James H. Leebens-Mack

Professor of Plant Biology
Ph.D. (1995) University of Texas
  • Grant Support -

    • National Science Foundation (Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories) “Doctoral Dissertation Research: The genomic basis of dioecy in Asparagus (Asparagaceae)” (PI with student Alex Harkess)

    • National Science Foundation (IOS Plant Genome Research Program).  “ABR-PG: Developing Flowering Dogwood as a Focal Genomic Resource for Woody Ornamentals” (PI), CJ Tsai and Magdy Alabady (UGA), Jenny Xiang (North Carolina State University) and Phil Wadl (University of Tennessee), Co-PIs.

    • National Science Foundation (DEB Dimensions of Biodiversity) “Dimensions: Collaborative Proposal: Molecular, ecological and evolutionary dynamics of carbon fixation and diversification in Agavoideae (Asparagaceae) and Oncidiinae (Orchidaceae)” (PI) Erin Dolan (UGA), Katia Silvera UC Riverside and Vic Albert (University of Buffalo), Co-PIs.

    • National Science Foundation (IOS), 2014-2017, “RUI: Collaborative: unPAK: undergraduates Phenotyping Arabidopsis Knockouts: A distributed genomic approach to examine evolutionarily important traits” (Co-PI), Matthew Rutter (PI), Courtney Murren and Allan Strand (College of Charleston), Hilary Callahan (Barnard College), Michael Wolyniak (Hampden-Sydney College), and Erin Dolan and Jennifer Jo Thompson (UGA)

    • National Science Foundation (Plant Genome Research Program), 2009-2015, “The Amborella Genome Project” (Co-PI with Claude dePamphilis [PI] and Hong Ma (Penn State), Doug Soltis, Pam Soltis, and Brad Barbazuk (Florida), Sue Wessler (UC Riverside) and Vic Albert (Buffalo))

