B.S., Centenary College of Louisiana, 2005
M.S., Rice University, 2007
I am broadly interested in genetics factors that promote divergence between incipient species. My previous research focused on characterizing introgression in a primate model system, the macaque, however for my dissertation, I am using a model system within Drosophila and examining the role of inversions as barriers to gene flow. Specifically, I am (I) both statistically and empirically testing for interspecies recombination and introgression between inversions that are fixed for different forms between D. pseudoobscura and D. persimilis. My dissertation research also examines the causes and consequences of recombination rate variation in Drosophila. Thus, in addition to the above project, I am currently (II) examining patterns of recombination rate variation in Drosophila persimilis using a fine-scale mapping approach, and (III) testing for potential male-mediated effects on recombination rate in Drosophila melanogaster.
Kulathinal, R. J., L. S. Stevison, and M. A. F. Noor. 2009. The genomics of speciation: Diversity, divergence and introgression on a genome-wide scale. submitted.
Stevison, L. S., and M. H. Kohn. 2009. Divergence population genetics analysis of hybridization between rhesus and cynomolgus macaques. Molecular Ecology, in press.
Stevison, L. S., and M. A. F. Noor. 2009. Recombination rates in Drosophila. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Stevison, L. S. 2008. Hybridization and gene flow. Nature Education 1(1) URL.
Stevison, L. S. and H. M. Kohn. 2008. Inferring genetic background of cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis). Journal of Medical Primatology 37: 311-317 Abstract.
Bourgeois, G., L. S. Stevison, D. Ortiz-Barrientos, and M. A. F. Noor. 2005. Characterization of UDP-glycosyltransferase genes in Drosophila pseudoobscura. Drosophila Information Service 88: 12-15.
Stevison, L. S., B. A. Counterman, and M. A. F. Noor. 2004. Molecular population genetics of X-linked accessory gland proteins in Drosophila pseudoobscura. Journal of Heredity, 95: 114-118 Abstract.
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