Research Opportunities Database
Casey Dunn
Assistant Professor of Biology
Department: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Phone: +1 401 863 9806
Email: Casey_Dunn@brown.edu
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Research Opportunities Database
Casey DunnAssistant Professor of Biology Department: Ecology & Evolutionary BiologyPhone: +1 401 863 9806 Email: Casey_Dunn@brown.edu Location:863-9806Research SummaryInterested in finding the evolutionary relationships between animals, and learning how the evolution of form and function is realized through the evolution of genomes.Past or Present Projects Available:The evolutionary relationships between the major groups of animals; the evolutionary relationships within molluscs; the structure and development of siphonophore colonies; the development of organisms with complex lifecycles; No Sex, No Problem: Genomic Modification in Bdelloid Rotifers Following Full-Body Desiccation and DNA Repair; Paternal vs. maternal expression in developing sea urchin interspecies hybrids; Diversification and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis in Poaceae |
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