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Priscilla Tucker
Professor and Curator
Ph.D., Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 1984
U-M affiliation(s)
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Museum of Zoology
Contact information
University of Michigan
3036 Museums Bldg.
1109 Geddes Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079
Phone: (734) 647-2207
Fax: (734) 763-4080
Email: ptuck@umich.edu
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Fields of study
Molecular evolution and systematics of mammals, speciation
Academic background
B.A. Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, Spanish 1974 M.S. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 1980 Ph.D. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 1984 Visiting Instructor, Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, 1984-1985. Postdoctoral Trainee with Dr. Eva Eicher, The Jackson Laboratory, 1985-1988. Assistant Professor of Biology/Assistant Curator of Mammals, Museum of Zoology 1988-1995. Associate Professor of Biology/Associate Curator of Mammals, Museum of Zoology 1995-2001. Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Associate Curator of Mammals, Museum of Zoology 2001-2005. Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Curator of Mammals, Museum of Zoology 2005-present.
Graduate students
Kenneth Luzynski
Tucker Lab home page
News
House mouse genes provide clues to reproductive isolation mysteries
In the December 2007 issue of Genome Research, Professor Priscilla Tucker and her colleagues report their preliminary findings based on an analysis of 42 genetic markers in the house mouse species, Mus musculus and Mus domesticus.
They document a nearly 50-fold difference in gene flow across the hybrid zone in central Europe. Multiple genetic markers that show no gene flow likely identify regions of the genome that contain genes contributing to reproductive isolation between Mus musculus and Mus domesticus. Other genetic markers show asymmetrical gene flow, identifying regions of the genome that contain genes with alleles that spread from one species to the other. Their data suggests that the genetic underpinnings of reproductive isolation, even at early stages of divergence, are complex.
Co-authors include EEB graduate student Meg Bakewell, former graduate student Kate Teeter and former biology undergraduate students Janelle O’Brien and Lisa Thibodeau, among others. Read the article.
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