David G. King, associate
professor emeritus
Department
of Zoology, College
of Agricultural, Life, and Physical Sciences;
Department of Anatomy,
School of Medicine
B.S., Biological
Sciences, Purdue
University, 1970.
Ph.D., Neuroscience,
University of California San Diego,
1975.
Retired, Southern Illinois University, 2014.
Office: Life Science II 354A
Phone: 618-453-1509
Email: dgking@siu.edu
Areas of special interest:
Evolution
|
Neurobiology |
Histology
Research statement: How
do complex behaviors and other evolutionary adaptations emerge
from the molecular organization of cells and genomes? I have
addressed this question by asking another. How has selection
shaped genetic patterns to constrain "random" mutational mechanisms,
thereby reducing the risk of severely deleterious mutation while
increasing the probability of beneficial mutation? Recent
publications
have reviewed evidence that supports a functional and evolutionary
"tuning knob" role for tandem repetitive DNA.
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