Genetics & Genomics
The Division of Biological Sciences has a strong, interactive group of scientists exploring fundamental mechanisms of genetics and genomics. Genetics is being used to elucidate a wide range of fundamental processes, including meitotic silencing, cytokinesis, learning and memory, neuronal development, transcription, cellular signaling, physiology, metabolism and chromosome evolution. Genomic-level studies are being used to study population dynamics and development of new traits. Research in this area benefits from several campus core research facilities, including a DNA Core, transgenic animal and plant transformation cores, and the University of Missouri Bioinformatics Consortium.
Faculty & Research Interests
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Ruthie Angelovici
The genetic and metabolic control of seed amino acids’ composition
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James Birchler
Chromosome evolution and function in plants and fruit fly
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David Braun
Genetic control of carbon partitioning in plants
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Elizabeth Bryda
Generation and characterization of animal models to study genetics and disease
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Chiswili Yves Chabu
Mechanisms of cell-cell communication during development and tumor progression
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Anand Chandrasekhar
Mechanisms regulating neuronal development and physiology in vertebrates
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Lori Eggert
Ecological pressures that shape animal populations
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Andrea Eveland
Gene regulatory mechanisms controlling plant architecture traits in cereal crops
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Sherry Flint-Garcia
The genetics and consequences of maize domestication and breeding
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Candace Galen
Ecology and evolution in natural plant populations
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Elizabeth King
Genomic approaches to the study of life history evolution
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Mannie Liscum
Genetic control of phototropism in plants
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Paula McSteen
Genetic regulation of meristem function in plants
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Todd Mockler
Application of computational bioinformatics and molecular genomics to plant genomes.
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Susan Nagel
Environmental endocrine disrupting chemicals and developmental programming of adult disease
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Kathleen Newton
Organization and gene content of mitochondrial genomes in plants
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J. Chris Pires
Systematics, phylogenetics, and genome evolution of polyploidy plants
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Patrick Shiu
Meiotic silencing by unpaired DNA and sexual development in fungi
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R. Keith Slotkin
Determining how transposable elements become epigenetically silenced
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Change Tan
Mechanism of incomplete cytokinesis during germ cell development
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John C. Walker
Molecular mechanisms regulating cellular signaling in plants
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Troy Zars
Mechanisms of learning and memory in fruit fly
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Bing Zhang
Genetic dissection of synaptic plasticity, neural circuitry, and behavior in fruit flies