Research Bio
Research in our lab combines both computational and experimental approaches to address a broad range of topics in Evolutionary and Functional Genomics including: (1) Determining the evolutionary benefits of sex and recombination (2) Investigations of large scale changes in patterns of gene expression on evolving sex chromosomes: Dosage compensation of X-linked genes and silencing of Y-linked genes by heterochromatin formation (3) Comparative & functional genomics of young Y chromosomes in Drosophila and mammals (4) Sexual antagonistic variation and feminization & masculinization of evolving X chromosomes (5) Quantifying the mode and strength of selection acting on coding and non-coding DNA in the Drosophila genome (6) Population genetics of Tetrahymena thermophila.
Research Expertise and Interest
evolution of sex and recombination, Y degeneration, dosage compensation, sexually antagonistic variation
In the News
Seven UC Berkeley Scientists Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Teaching
Directed Undergraduate Research [INTEGBI 191]
Supervised Internship [INTEGBI 197]
Supervised Independent Study and Research [INTEGBI 199]
Research Seminar [INTEGBI 291]
Special Study for Graduate Students [INTEGBI 296]
Directed Field Studies [INTEGBI 297]
Special Study in Integrative Biology [INTEGBI 298]
Graduate Research [INTEGBI 299]
Supervised Independent Study and Research [INTEGBI 99]
Thesis Course [INTEGBI H196A]
Thesis Course [INTEGBI H196B]
Supervised Research: Biological Sciences [UGIS 192C]
The Biology of Sex [INTEGBI 136]
Human Genetics and Genomics [INTEGBI 164]
Directed Undergraduate Research [INTEGBI 191]
Supervised Independent Study and Research [INTEGBI 199]
Research Seminar [INTEGBI 291]
Special Study in Integrative Biology [INTEGBI 298]
Graduate Research [INTEGBI 299]
Supervised Independent Study and Research [INTEGBI 99]
Thesis Course [INTEGBI H196A]
Thesis Course [INTEGBI H196B]
Directed Undergraduate Research [INTEGBI 191]
Supervised Internship [INTEGBI 197]
Supervised Independent Study and Research [INTEGBI 199]
Research Seminar [INTEGBI 290]
Research Seminar [INTEGBI 291]
Special Study for Graduate Students [INTEGBI 296]
Directed Field Studies [INTEGBI 297]
Special Study in Integrative Biology [INTEGBI 298]
Graduate Research [INTEGBI 299]
Supervised Independent Study and Research [INTEGBI 99]
Thesis Course [INTEGBI H196A]
Thesis Course [INTEGBI H196B]