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Scott Everet Baird | |
Associate Professor, Biological SciencesAssistant Director, Biomedical Sciences PhD Program | ||
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BH 218
, Biological Sciences 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, OH 45435-0001 E-mail: scott.baird@wright.edu Office: 937-775-4171 Fax: 937-775-3320 |
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Research:
Closely related species arise from a common ancestor and then evolve through separate histories of mutation and selection. Within this context, the fidelity of interactions within adaptive gene in complexes must be maintained. To achieve this, deleterious mutations may be eliminated by negative selection or compensated for by positive selection for mutations in other genes. Independent histories of deleterious and compensatory mutations allow for divergence of adaptive gene complexes in diffferent species. We study the evolution of adaptive gene complexes in Caenorhabditid nematodes through phenotypic characterizations of intraspecific variation in development and reproductive isolation.
Projects:
• Evolution and Development - Genetics of Ray Pattern Evolution in Caenorhabditis.
• Speciation - Genetics of Post-zygotic Reproductive Isolation in Caenorhabditis.
• Natural History of Caenorhabditis species.
Funding:
• NSF 0130987 Genetics of Haldane's Rule in Caenorhabditis. February 1, 2002 - January 31, 2005.
• NIH R15 GM065847 Evolution of Axial Specification in Caenorhabditis. July 1, 2002 - June 30, 2004.
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Please Note: I will be on sabbatical at Indiana University for the 2002-2003 academic year. The best way to reach me will be by email to my Wright State address.
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