Selected Publications:
  • Augustin, M.M., D. Ruzicka, A.K. Shukla, J.M. Augustin, M.R. McKain, CM. Starks, M. O’Neil-Johnson, P.P. Edger, J.C. Pires, J.H. Leebens-Mack, and T.M. Kutchan, 2015. Accelerating biochemical pathway elucidation in non-model systems : Formation of the antineoplastic cyclopamine in Veratrum californicum. The Plant Journal.  In Press DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12871
  • Harkess, A.,  F. Mercati, H-Y. Shan, F.  Sunseri, A. Falavigna and J. Leebens-Mack.   2015.  Sex-biased gene expression in dioecious garden asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) New Phytologist. Early Access DOI: 10.1111/nph.13389
  • Mercati, F., P. Riccardi, A. Harkess, T. Sala, M. R. Abenavoli, J. H. Leebens-Mack, A. Falavigna, F. Sunseri.  2015.  SNP-based parentage analysis and population structure in garden asparagus, a worldwide genetic stock classification.  Molecular Breeding, 35:59.  doi: 10.1007/s11032-015-0217-5
  • Cannon, S.  M. R. McKain, A. Harkess, M. Deyholos, M. Chase, C. N.
  • Stewart, Y. Peng, B. Joyce, P. Soltis, D. Soltis, M. N. Nelson, N. Miles, T. Kutchan,  X. Tan, C. Chen,  E. Carpenter, Y. Zhang, G. Ka-Shu Wong, J. J. Doyle and J. H. Leebens-Mack. 2015.  Independent genome duplication events and the evolution of nodulation in the legumes.  Molecular Biology and Evolution, 32 (1): 193-210 doi:10.1093/molbev/msu296
  • Wickett, N.J., S. Mirarab, N. Nguyen, T. Warnow, E. Carpenter, N. Matasci, S. Ayyampalayam, M. Barker, G. J. Burleigh, M. A. Gitzendanner, B. Ruhfel, E. Wafula, J.P. Der, S. W. Graham, S. Mathews, M. Melkonian, D. E. Soltis, P. S. Soltis, C. Rothfels, L. Pokorny, J. Shaw, L. DeGironimo, D. Stevenson, B. Surek, J.C. Villarreal, B. Roure, H. Philippe, C. W. dePamphilis, T. Chen, M. Deyholos, J. Wang, Y. Zhang, Z. Tian, Z. Yan, X. Wu, X. Sun, G. K-S. Wong, and J. Leebens-Mack.  2014.  A phylotranscriptomic analysis of the origin and early diversification of land plants.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 111 (45):E4859–E4868. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1323926111
  • Rentsch, J.D., and J. Leebens-Mack. 2014.  Yucca aloifolia (Agavoidea, Asparabaceae) opts out of an obligate pollination mutualism? Evidence for diurnal, non-moth pollination of a Yucca species. American Journal of Botany. 101(12): 2062-2067.  doi: 10.3732/ajb.1400351
  • Eserman L.A., G. P. Tiley, R. L. Jarret, J. H. Leebens-Mack, R. E. Miller.  2014.  Phylogenetics and diversification of morning glories based on whole plastome sequences.  American Journal of Botany 101(1):92-103. doi: 10.3732/ajb.1300207
  • Barrett, C.F., C. D. Specht, J. Leebens-Mack, D. W. Stevenson, W. B. Zomlefer, and J. I. Davis.  2014.  Resolving ancient radiations: can complete plastid gene sets elucidate deep relationships among the tropical gingers (Zingiberales Griseb.)? Annals of Botany 113(1):119-33. doi: 10.1093/aob/mct264
  • The Amborella Genome Project (J. J. Acosta, V. A. Albert, N. S. Altman, J. S. S. Ammiraju, S. Arikit, M. J. Axtell, S. Ayyampalayam, W. B. Barbazuk, R. A. Bruenn, J. M. Burnette, L. Carretero-Paulet, S. Chamala, A. S. Chanderbali, T-H. Chang, F. Chen, J-Q. Chen, V. Chiang, A. de Kochko, C. W. dePamphilis, J. P. Der, R. Determann, J. C. Estill, N. P. Farrell, B. Fogliani, C. Guo, J. Harholt, A. Harkess, L. R. Herrera-Estrella, E. Ibarra-Laclette, Y. Jiao, C. Job, D. Job, S. Kim, M. Kirst, H. Kong, T. Lan, J. H. Leebens-Mack, G. Li, L. Li, J. Liu, K. Liu, E. Lyons, H. Ma, W. Mei, B. C. Meyers, J. D. Palmer, E. De Paoli, J. Park, S. P. Pissis, V. Poncet, X. Qi, L. Rajjou, P. Ralph, S. Rounsley, D. Sankoff, V. Sarramegna, S. C. Schuster, R. Sederoff, S. Shahid, D. E. Soltis, P. S. Soltis, Y-H. Sun, J. Talag, H. Tang, L. Tomsho, P. Ulvskov, M. Villegente, E. Wafula, B. Walts, S. Wanke, S. R. Wessler, R. A. Wing, J-Y. Xue, T-F. Yeh, X. Yu, J. Zhai, X. Zhang, C. Zheng).  2013.  The Amborella Genome and the Evolution of Flowering Plants.  Science 342(6165):1241089. doi: 10.1126/science.1241089
  • Chamala S, A.S. Chanderbali, J.P. Der, T. Lan, B. Walts, V.A. Albert, C.W. dePamphilis, J. Leebens-Mack, S. Rounsley, S.C. Schuster, R.A. Wing, N. Xiao, R. Moore, P.S. Soltis, D.E. Soltis, W.B. Barbazuk.  2013. Assembly and Validation of the Genome of the Nonmodel Basal Angiosperm Amborella.  Science 342(6165):1516-7. doi: 10.1126/science.1241130
  • Vitte, C., M. Estep, J. Leebens-Mack and J. L. Bennetzen. 2013. Young, intact and nested retrotransposons in the onion and asparagus genomes.  Annals of Botany 112(5):881-9 10.1093/aob/mct155
  • Davis,J.I., J.R. McNeal, C.F. Barrett, M.W. Chase, J.I . Cohen, M.R. Duvall, T.J. Givnish, S.W. Graham, G. Petersen, J.C.  Pires, O. Seberg, D.W. Stevenson, and J. Leebens-Mack.  2012.  Contrasting Patterns of Support among Plastid Genes and Genomes for Major Clades of the Monocotyledons. In Early Events in Monocot Evolution, P. Wilkin and S.J. Mayo, eds. Cambridge University Press. pp. 315-349
  • Rentsch JD, Leebens-Mack J. 2012. Homoploid hybrid origin of Yucca gloriosa: intersectional hybrid speciation in Yucca (Agavoideae, Asparagaceae). Ecol Evol. 2(9):2213-22. doi: 10.1002/ece3.328.
  • D’Hont, A., F. Denoeud, J-M. Aury, F-C. Baurens, F. Carreel, O. Garsmeur, B. Noel, S. Bocs, G. Droc,  M. Rouard, C. Da Silva, K. Jabbari,, C. Cardi, J. Poulain, M. Souquet, K. Labadie, C. Jourda, J. Lengelle, M. Rodier-Goud, A. Alberti, M. Bernard,  M. Correa,  S. Ayyampalayam, M. R. Mckain, J. Leebens-Mack, D. Burgess, M. Freeling, D. Mbéguié, A. Mbéguié, R. Habas, R. Rivallan,  T. Wicker, O. Panaud, J. Barbosa, E. Hribova, P. Heslop-Harrison, M. Chabannes, P. Francois, C. Poiron, A. Kilian, D. Burthia, C. Jenny, F. Bakry, S. Brown, V. Guignon, G. Kema, M. Dita, C. Waalwijk, S. Joseph, A. Dievart, O. Jaillon,, J. Leclercq, X. Argout, E. Lyons, A. Almeida, M. Jeridi, J. Dolezel, N. Roux, A-M Risterucci, J. Weissenbach,, M. Ruiz, J-C. Glaszmann, F. Quétier, N. Yahiaoui, P. Wincker. 2012. The banana (Musa acuminata) genome and the evolution of monocotyledonous plants. Nature 488(7410):213-7.  doi:10.1038/nature11241
  • McKain, M.R., N. Wickett, Y. Zhang, S. Ayyampalayam, W. R. McCombie, M. W. Chase, J. C.Pires, C. W. dePamphilis and J. Leebens-Mack 2012. Phylogenomic analysis of transcriptome data elucidates co-occurrence of a paleopolyploid event and the origin of bimodal karyotypes in Agavoideae (Asparagaceae).  American Journal of Botany 99:397-406, doi:10.3732/ajb.1100537
  • Jiao, Y., J. Leebens-Mack, S, Ayyampalayam, J. E. Bowers, M. R McKain, J. McNeal, M. Rolf, D. R Ruzicka, E. Wafula, N. J Wickett, X. Wu, Y. Zhang, J. Wang, Y. Zhang, E. Carpenter, M. K Deyholos, T. M Kutchan, A. S. Chanderbali, P. S. Soltis, D. W. Stevenson, R. McCombie, J. C. Pires, G. Ka-Shu Wong, D. E. Soltis and C. W. dePamphilis.  2012. A genome triplication associated with early diversification of the core eudicots. Genome Biology 13(1):R3. doi:10.1186/gb-2012-13-1-r3
  • Althoff D.M., K.A. Segraves, C.I. Smith, J. Leebens-Mack, O. Pellmyr. 2012. Geographic isolation trumps coevolution as a driver of yucca and yucca moth diversification. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 62(3):898-906. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.11.024
  • Zuccolo, A. J.E. Bowers, J. C. Estill, Z. Xiong, M. Luo,, A. Sebastian, J. L. Goicoechea, K.Collura, Y. Yu, Y. Jiao, J. Duarte, H. Tang, S. Ayyampalayam, S. Rounsley, D. Kudrna, A. H. Paterson,, J. C. Pires, D. E. Soltis, S. Chamala, B. Barbazuk, P.S. Soltis, V. A. Albert, H. Ma, D. Mandoli, J. Banks, J. E. Carlson, J. Tomkins, C. W. dePamphilis, R. A. Wing. J. Leebens-Mack. 2011. A Physical Map for the Amborella Genome Sheds Light on the Evolution of Angiosperm Genome Structure. Genome Biology 12(5):R48.  doi:10.1186/gb-2011-12-5-r48
  • Jiao, Y., N. J. Wickett, S. Ayyampalayam, A.S. Chanderbali, L. Landherr, P. E. Ralph, L. P. Tomsho, Y. Hu, H. Liang, P. S. Soltis, D. E. Soltis, S. W. Clifton, S. E. Schlarbaum, S. C. Schuster, H. Ma, J. Leebens-Mack, C.W. dePamphilis. 2011. Ancestral polyploidy in seed plants and angiosperms. Nature 473(7345):97-100. doi:10.1038/nature09916
  • Givnish, T.J., M.A. Sevillano, J.R. McNeal, M. R. McKain, P.R. Steele, C.W. dePamphilis, S. W. Graham, J. C. Pires, D. W. Stevenson, W. B. Zomlefer, B. G. Briggs, M. R. Duvall, M. J. Moore, D. E. Soltis, P. S. Soltis, K. Thiele, and J. H. Leebens-Mack. 2010. Assembling the tree of the monocotyledons: Plastome sequence phylogeny and evolution of Poales. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Gardens 97(4):584-616.  doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3417/2010023​

