Molecular Evolution & Evolutionary Genetics

Genetics of Phenotypic Evolution
Application of comparative genomics and molecular evolution toward better models and understanding of human disease

Recent publications:

• Keebaugh, A.C., Sullivan, R.T., NISC Comparative Sequencing Program, Thomas, J.W. "Gene duplication and inactivation in the HPRT-gene family," Genomics, in press.

Population and Comparative Genomics
Vertebrate genome evolution

Recent publications:

• Thomas, J.W., et al, and Green, E.D. "Comparative analyses of multi-species sequences from targeted genomic regions." Nature, 424:788-793, 2003.
• Cáceres, M., NISC Comparative Sequencing Program, Sullivan, R.T., Thomas, J.W. "A recurrent inversion on the eutherian X chromosome." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 104:18571-18576, 2007.