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Associate Professor Office: 2084 Life Science III Phone: 618-453-1509 email: dgking@siu.edu Education: Ph.D.,University of California, San Diego Courses taught: ZOOL 409 (Histology), BIOL 315 (History of Biology) Areas of interest: Evolution, Neurobiology, Histology How do complex behaviors and other adaptations emerge from the molecular organization of cells and genomes? I am especially interested in the genetic "protocols" and mutational mechanisms that support adaptive evolution. For more information on my research program (and related links), please see my webpage. Recent Publications King, D.G., and Y. Kashi (2011) Genetic variation among developing brain cells. Science e-letter. King, D.G. (2011) Evolution of simple sequence repeats as mutable sites. In: AJ Hannan, ed., Tandem Repeat Polymorphisms: Genetic Plasticity, Neural Diversity and Disease, Landes Bioscience and Springer Science+Business Media. King, D.G. and Y. Kashi (2009) Heretical DNA sequences? Science 326: 229-230. Fondon III, J., E.A.D. Hammock, A.J. Hannan, and D.G. King (2008) Simple sequence repeats: Genetic modulators of brain function. Trends in Neurosciences 31:328-334. |
