Fall 2014: Projects and people

Projects and people in the Wilson Sayres lab in Fall 2014. At the end of Spring 2015 we will check back in with all of our accomplishments, what we learned, and where we'll be heading.

Projects are listed alphabetically. Project members are listed first in ascending order of reported year in school, then alphabetically by last name. 

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All the projects
Principal Investigator: Dr. Melissa Wilson Sayres

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Comparative Fertility 

Investigating the evolution of genes involved in fertility.

Undergraduate: Brittany Hammis (freshman)

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Lepidoptera life history and simulations
Investigating variations in genome evolution and life history, and investigating the effects of demographic history on estimates of mutation rates.

Undergraduate: Christopher Negrich (freshman)

Undergraduate: Samantha Daly (sophomore)

Undergraduate: Ashley Amidan  (junior)

Undergraduate: Melinda Jenner  (senior)

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Mammary tissue evolution - Joint with Cartwright Lab

Investigating the evolution of pre-pregnancy mammary tissue development in humans.

Undergraduate: Caroline Erickson (sophomore) – Joint with Cartwright Lab

Undergraduate: Jaclyn Williams  (junior)

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Proteome Evolution

Investigating positive selection in tissue-specific proteomes.

Undergraduate: David Barclay (junior)

Undergraduate: William Martelly (junior)

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Pseudoautosomal region diversity

Investigating diversity in the pseudoautosomal region of the sex chromosomes.

Undergraduate: Danny Cotter (freshman)

Undergraduate: Sarah Brotman (sophomore)

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Squamate sex determination

Investigating sex determination mechanisms and sex chromosome evolution in squamates.

Undergraduate: Shawn Rupp (junior)

Undergraduate: Hien Vu (junior)

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Turner syndrome

Investigating parent-of-origin effects for the single X chromosome in people with Turner syndrome.

Undergraduate: Jada Wang (freshman)

Undergraduate: Marshall Styers (freshman)

Undergraduate: Kara Schaffer (junior)

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X-Y recombination

Investigating the timing of X-Y recombination suppression.

Undergraduate: Alix Marinello (freshman)

Undergraduate: Reena Ygot (senior)

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