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GENETICS FACULTY MEMBERS

Baldwin, Brian S., Ph.D.

New Mexico State University, 1989. Genetic improvement of kenaf and acid tolerant sorghum. (Plant and Soil Sciences).

Caprio, Michael A., Ph.D.

University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1990. Insect movement, gene flow, population genetics and insecticide resistance. Quantitative genetics and population structure of Anopheles quadrimaculatus. (Entomology).

Chevalier , David J. Ph.D.

University of Zurich, Switzerland, 2002. Molecular mechanisms regulating cellular signaling in plants. Biochemical and genetic characterization of phosphobinding proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana. (Biological Sciences)

 

Diehl, Walter J., Ph.D.

University of South Florida, 1983. Genetic components of physiological responses to environmental change, including multilocus heterozygosity relationships to fitness in animals and invertebrate physiological ecology. (Biology).

Gordon, Donna M.

University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, 1998.  Mitochondrial biogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.  Biochemical and genetic characterization of proteins involved in the maintenance of mitochondrial morphology.  (Biological Sciences)

Hanson, Larry

Molecular Biology, Virology, Pathobiology, fish [especially Channel Catfish] molecular genetics.(CVM)

Jenkins, Johnie N., Ph.D.

Purdue University, 1960. Cotton host plant resistance. (USDA-ARS).

Ma, Din-Pow, Ph.D.

Kent State University, 1981. Role of modified nucleotides in mammalian tRNA and structure and transcription of plant tRNA genes; gene organization and expression of mitochondrial genome; cloning and sequence analysis of storage protein genes. (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology).

McCarty, Jack C.,Ph.D.

Mississippi State University. Crop Science Research, Genetics and Precision Agriculture. (USDA-ARS).

Memili, Erdogan

University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999. Molecular biology of mammalian gametes and embryos; functional genomics of mammalian early development. (Animal and Dairy Science)

Peebles, E. David, Ph.D.

North Carolina State University, 1986. Physiological genetics in poultry. Sexual dimorphisms in growth and the effects of selection pressure on reproductive capacity. (Poultry Science).

Pharr, Todd,Ph.D.

Mississippi State University, 1990. Characterization of adhesin genes of Mycoplasma species and in the bursal microenvironment which supports B-cell development in chickens. (CVM) Avian molecular biology.

Reichert, Nancy A., Ph.D.

New Mexico State University, 1989. Manipulation and regeneration of ornamental plants in tissue culture. (Plant and Soil Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology).

Rowe, Dennis, Ph.D.  

The Pennsylvania State University, 1980. Plant Breeding Theory. Polyploid Genetics. Selection Methodology and Responses, Estimation and Interpretation. (Plant and Soil Sciences, Experimental Statistics, Head).

Smith, Trent, Ph.D.

Louisiana State University, 1999. Estimation of genetic parameters in performance, carcass, and consumer related traits in beef cattle and evaluation of beef breeds, breed types, and mating systems. (Animal and Dairy Sciences).

Wallace, Ted, Ph.D.

Texas A&M University, 1987. Cotton germplasm/variety development. (Plant and Soil Sciences).

Williams, W. Paul, Ph.D.

North Carolina State University, 1975. Quantitative genetics in the areas of nematode and insect pests of corn, evaluation of corn for insect resistance, and development of resistant germplasm. (USDA-ARS).

Wise, Dwayne A., Ph.D.

Florida State University, 1972. Chromosome structure and behavior. Cell division mechanisms in living cells, particularly those from species which have unusual means of chromosome distribution. (Biology).


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