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H. Allen Orr
Shirley Cox Kearns Professor
Arts, Sciences, and Engineering
Department of Biology
Areas of expertise: Evolutionary Genetics
Press contact:
Peter Iglinski
585.273.4726
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Biography
Most of Orr's research focuses on the genetics of speciation and the genetics of adaptation. In particular, he is interested in the genetic basis of hybrid sterility and inviability. He studies these problems through genetic analysis of reproductive isolation between species of Drosophila. In his adaptation work, Orr is interested in theoretical rules or patterns that might characterize the population genetics of adaptation.