  • Ecology of mycophagous Drosophila

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J. David Lambert

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J. David Lambert

Assistant Professor

Hutchison 344
dlamber2@mail.rochester.edu
585-275-7521
  • The evolution of developmental mechanisms
  • Early patterning in molluscs and related groups
  • Cytoskeletal basis of asymmetric cell divisions
  • Evolution of novel phenotypes

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Robert L. Minckley

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Robert L. Minckley

Research Assistant Professor

Hutchison 446

585-275-0272

  • Ecology and evolution of host breadth in bees
  • Community structure of desert bees
  • Conservation biology of pollinators

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H. Allen Orr

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H. Allen Orr

Professor

Hutchison 319
aorr@mil.rochester.edu
585-275-3838

Evolutionary genetics

  • Genetics of speciation in Drosophila
  • Genetics and theory of adaptation
  • Population genetics

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Daven C. Presgraves

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Daven C. Presgraves

Associate Professor

Hutchison 478
dvnp@mail.rochester.edu
585-275-8946

Evolutionary genetics

  • Speciation genetics
  • Molecular population genetics
  • Genome evolution

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Justin Ramsey

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Justin Ramsey

Assistant Professor

Hutchison 477
justin_ramsey@mac.com
585-273-5481

Evolutionary ecology

  • Mechanisms of adaptation and speciation in flowering plants
  • Polyploidy and chromosome evolution

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John H. Werren

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John H. Werren

Professor

Hutchison 306
werr@mail.rochester.edu
585-275-3694
Evolutionary genetics
  • Microbial-host interactions with emphasis on Wolbachia in arthropods, genetics of speciation and evolution of development
  • Genetics, genomics and evolution of Nasonia
  • The role of "selfish" or "parasitic" DNA in evolution

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