James Lauderdale

Associate Professor in Cellular Biology
Ph.D. (1992) Purdue University
Selected Publications:
  • Sornborger, A.T., Broder, J., Majumder, A., Srinivasamoorthy, G., Porter, E., Reagin, S.S., Keith, C., and J.D. Lauderdale. (2008) Estimating weak ratiometric signals in imaging data. II. Meta-analysis with multiple, dual-channel datasets. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A. 25(9):2185-2194.
  • Kim, J. and J.D. Lauderdale. (2008) Overexpression of pairedless Pax6 in the retina disrupts corneal development and affects lens cell survival. Dev. Biol. 313:434-454.
  • Fan, X., Majumder, A., Reagin, S.S., Porter, E.L., Sornborger, A.T., Keith, C.H and J.D. Lauderdale. (2007) New Statistical Methods Enhance Imaging of Cameleon FRET in Cultured Zebrafish Spinal Neurons. J. Biomedical Optics 12(3):034017. (Selected for inclusion in the June 1, 2007 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research)
  • Broder, J., Majumder, A., Srinivasamoorthy, G., Porter, E., Keith, C., Lauderdale*, J.D. and A.T. Sornborger*. (2007) Estimating weak ratiometric signals in imaging data I: dual-channel data. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 24(9):2921�2931. *Lauderdale and Sornborger are co-Senior Investigators on this project.
  • Lakowski, J., Majumder, A., and J.D. Lauderdale. (2007) Mechanisms controlling Pax6 isoform expression in the retina have been conserved between teleosts and mammals. Dev. Biol. 307:498-520.
  • Kim, J. and J.D. Lauderdale (2006) Analysis of Pax6 expression using a BAC transgene reveals the presence of a paired-less isoform of Pax6 in the eye and olfactory bulb. Dev. Biol. 292:486-505.
  • Lauderdale, J.D., Wilensky, J.S., Oliver, E.R., Walton, D.S., and T. Glaser. (2000) 3' deletions cause aniridia by preventing PAX6 gene expression. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 97(25):13755-13759.
  • Lauderdale, J.D., Pasquali, S. K., Fazel, R., van Eeden, F. J. M., Schauerte, H. E., Haffter, P, and J.Y. Kuwada. (1998) Regulation of netrin-1a expression by hedgehog proteins. Mol. Cell. Neuro. 11(4):194-205.
  • Lauderdale, J.D., Davis, N.M., and J.Y. Kuwada. (1997) Axon tracts correlate with netrin-1a expression in the zebrafish embryo. Mol. Cell. Neuro. 9(4): 293-313.
  • Liu, K., Lauderdale, J.D., and A. Stein. (1993) Signals in chicken b-globin DNA influence chromatin assembly in vitro. Mol. Cell. Biol. 13(12):7596-7603.
  • Lauderdale, J.D. and A. Stein. (1993) Effects of plasmid length and positioned nucleosomes on chromatin assembly in vitro. Biochemistry 32(2):489-499.
  • Lauderdale, J.D. and A. Stein. (1992) Introns of the chicken ovalbumin gene promote nucleosome alignment in vitro. Nucl. Acids Res. 20(24):6589-6596.
  • Jeong, S.-W., Lauderdale, J.D., and A. Stein. (1991) Chromatin assembly on plasmid DNA in vitro: apparent spreading of nucleosome alignment from one region of pBR327 by histone H5. J. Mol. Biol. 222(4):1131-1147.

Edward Larson

University Professor of History
Darling Professor of Law
Pepperdine University Richard B. Russell Professor of History
Ph.D. (1984) University of Wisconsin, Madison
J.D. (1979) Harvard Law School

Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters, Ohio State University, 2004

Participant, Antarctic Artists and Writers Program, NSF, 2003-2004

American Spirit Award, Conference on Southern Literature

John Adams Chair of American History, Fulbright Program, University of Leiden, Netherlands, 2001

Albert Christ-Janer Creative Research Award, University of Georgia, 2001

George Sarton Award, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2000

National Civil Liberties Award, American Civil Liberties Union, 1999

Pulitzer Prize in History, 1998

Templeton Prize for Outstanding Article in Science and Religion, 1997

Richard B. Russell Teaching Award, University of Georgia, 1992

Selected Publications:
  • Larson, E.J. 2007. The Creation-Evolution Debate: Historical Considerations. Univ. of Georgia Press, Athens.
  • Larson, E.J. 2007. A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America’s First Presidential Campaign.  Free Press, New York.
  • Darrow, C. 2007. The Essential Words and Writings of Clarence Darrow. J. Marshall and E.J. Larson (eds).  Random House, New York.
  • Gilbert, S., E.J. Larson, J. Maienschein, M. Ruse and R.M. Young. 2007. The Panda's Black Box: Opening up the Intelligent Design Controversy. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Baltimore, MD.
  • Larson, E.J. 2007. The classroom controversy: A history of the dispute over teaching evolution. pp. 63-82 in: Panda’s Black Box: Opening Up the Intelligent Design Controversy. N. Comfort (ed). Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Baltimore, MD.
  • Larson, E.J. 2005. From Cruzan to Schiavo: Similar bedfellows in fact and at law. Const. Comment. 22: 405.
  • Larson, E.J. 2004. Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory. Random House, New York.
  • Smith, J.C., E.J. Larson, J.C. Nagle and J.A. Kidwell. 2004. Property Law: Cases and Materials. Aspen, New York.
  • Larson, E.J. 2004. Wonderful life: Debating evolution in the age of DNA. Virginia Quarterly Review 80: 71-84.
  • Arnold, M.L. and E.J. Larson. 2004. Evolution's new look. The Wilson Quarterly Autumn: 60-72.
  • Larson, E.J. 2003. The Scopes trial in history and legend. pp. 245-264 in: When Science and Christianity Meet. D.C. Lindberg and R.L. Numbers (eds). University of Chicago Press.
  • Larson, E.J. 2002. Origin was just a beginning. Science 297: 1812-1813.
  • Larson, E.J. 2002. The meaning of human gene testing for disability rights,” Cincinnati Law Review 70: 1-26.
  • Larson, E.J. 2001. Evolution's Workshop: God and Science in the Galapagos Islands. Basic Books.
  • Larson, E.J. and E. Caudill. 2000. The Scopes Trial: A Photographic History. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville.
  • Larson, E.J., G. Ferngren and D. Amundsen (eds). 2000. The History of Science and Religion in the Western Tradition: An Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing, New York.
  • Larson, E.J. and L. Witham. 1999. Scientists and religion in America. Scientific American 281: 88-93.
  • Larson, E.J. 1998. Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
  • Larson, E.J. and D. Amundsen, 1998. A Different Death: Euthanasia in the Christian Tradition. Intervarsity Press, Chicago, IL.
  • Larson, E.J. and L. Witham. 1997. Scientists still keeping the faith. Nature 386: 435-437.
  • Larson, E.J. 1995. Sex, Race, and Science Eugenics in the Deep South. The Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore, MD.
  • Larson, E.J. and B. Spring. 1988. Euthanasia: Spiritual, Medical, and Legal Issues in Terminal Health Care. Multnomah Press, Portland, OR.
  • Larson, E.J. 1985. Trial and Error: The American Controversy over Creation and Evolution. Oxford University Press.

Travis Glenn

Professor of Environmental Health Science
Ph.D. (1997) University of Maryland
  • International collaborations in Australia, China, Mexico, Panama, & more
  • Grant Support -

Capturing the genomic variation present in Cryptosporidium and cryptosporidiosis. National Institutes of Health. J. Kissinger (UGA), T. Glenn (UGA), A. Kahn (NIH), and M. Grigg (NIH). 08/2020 – 07/2024.

Collaborative Research: Enhancers and the convergent evolution of limb reduction in squamates. National Science Foundation. C. Infante (UAZ), B. Faircloth (LSU), and D. Menke (UGA-Genetics) & T. Glenn (UGA-EHS).  NSF-IOS 08/2018 – 07/2021.

