Douglas W. Drury

Contact Info



 * Douglas W. Drury
 * Indiana University
 * 1001 E 3rd St, Bloomington, IN, 47405


 * PhD graduate student with Mike Wade (IU page, OWW page) in the department of biology at Indiana University.

Education

 * 2011(expected), PhD, Indiana University
 * Major: Genetics
 * Minor: Evolution
 * 2005, BS, University of Wisconsin - Parkside
 * Major: Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics

Research interests
My research interests exist at the interface of quantitative and molecular genetics. The effect of a gene depends on the genetic context in which it resides and the system of genetic and environmental interactions in which it evolved. Complex phenotypes, such as physiology, behavior, morphology, and reproductive fitness, are manifestations of numerous genes working together in concert. In genetic isolation, evolutionary trajectories become disentangled, and alleles fix (via selection or drift) irrespective of changes in other lineages. Inter-lineage hybridization shuffles these gene complexes, producing a varying array of combinations previously unseen by selection. These novel gene combinations can produce anything from evolutionary novelty to hybrid incompatibility.



Publications

 * 1) Drury DW and Wade MJ (2011), Genetic variation and co-variation for fitness between intra-population and inter-population backgrounds in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 24: 168–176.
 * 2) Drury DW, Siniard AL,and Wade MJ (2009), Genetic differentiation among wild populations of Tribolium castaneum estimated using microsatellite markers. Journal of Heredity, 100: 732-41.
 * 3) The Tribolium genome sequencing consortium (2008) The genome of the model beetle and pest Tribolium castaneum. Nature. 452: 949-955.
 * 4) Demuth JP, Drury DW, Peters ML, Van Dyken JD, Priest NK, and Wade MJ (2007) Genome-wide survey of Tribolium castaneum microsatellites and description of polymorphic markers. Molecular Ecology Notes 7: 1189-1195.

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