ARIP Faculty Profile
Boston, MA | Boston University (BU) |
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Michael D. Sorenson, Ph.D.Boston University Website: http://people.bu.edu/msoren Areas of Expertise Avian Behavior ecology, speciation, population genomics, and molecular systematics. The research emphasizes molecular genetic approaches to problems in avian systematics, population biology, and behavioral biology. Current research includes: 1) Analyses of the population structure and evolutionary history of indigo bird population and species. 2) Molecular systematic analyses of the various groups of the various groups of avian brood parasites. 3) Molecular systematics and population genetics of the waterfowl (Family Anatidae: the ducks, geese, and swans). Please visit my lab website. |
Boston, MA | Boston University (BU) |
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Christopher J. Schneider, Ph.D.Boston University Website: http://people.bu.edu/cschneid/Schneider_Lab/Welcome.html Areas of Expertise Evolution and adaptive diversification of reptiles and amphibians; systematics; population and comparative genomics; tropical biology and conservation. |
Boston, MA | Boston University (BU) |
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John R, Finnerty, Ph.D.Boston University Website: http://people.bu.edu/jrf3/FinnertyLab/ Areas of Expertise Evolution of development, developmental genetics, phylogenetics, evolutionary genomics, invertebrate zoology: coral conservation. |
Boston, MA | Boston University (BU) |
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Sean Mullen, Ph.D.Boston University Website: http://people.bu.edu/smullen/ Areas of Expertise Adaptation and Speciation, Hybrid zones, the Evolution of mimicry and wing pattern variation in butterflies, Evolutionary Genetics, Comparative and Population Genomics, Bioinformatics. The research focuses on understanding how adaptive phenotypic variation arises and is maintained in natural population. My previous research has been focused on understanding the origins of mimicry and wing pattern various among hybridizing populations of mimetic and non-mimetic admiral butterflies. Current research efforts in the lab are directed at characterizing the proximal genetic mechanisms underlying examples of mimetic wing pattern variation in butterflies within a comparative evolutionary framework. Please visit my lab website. |