Prevalence of and risk factors for community-associated carriage of antimicrobial resistant Enterobacteriaceae and antimicrobial resistance genes. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. E. Ottesen (UGA-Micro), T. Glenn (UGA-EHS), A. Handel (UGA - Epi & Biostats), E. Lipp(UGA-EHS), M. Welton (UGA-Epi & Biostats). 09/20 – 08/22.

Direct genome-wide detection of carcinogen-induced alkyl DNA adducts by Single Molecule Real Time Sequencing. W. Czaja (UGA-Biochemistry [now@UMN]), T. Glenn (UGA-EHS), C. Bergman (UGA-Genetics & IOB). NIH 07/18-06/21.

Next-Generation DNA Sequencing Workshops, subcontract for Alaska NIH INBRE 3 & 4 – Environmental Agents of Disease.  T. Glenn (UGA), B. Faircloth (LSU), K. Winker (UAF). 5/2015 – 7/2024.

Selected Publications:
  • Hoffberg, S.L., N. J. Troendle, T. C. Glenn, O. Mahmud, S. Louha, D. Chalopin, J. L. Bennetzen, and R. Mauricio. 2018. A high-quality reference genome for the invasive mosquitofish Gambusia affinis using a Chicago library. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. Online early, April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1543/g3.118.200101
  • Scott, P. A., T. C. Glenn, and L. J. Rissler. 2018. Resolving taxonomic turbulence and uncovering cryptic diversity in the musk turtles (Sternotherus) using robust demographic modeling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 120:1-15. 
  • Platt, R. N. II, B. C. Faircloth, K. A. M. Sullivan, T. J. Kieran, T. C. Glenn, M. W. Vandewege, T. E. Lee Jr., R. J. Baker, R. D. Stevens, and D. A. Ray. 2017. Conflicting evolutionary histories of mitochondrial and nuclear genomes in New World Myotis bats. Systematic Biology 67(2):236-249. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syx070.
  • Warren WC, Kuderna L, Alexander A, Catchen J, Perez-Silva JG, Lopez-Otin C, Quesada V, Minx P, Tomlinson C, Montague MJ, Farias FHG, Walter RB, Marques-Bonet T, Glenn T, Kieran TJ, Wise SS, Wise JP Jr, Waterhouse RM, Wise JP Sr. 2017. The novel evolution of the sperm whale genome. Genome Biology and Evolution 9(12):3260-3264. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evx187.
  • Kieran T.J., N.L. Gottdenker. P. Varian, A. Saldana, N. Means, D. Owens, J.E. Calzada, and T.C. Glenn. 2017. Blood meal source characterization using Illumina sequencing in the Chagas disease vector Rhodnius pallescens (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Panama. Journal of Medical Entomology 54(6):1786-1789. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjx170. PMID: 29029145
  • McKee, A. M., J. C. Maerz, L. L. Smith, and T. C. Glenn. 2017. Habitat predictors of genetic diversity for two sympatric wetland-breeding amphibian species. Ecology and Evolution 00:1-13, doi: 10.1002/ece3.3203.
  • Gilbert, G.S., J. O. Ballesteros, [many others] T. C. Glenn, B. C. Faircloth, S. P. Hubbell. 2016. Use of sonic tomography to detect and quantify wood decay in living trees. Applications in Plant Sciences 4(12):1600060.
  • Finger, J.W., M.T. Hamilton, B.S. Metts, T.C. Glenn, and T.D. Tuberville. 2016. Chronic ingestion of coal fly-ash contaminated prey and its effects on health and immune parameters in juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 71(3): 347-358. 
  • Scholpa, N. E., R. T. Kolli, M. Moore, R. D. Arnold, T. C. Glenn, and B. S. Cummings. 2016. Nephrotoxicity of epigenetic inhibitors used for the treatment of cancer. Chem Biol Interact 258:21-29. doi: 10.1016/j.cbi.2016.08.010.
  • Rothrock, M. J. Jr., A. Locatelli, T. C. Glenn, J. C. Thomas, A. C. Caudill, B. H. Kiepper, and K. L. Hiett. 2016. Assessing the microbiomes of scalder and chiller tank waters throughout a typical commercial poultry processing day. Poultry Science 95(10):2372-2382. doi:10.3382/ps/pew234.
  • Harvey, M. G., B. T. Smith, T. C. Glenn, B. C. Faircloth, and R. T. Brumfield. 2016. Sequence capture versus restriction site associated DNA sequencing for shallow systematics. Systematic Biology 65(5):910-24. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syw036.
  • Glenn, T. C., B. C. Faircloth. 2016. Capturing Darwins dream. Molecular Ecology Resources 16(5):1051-1058. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12574, PMID: 27543423.
  • Hoffberg, S. L., T. J. Kieran, J. M. Catchen, A. Devault, B. C. Faircloth, R. Mauricio, T. C. Glenn. 2016. RADcap: Sequence capture of dual-digest RADseq libraries with identifiable duplicates and reduced missing data. Molecular Ecology Resources 16(5):1264-1278. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12566, PMID:27416967.
  • Edwards, S. V., Z. Xi, A. Janke, B. C. Faircloth, J. E. McCormack, T. C. Glenn, B. Zhong, S. Wu, E. M. Lemmon, A. R. Lemmon, A. D. Leache, L. Liu, and C. C. Davis. 2016. Implementing and testing the multispecies coalescent model: A valuable paradigm for phylogenomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94:447-462. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.10.027 online 27 Oct. 2015
  • McKee, A. M., D. L. Calhoun, W. J. Barichivich, S. F. Spear, C. S. Goldberg, and T. C. Glenn. 2015. Assessment of environmental DNA for detecting presence of imperiled aquatic amphibian species in isolated wetlands. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 6(2):498-510. doi: 10.3996/042014-JFWM-034
  • Graham, C. F., T. C. Glenn, A. McArthur, D. R. Boreham, T. Kieran, S. Lance, R. G. Manzon, J. A. Martino, T. Pierson, S. M. Rogers, J. Wilson, C. M. Somers. 2015. Impacts of degraded DNA on Restriction enzyme Associated DNA Sequencing (RADSeq). Molecular Ecology Resources 15:1304-1315. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12404
  • Stephens, J.D., W.L. Rogers, K. Heyduk, J. M. Cruse-Sanders, R. O. Determann, T. C. Glenn, and R. L. Malmberg. 2015. Resolving phylogenetic relationships of the recently radiated carnivorous plant genus Sarracenia using target enrichment. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 85:76-87.
  • Crawford, N. G., J. F. Parham, A. B. Sellas, B. C. Faircloth, T. C. Glenn, T. J. Papenfuss, and W. B. Simison. 2015. A phylogenomic analysis of turtles. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 83:250-257. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.10.021.
  • Temple, B. L., J. W. Finger Jr., C. A. Jones, J. D. Gabbard, T. Jelesijevic, E. W. Uhl, R. J. Hogan, T. C. Glenn, and S. M. Tompkins. 2015. In ovo and in vitro susceptibility of American alligators to avian influenza virus infection. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 51(1):187-198. doi: 10.7589/2013-12-321.
  • Green, R.E., E.L. Braun, [many others], T.C. Glenn, T. Gabaldón, B. Paten, and D.A Ray. 2014. Three crocodilian genomes reveal ancestral patterns of evolution among archosaurs. Science 346:1335. 
  • Jarvis, E.D., S. Mirarab, [many others] T.C. Glenn, J. McCormack, D. Burt, H. Ellegren, P. Alström, S.V. Edwards, A. Stamatakis, D.P. Mindell, J. Cracraft, E. L. Braun, T. Warnow, W. Jun, M.T.P. Gilbert, G. Zhang. 2014. Whole genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds. Science 346:1320-1331. 
  • Smith, B. T., J. E. McCormack, A. M. Cuervo, M. Hickerson, A. Aleixo, C. D. Cadena, J. Pérez-Emán, C. W. Burney, X. Xia, M. G. Harvey, B. C. Faircloth, T. C. Glenn, E. P. Derryberry, J. Prejean, S. Fields, and R. T. Brumfield. 2014. The drivers of tropical speciation. Nature 515:406-409. 
  • Kenney-Hunt, J., A. Lewandowski, T. C. Glenn, J. L. Glenn, O. V. Tsyusko, R. J. ONeill, J. Brown, C. M. Ramsdell, Q. Nguyen, T. Phan, K. S. Shorter, M. J. Dewey, G. Szalai, P. B. Vrana, and M. R. Felder. 2014. A genetic map of Peromyscus with chromosomal assignment of linkage groups (a Peromyscus genetic map). Mammalian Genome 25(3-4):160-179. 
