Genetics

Within the Department of Zoology at the University of British Columbia, research in genetics spans the range from molecular genetics to population genetics. Specific research programs include:
 

• Physiological and genetic control of the cell cycle in protists (James Berger)
• Polycomb group proteins and the repression of target loci in Drosophila and mice (Hugh Brock)
• Non-histone chromosomal proteins; molecular biology of insects (Tom Grigliatti)
• Properties of meiosis and constitutive heterochromatin (David Holm)
• Muscle development and assembly in Caenorhabditis elegans (Donald Moerman)
• The evolution of life cycles and genetic systems (Sarah Otto)
• Evolution of genetic exchange systems, especially in bacteria and early-branching protists (Rosemary Redfield)
• Molecular approaches to the evolutionary ecology, population genetics, and conservation of fishes (Eric Taylor)
• Evolution in structured populations (Michael Whitlock)