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lab profile
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Craig Miller UC-Berkeley Molecular and Cell Biology Dept.
142 LSA
Berkeley, CA 94720-3200
USA
ctmiller@berkeley.edu 510-642-7840
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PI: |
YES |
Taxa Studied: |
Vertebrate Animals |
Techniques Employed: |
Degenerate PCR, Sanger Sequencing, Solexa (Illumina) Sequencing, Bioinformatics/Sequence Analysis, QTL Mapping, SNP Mapping, In Situ Hybridization, Antibody Staining, Sectioning for Histology, Sectioning for Electron Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Epifluoresence Microscopy, Confocal Microscopy, Transgenesis |
Research Description: |
We study how pattern forms during development and changes during evolution. We focus on the vertebrate head skeleton, using a genetic approach in the threespine stickleback fish, a species complex that has repeatedly evolved head skeletal adaptations. We seek to understand the genetic basis of craniofacial and dental pattern and how alterations to these genes result in evolved differences in morphology. |
Lab Web Page: |
http://mcb.berkeley.edu/index.php?option=com_mcbfaculty&name=millerc |
Willing to Host Undergraduates: |
YES |
Actively Seeking Undergraduates: |
YES |
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