  • Smith, B.T., M. G. Harvey, B. C. Faircloth, T. C. Glenn, and R. T. Brumfield. 2014. Target capture and massively parallel sequencing of ultraconserved elements (UCEs) for comparative studies at shallow evolutionary time scales. Systematic Biology 63(1):83-95. 
  • Glenn, T. C., S. L. Lance, A. M. McKee, B. L. Webster, A. M. Emery, A. Zerlotini, G. Oliveira, D. Rollinson, and B. C. Faircloth. 2013. Significant variance in genetic diversity among populations of Schistosoma haematobium detected using microsatellite DNA loci from a genome-wide database. Parasites and Vectors 6:300. DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-300.
  • Finger, J. W. Jr., A. L. Adams, P. C. Thompson, C. M. Shilton, G. P. Brown, C. Moran, L. G. Miles, T. C. Glenn, and S. R. Isberg. 2013. Using phytohemagglutinin to determine immune responsiveness in saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus). Australian Journal of Zoology 61:301-311. doi: 10.1071/ZO13041.
  • Weber, J. J., S. G. Weller, A. K. Sakai, O. V. Tsyusko, T. C. Glenn, C. A. Domanguez, F. E. Molina-Freaner, J. Fornoni, M. Tran, N. Nguyen, K. Nguyen, L.-K. Tran, G. Joice, and E. Harding. 2013. The role of inbreeding depression and mating system in the evolution of heterostyly. Evolution 67(8): 2309-2322. DOI: 10.1111/evo.12123.
  • Shaw, T., Z. Ruan, T. Glenn, and L. Liu. 2013. STRAW: Species Tree Analysis Web server. Nucleic Acids Research 41(WebServer Issue): W238-241. doi:10.1093/nar/gkt377 PMID: 23661681.
  • Wu, P., X. Wu, T.-X. Jiang, R. Elsey, B. L. Temple, S. J. Divers, T. C. Glenn, K. Yuan, M.-H. Chen, R. Widelitz, C.-M. Chuong. 2013. Specialized stem cell niche enables repetitive renewal of alligator teeth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 110(22):E2009-18.
  • Schountz, T., T. Shaw, T. Glenn, H. Feldmann, and J. Prescott. 2013. Expression profiling of lymph node cells from deer mice infected with Andes Virus. BMC Immunology 14:18. 
  • McCormack, J. E., M. G. Harvey, B. C. Faircloth, N. G. Crawford, T. C. Glenn, and R. T. Brumfield. 2013. A phylogeny of birds based on over 1,500 loci collected by target enrichment and high-throughput sequencing. PLoS ONE 8(1): e54848.
  • Shaw, T. I., A. Srivastava, W.-C. Chou, L. Liu, A. Hawkinson, T. C. Glenn, R. Adams, and T. Schountz. 2012. Transcriptome sequencing and annotation for the Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis). PLoS ONE 7(11): e48472. 
  • Beal, M. A., T. C. Glenn, S. L. Lance, and C. M. Somers. 2012. Characterization of unstable microsatellites in mice: no evidence for germline mutation induction following gamma-radiation exposure. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 53(8): 599-607. PMID: 22930577 doi: 10.1002/em.21726.
  • Srivastava, A., K. Winker, T. I. Shaw, K. L. Jones, and T. C. Glenn. 2012. Transcriptome analysis of a North American songbird, Melospiza melodia. DNA Research 19(4): 325-33, PMID: 22645122, doi: 10.1093/dnares/dss015.
  • Crawford, N. G., B. C. Faircloth, J. E. McCormack, R. T. Brumfield, K. Winker and T. C. Glenn. 2012.  More than 1000 ultraconserved elements provide evidence that turtles are the sister group of archosaurs.  Biology Letters. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0331
  • Faircloth, B. C., J. E. McCormack, N. G. Crawford, M. G. Harvey, R. T. Brumfield, and T. C. Glenn. 2012.  Ultraconserved elements anchor thousands of genetic markers for target enrichment spanning multiple evolutionary timescales.  Systematic Biology. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/sys004
  • McCormack, J. E., B. C. Faircloth, N. G. Crawford, P. A. Gowaty, R. T. Brumfield, and T. C. Glenn.  2012.  Ultraconserved elements are novel phylogenomic markers that resolve placental mammal phylogeny when combined with species tree analysis.  Genome Research 22(4): 746-754. doi: 10.1101/gr.125864.111
  • Srivastava, A., K. Winker, T. I. Shaw, K. L. Jones, and T. C. Glenn. 2012. Transcriptome analysis of a North American songbird, Melospiza melodia.  DNA Research, doi:10.1093/dnares/dss015
  • Beal, M. A., T. C. Glenn, and C. M Somers. 2012. Whole genome sequencing for quantifying germline mutation frequency in humans and model species:  cautious optimism.  Mutation Research: Reviews 750(2):96-106. 
  • St. John, J. A., E. L. Braun, [42 others] T. C. Glenn, R. E. Green, and D. A. Ray. 2012. Sequencing three crocodilian genomes to illuminate the evolution of archosaurs and amniotes.  Genome Biology 13:415.
  • Kusumi, K., R. J. Kulathinal, A. Abzhanov, S. Boissinot, N. G. Crawford, B. C. Faircloth, T. C. Glenn, D. E. Janes,  J. B. Losos, D. B. Menke, S. Poe, T. J. Sanger, C. Schneider, J. Stapley, J. Wade, J. Wilson-Rawls. 2011. Developing a community-based genetic nomenclature for anole lizards. BMC Genomics 12:554. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-12-554.
  • Alföldi, J., [42 others] T. C. Glenn, C. J. Schneider, J. B. Losos, E. S. Lander, M. Breen, C. P. Ponting, K. Lindblad-Toh. 2011. The genome of the green anole lizard and a comparative analysis with birds and mammals.  Nature 477: 587-591. doi: 10.1038/nature10390.
  • Glenn, T. C. 2011. Field guide to next-generation DNA sequencers. Molecular Ecology Resources 11(5):759-769.  doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03024.x
  • Trapnell, D.W., J. L. Hamrick, K. C. Parker, K. W. Braungart, and T. C. Glenn. 2011.  Evaluating the utility of microsatellites for investigations of autopolyploid taxa.  Journal of Heredity 102(4): 473–478.  doi:10.1093/jhered/esr045
  • Tsyusko, O., T. Glenn, Y. Yi, G. Joice, K. Jones, K. Aizawa, D. Coughlin, J. Zimbrick, and T. Hinton. 2011.  Differential genetic responses to ionizing irradiation in individual families of Japanese medaka, Oryzias latipes. Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis 718(1-2): 18-23. DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2010.11.001.
  • Lance, S. L., T. D. Tuberville, L. Dueck, C. Holz-Schietinger, P. L. Trosclair III, R. M. Elsey, and T. C. Glenn. 2009. Multi-year multiple paternity and mate fidelity in the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis.  Molecular Ecology 18(21): 4508-4520. Cover Photo. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04373.x
  • Miles, L. G., S. R. Isberg, T. C. Glenn, S. L. Lance, P. Dalzell, P. C. Thomson, and C. Moran. 2009. A genetic linkage map for the saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus).  BMC Genomics 10:339. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-339 [Highly Accessed; top 100 PubMedCentral, August 2009]
  • Ma, H., P. M. Bertsch, T. C. Glenn, N. J. Kabengi, and P. L. Williams. 2009. Bioavailability and toxicity of manufactured zinc oxide nanoparticles in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 28(6):1324-1330. DOI: 10.1897/08-262.1
  • Glenn, T. C., J. O. French, T. J. Heincelman, K. L. Jones, and R. H. Sawyer. 2008. Evolutionary relationships among copies of feather beta (b) keratin genes from several avian orders. Integrative and Comparative Biology 48(4):463-475. doi: 10.1093/icb/icn061
  • Glenn, T. C. and N. A. Schable. 2005.  Isolating microsatellite DNA loci. Methods in Enzymology 395:202-222.
  • Glenn, T. C., W. Stephan, and M. J. Braun. 1999.  Effects of a population bottleneck on Whooping Crane mitochondrial DNA variation.  Conservation Biology 13: 1097-1107.
  • Glenn, T. C., H. D. Dessauer, and M. J. Braun. 1998.  Characterization of microsatellite DNA loci in American alligators. Copeia 1998(3): 591-601.

