Past Undergraduate Researchers
- Karen MacPherson
- Gregory Mathews
- Kerry Seitz
- Brian Malpede
Livingstone Research Group
Genetic incompatibilites between alleles and loci can lead to problems in interspecific hybrids ranging from minor fitness effects to complete sterility or even hybrid inviability. Finding the loci that cause these incompatibilities informs our understanding of speciation and can also help us to understand which loci are interacting within a species. The classic model of the development of hybrid incompatibilites was proposed indepedently by Dobzhanky in 1939 and Muller in 1942, and expanded on by Orr in 1995, and others since then. In our lab we are working on further developments of the Orr model by looking at how the distribution of protein interactions affects the expected time to development of hybrid incompatilities.
Recent Publications
Undergraduate students are indicated with an asterisk (*).
Livingstone K and Anderson S.* 2009. Patterns of variation in the evolution of carotenoid biosynthetic pathway enzymes of higher plants. J Hered 100:754-761.
Qualifications of successful applicants
Students applying to work in Dr. Livingstone's lab must have completed the first year of Biology course requirements.
Sources of student funding
Students in this group will be supported by Trinity's NSF-funded program in Biomathematics. Students wih HHMI or McNair funding are also accepted.
