Expertise
  • Evolution
  • Genomics and Bioinformatics
  • Plant Molecular Biology

We use approaches of comparative molecular biology, genomics, phylogenetics, and bioinformatics to study various major issues in the evolution of genes and genomes. Current studies fall into four areas:

Horizontal Gene Transfer in Plants

Transfer of Mitochondrial Genes to the Nucleus

Accelerated Evolution of Mitochondrial Genes

Horizontal gene transfer in plants and fungi. Evolution of plant mitochondrial genomes. Intracellular transfer of organellar genes to the nucleus. Evolution of mutation rates. Molecular evolution; Origin and evolution of introns and organelle genomes.

Communities
Molecular Biology, Biological Science
Degrees
PhD, Stanford University, 1981
BA, Swarthmore College, 1977
Keywords
biological sciences botany genetics evolutionary biology molecular genetics