David Garfinkel

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Ph.D. (1981) University of Washington
  • Grant Support -
    • "Antisense RNAs control retrotransposon movement", NIH
Selected Publications:
  • Purzycka, K.J., M. Legiewicz, E. Matsuda, L.D. Eizentstat, S. Lusvarghi, A. Saha, S.F. Le Grice and D.J. Garfinkel. Exploring Ty1 retrotransposon RNA structure within virus-like paticles. 2013. Nucleic Acids Res. 41(1): 463-73.
  • Checkley, M.A., J.A. Mitchell, L.D. Eizenstat, S.J. Lockett, and D.J Garfinkel.  2012.  Ty1 Gag mediates the accumulation and nuclear export of Ty1 mRNA. 2013. Traffic 14(1): 57-69.
  • Checkley, M. A., K. Nagashima, S. Lockett, and D. J. Garfinkel.  2010.  P-bodies are required for Ty1 retrotransposition during assembly of virus-like particles. Mol Cell Biol. 30:382-398.
  • Dakshinamurthy A., K.M. Nyswaner, P.J. Farabaugh, and D.J. Garfinkel.  2010.  BUD22 affects Ty1 retrotransposition and ribosome biogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 185:1193-1205.
  • Matsuda, E. and D. J. Garfinkel.  2009.  Posttranslational interference of Ty1 retrotransposition by antisense RNAs. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 106:15657-15662.
  • Moore, S. P. and D. J. Garfinkel.  2009.  Functional analysis of N-terminal residues of Ty1 integrase. J. Virol. 83:9502-9511.
  • Nyswaner, K.M., M.A. Checkley, M. Yi, R.M. Stephens, and D.J. Garfinkel.  2008.  Chromatin associated genes protect the yeast genome from Ty1 insertional mutagenesis. Genetics 178:197-214.
  • Curcio, M.J., A.E. Kenny, S. Moore, D.J. Garfinkel, M. Weintraub, E.R. Gamache and D.T. Scholes.  2007.  S-phase checkpoint pathways stimulate the mobility of the retrovirus-like transposon Ty1. Mol Cell Biol. 27:8874-8885.
  • Garfinkel, D.J., Stefanisko K.M., Nyswaner K.M., Moore S.P., Oh J., and Hughes S.H.  2006. Retrotransposon suicide: formation of Ty1 circles and autointegration via a central DNA flap. J Virol. 80:11920-11934.
  • Asefa, B., J.M. Dermott, P. Kaldis, K.M. Stefanisko, D.J. Garfinkel, and J.R. Keller.  2006.  p205, A potential tumor suppressor, inhibits cell proliferation via multiple pathways of cell cycle regulation.  FEBS Letters 580:1205-1214.
  • Nissley, D.V., E. Halvas, N. Hoppman, D.J. Garfinkel, J. Mellors, and J.N. Strathern.  2005.  Sensitive phenotypic detection of minor drug resistant HIV-1 reverse transcriptase variants.  J. Clin. Micro. 43:5696-5704.
  • Garfinkel, D.J.  2005.  Genome evolution mediated by Ty elements in Saccharomyces.  Cytogenetics Genome Res. 110:63-69
  • Garfinkel, D.J., K.M. Nyswaner, K.M. Stefanisko, C. Chang, and S.P. Moore.  2005.  Ty1 copy number dynamics in Saccharomyces.  Genetics 169:1845-1857.
  • Moore, S.P., G. Liti, K.M. Stefanisko, K.M. Nyswaner, C. Chang, E.J. Louis, and D.J. Garfinkel.  2004.  Analysis of a Ty1-less variant of Saccharomyces paradoxus: the gain and loss of Ty1 elements.  Yeast 21:649-660.
  • Garfinkel, D.J.  2004.  When toothpicks mattered: using microbial genetics and transposon tagging to map the T-DNA.  In The Agrobacterium Anthology (E.W. Nester, M.P. Gordon, and A. Kerr eds.), American Phytopathological Society Press, St. Paul, MN.  pp. 116-129.
  • Sundararajan, A., B.S. Lee, and D.J. Garfinkel.  2003.  The Rad27 (Fen-1) nuclease inhibits Ty1 mobility in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.  Genetics 163:55-67.
  • Martin, S.L. and D.J. Garfinkel.  2003.  Survival strategies for transposons and genomes. Genome Biol 4:313-315.
  • Garfinkel, D.J., K.M. Nyswaner, J. Wang, and J.-Y. Cho.  2003.  Post-transcriptional cosuppression of Ty1 retrotransposition. Genetics 165:83-99.
  • Giaever, G., et al.  2002.  Functional profiling of the S. cerevisiae genome.  Nature 418:387-391.
  • Garfinkel, D.J. and A.M. Bailis.  2002.  Nucleotide excision repair, genome stability, and human disease: New insight from model organisms.  J Biomed Biotechnol 2:55-60. 
  • Li, A., R.C. Sowder II, L.E. Henderson, S.P. Moore, D.J. Garfinkel, and R.J. Fisher.  2001.  Chemical cleavage at aspartyl residues for protein identification.  Anal Chem 73:5395-5402.
  • Rattray, A.L., B.K. Shafer, and D.J. Garfinkel.  2000.  The Saccharomyces cerevisiae DNA recombination and repair functions of the RAD52 epistasis group inhibit Ty1 transposition.  Genetics 154:543-556.
  • Moore, S.P. and D.J. Garfinkel.  2000.  Correct integration of model substrates by Ty1 inegrase.  J Virol 74:11522-1130.
  • Lee, BS, L. Bi, D.J. Garfinkel, and A.M. Bailis.  2000.  Nucleotide excision Repair/TFIIH helicases Rad3 and Ssl2 inhibit short-sequence recombination and Ty1 retrotransposition by similar mechanisms.  Mol Cell Biol 20:2436-2445.
  • Feng, Y., S.P. Moore, D.J. Garfinkel, and A. Rein.  2000.  The genomic RNA in Ty1 virus-like particles is dimeric.  J Virol 74:10819-10821.

