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lab profile
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Kelly R. Zamudio Cornell University E145 Corson Hall
Ithaca, NY 14850
USA
kelly.zamudio@cornell.edu 607 254 4212
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PI: |
YES |
Taxa Studied: |
Vertebrate Animals, Other, Fungal Pathogen |
Techniques Employed: |
Quantitative PCR (qPCR), Sanger Sequencing, 454 Pyrosequencing, Solexa (Illumina) Sequencing, Bioinformatics/Sequence Analysis, SNP Mapping |
Research Description: |
We are interested in mechanisms that underlie the origin and maintenance of biodiversity in reptiles and amphibians. A common theme in our lab is identifying and measuring mechanisms of temporal and spatial changes in neutral and functional population genetic differentiation. To do so we address questions at various scales, ranging from individuals (mating systems, relatedness, or reproductive success), to populations (fine-scale population genomics and phylogeography), to species (higher-level systematics). Our main gol is to understand how the environment, organisms, and their genomes change to result in phenotypic diversity at varying geographic scales. |
Lab Web Page: |
http://www.eeb.cornell.edu/zamudio/KZ_home/Welcome/Welcome.html |
Willing to Host Undergraduates: |
YES |
Actively Seeking Undergraduates: |
YES |
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