Katrien Devos

Professor in Grass and Comparative Genomics
Ph.D. (1992) University of Ghent, Belgium
Selected Publications:
  • Alm, V., C. Fang, C.S. Busso, K.M. Devos, K. Vollan, Z. Grieg and O.A. Rognli. 2003. A linkage map of meadow fescue ( Festuca pratensis Huds.) and comparative mapping with other Poaceae species. Theor Appl Genet 108: 25-40.
  • Bennetzen, J.L., J. Ma and K.M. Devos. 2004. Mechanisms of recent genome size variation in flowering plants. Ann Bot 95: 127-132.
  • Devos, K.M., J. Beales, Y. Ogihara and A.N. Doust. 2005. Comparative sequence analysis of the Phytochrome C gene and its upstream region in allohexaploid wheat reveals new data on the evolution of its three constituent genomes. Plant Mol Biol 58: 625-641.
  • Devos, K.M. 2005. Updating the ' Crop Circle '. Curr Opin Plant Biol 8: 155-162.
  • Doust, A.N., K.M. Devos, M. Gadberry, M.D. Gale and E.A. Kellogg. 2004. Genetic control of branching in foxtail millet. Proc Natl Acad Sci 101: 9045-9050.
  • Doust A.N., K.M. Devos, M. Gadberry, M.D. Gale and E.A. Kellogg. 2005. The genetic basis for inflorescence variation between foxtail and green millet (Poaceae). Genetics 169: 1659-1672.
  • Ma, J., K.M. Devos and J.L. Bennetzen. 2004. Analyses of LTR-retrotransposon structures reveal recent and rapid genomic DNA loss in rice. Genome Res 14: 860-869.
  • Qi, X., T.S. Pittaway, S. Lindup, H. Liu, E. Waterman, F.K. Padi, C.T. Hash, J. Zhu, M.D. Gale and K.M. Devos. 2004. An integrated genetic map and a new set of simple sequence repeat markers for pearl millet, Pennisetum glaucum . Theor Appl Genet 109: 1485-1493.
  • Yadav, R.S., C.T. Hash, F.R. Bidinger, K.M. Devos and C.J. Howarth. 2004. Genomic regions associated with grain yield and aspects of post-flowering drought tolerance in pearl millet across stress environments and tester background. Euphytica 136: 265-277.

Shu-Mei Chang

Professor of Plant Biology
Ph.D. (1997) Duke University
  • Associate Editor, Evolutionary Ecology
  • Grant Support -
    • “Evolutionary and functional analysis of variation in pollen traits for the common morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea,” NSF
Selected Publications:
  • Young, A.R., Chang, S.-M. and R.R. Sharitz. 2006. Reproductive ecology of a federally
  • endangered legume, Baptisia arachnifera, and its more widespread congener, Baptisia
  • lanceolata (Fabaceae). American Journal of Botany, in press.
  • Shaw, R.G. and S.-M. Chang. 2006. Gene action of new mutations in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetics 172: 1855-1865.
  • Chang, S.-M. 2006. Female compensation through the quantity and quality of progeny in a gynodioecious plant, Geranium maculatum (Geraniaceae) American Journal of Botany 93: 263-270.
  • Chang, S.-M., Y. Lu , and M.D. Rausher. 2005. Neutral evolution of the non-binding region of the anthocyanin regulatory gene Ipmyb1 in Ipomoea. Genetics 170: 1967-1978.
  • Chang, S.-M. and R.G. Shaw. 2003. The contribution of spontaneous mutation to variation in environmental response in Arabidopsis thaliana: Responses to nutrients. Evolution 57: 984-994.
  • Rausher, M.D. and S.-M. Chang. 1999. Stabilization of mixed-mating systems by differences in the magnitude of inbreeding depression for male and female fitness components. American Naturalist 155: 242-248.
  • Chang, S.-M. and M.D. Rausher. 1999. The role of inbreeding depression in maintaining a mixed mating system in the common morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea. Evolution 53: 1366-1376.
  • Chang, S.-M. and M.D. Rausher. 1998. Frequency-dependent pollen discounting contributes to the maintenance of a mixed mating system in the common morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea. American Naturalist 152: 671-683.

Robert Ivarie

Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. (1972) University of Colorado
  • Fellow, American Association for Advancement of Science
  • Inventor's Award, University of Georgia, 2007
  • Executive Editor, Analytical Biochemistry
  • Research Interests -
    • Repetitive DNA landscape of the avian genome: Birds are unusual in the sense that they have one of the smallest genomes among vertebrates with only about 15% repetitive DNA. We have characterized the repetitive DNA fractions generated by Cot-based sequencing and discovered several new transposons as well as adding 5 new family members to the non-LTR retrotransposon, CR1. This work will continue by analyzing additional avian genomes in a wide range of clads to discover when each element entered the genome. Development of the hen oviduct as a bioreactor for the production of exogenous proteins in egg whites: Current emphasis is on developing methods to modify the chicken genome via transgene addition and gene targeting and includes identification of growth factors and cytokines involved in avian germ cell emergence and development.
  • Issued Patents:
    • Production of exogenous proteins in egg whites of transgenic chickens, Robert D. Ivarie, Alex J. Harvey, Julie A. Morris, Guodong Liu, Jeffrey C. Rapp. (US Patent #8,519,214, issued 8/27/13)
    • Transgenic chickens producing exogenous proteins in eggs, Robert D. Ivarie, Alex J. Harvey, Julie A. Morris, Gudong Liu, and Jeffrey C. Rapp. (US Patent #8,507,749, issue 8/13/13)
    • Method for producing exogenous protein in the egg of a chicken, Glycosylated G-CSF obtained from a transgenic chicken, Robert Ivarie, Harvey; Alex J., Morris; Julie A., Liu; Guodong and Rapp; Jeffrey C. (US Patent #7,875,762, issued 1/25/11)
    • Glycosylated human G-CSF, Robert Ivarie, Harvey; Alex J., Morris; Julie A., Liu; Guodong and Rapp; Jeffrey C. (US Patent #7,812,127, issued 10/12/10)
    • Glycosylated interferon alpha. Robert Ivarie, Alex J. Harvey, Julie A. Morris, Guodon Liu, and Jeffrey C. Rapp, (US Patent #7,803,362, ussued 9/28/10)Chicken ovalbumin nucleotide sequence, Leavitt; Markley C., Rapp; Jeff, Ivarie; Robert, and Karnuah; Arthur (US Patent #7,585,963, issued 9/8/09)
    • Avians expressing heterologous proteins, Ivarie; Robert D., Harvey; Alex J., Morris; Julie A., Liu; Guodong , Rapp; Jeffrey C. (US Patent #7,534,929, issued 5/19/09)
    • Glycosylated G-CSF obtained from a transgenic chicken Robert Ivarie, Harvey; Alex J., Morris; Julie A., Liu; Guodong and Rapp; Jeffrey C. (US Patent #7,511,120, issued 3/31/09)
    • Glycosylated interferon alpha. Robert Ivarie, Alex J. Harvey, Julie A. Morris, Guodon Liu, and Jeffrey C. Rapp, (US Patent #7,445,774, issued 11/4/08)
    • Glycosylated interferon alpha obtained from a transgenic chicken, Robert Ivarie, Alex J. Harvey, Julie A. Morris, Guodong Liu, and Jeffrey C. Rapp, (US Patent # 7,338,654, issued 3/4/08)
    • Poultry Derived Glycosylated Interferon Alpha 2b, Robert Ivarie, Jeffrey Rap, & Alex Harvey, (US Patent # 7,129,390, issued 10/31/06)
    • Avian Mago Nashi Gene, Inventors: Robert Ivarie and Tracy Andacht, (U.S. Patent #6,951,736)
    • Vectors in Avian Transgenesis, Inventors: Robert Ivarie, Alex J. Harvey, Julie A. Morris, and Guodong Liu, (U.S. Patent #6,730,822, issued 5/4/04)
    • Method for Windowing Eggs, Inventors: Tracy Andacht and Robert Ivarie, (U.S. Patent #6,397,777, issued 6/5/02)
    • Method for Manipulating Avian Eggs, 1997, Inventors: Gordon Speksnijder and Robert Ivarie, (U.S. Patent #5,897,998, issued 4/27/99)
Selected Publications:
  • Wicker, T., J.S. Robertson, S.R. Schulze, F.A. Feltus, V. Magrini, J.A. Morrison, E.K. Mardis, R.K.Wilson, D.G Peterson, A.H. Paterson, and R. Ivarie. 2005. Repetitive landscape of the chicken genome. Genome Res. 15: 126-136.
  • Chicken Genome Consortium (1 of 175 coauthors). 2004. Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provde unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution. Nature 432: 695-716.
  • Andacht, T. and R. Ivarie. 2004. A rapid and improved method for windowing eggs accessing the stage X chicken embryo. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 69: 31-34.
  • Mott, I. and R. Ivarie. 2004. cDNA array analysis of Japanese quail lines divergently selected for four-week body weight. Poult. Sci. 83: 1524-1529.
  • Ivarie, R. and A.J. Harvey 2003. Validation of the hen as a bioreactor for the production of exogenous proteins in egg white. Poult. Sci. 82: 927-930.
  • Rapp, J., W. Hu, A.J. Harvey and R. Ivarie. 2003. Transgenic hens producing biologically active interferon alpha-2b in egg whites stably through three generations. Transgenic Res. 12: 569-575.
  • Ivarie, R. 2003. Avian transgenesis: progress toward the promise. Trends in Biotechnol. 21: 14-19.
  • Mott, I. and R. Ivarie. 2002. Expression of myostatin is not altered in lines of poultry exhibiting myofiber hyper- and hypoplasia. Poult. Sci., 81: 799-804.
  • Harvey, A.J., G. Speksnijder, L. Baugh and R. Ivarie. 2002. Expression of exogenous protein in the egg white of transgenic chickens. Nature Biotechnol. 19: 396-399.
  • Harvey, A.J., G. Speksnijder, L.R. Baugh, J.A. Morris and R. Ivarie. 2001. Consistent production of transgenic chickens using replication-deficient retroviral vectors and high-through screening procedures. Poult. Sci. 81: 202-212.
  • Speksnjider, G. and R. Ivarie. 2000. A modified method of shell windowing for producing somatic or germline chimeras in fertilized chicken eggs. Poult. Sci. 79: 1430-1433.

Wyatt Anderson

Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Professor and Dean Emeritus
Ph.D. (1967) Rockefeller University
  • Research Interest: Evolutionary Genetics in Drosophila
  • Member, National Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Research Intersts -
    • Evolutionary genetics of mating behavior and chromosomal polymorphisms of Drosophila species; evolutionary genomics of Drosophila; science education and minority participation in college science curricula.
Selected Publications:
  • Campbell, A., W.W. Anderson and E.W. Jones (eds.). 1992-2007. Annual Review of Genetics, Vols. 26-41.
  • Gowaty, P.A., W.W. Anderson, C.K. Bluhm, L.C. Drickamer, Y.-K. Kim and A.J. Moore. 2007. The hypothesis of reproductive compensation and its assumptions about mate preference and offspring viability. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104:15023-1502.
  • Anderson, W.W., P.A. Gowaty and Y.-K. Kim. 2007. Experimental constraints on mate preferences in Drosophila pseudoobscura decrease offspring viability and fitness of mated pairs. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104:4484-4488.
  • Drosophila Chromosome Working Group, including W.W. Anderson. 2008. Polytene chromosomal maps of 11 Drosophila species: the order of genomic scaffolds inferred from genetic and physical data. Genetics 179: 1601-1655.
  • Gowaty, P.A., Y.-K. Kim, J. Rawlings, and W.W. Anderson, 2010. Polyandry increases offspring viability and mother productivity but does not decrease mother survival in Drosophila pseudoobscura. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences USA 107:13771-13776.
  • Kim, Y-K., M. Ruiz-Garcia, D. Alvarez, D.R. Phillips, and W.W. Anderson. 2011. Sexual isolation between Mainbody and Bogota strains of Drosophila pseudoobscura. Behavior Genetics 36: 328-330.
  • Quinn, Helen; Wyatt W. Anderson and other members of the National Research Council Committee on a Conceptual Framework for New K-12 Science Education Standards. 2012. A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. 357 pp. The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.
  • Gowaty, P.A., Y.-K. Kim, and W.W. Anderson. 2012. No evidence of sexual selection in a repetition of Bateman’s classic study of Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences USA 109:11740-11745.
  • Gowaty, P.A., Y.-K. Kim, and W.W. Anderson.2013. Mendel’s Law reveals fatal flaws in Bateman’s 1948 study of mating and fitness. FLY.
  • Anderson, Wyatt. 2013. Theodosius Dobzhansky, In Brenner’s online Encyclopedia of Genetics, Second Edition; Stanley Maloy, Editor. Elsevier; Oxford, UK.
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