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Genomic Variation Lab
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Rachel E. Simmons |
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Genetics Graduate Group Department of Animal Science One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616 resimmons@ucdavis.edu |
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Education
Ph.D., Genetics, UC Davis (expected
June 2010).
M.S., Ecology, Behavior, & Evolution, UC San Diego, 2005.
B.S., Ecology, Behavior, & Evolution, UC San Diego, 2004.
Research
Redband trout conservation genetics - this project examines the phylogeny of redband trout in Northern California and their introgression with hatchery stocks and other rainbow trout.
Publications
Woodruff, D. S., Monda, K., and Simmons, R. E. 2005. Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation and subspecific taxonomy in the white-handed gibbon, Hylobates lar. Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University 1:71-8. (pdf)
Plutchak, L. L., Simmons, R. E., and Woodruff, D. S. 2006. Multilocus allozyme heterozygote deficiencies in Crepidula onyx: geographic and temporal patterns among adult snails in Mission Bay, California. Journal of Molluscan Studies 72: 337-348.(pdf)
Monda, K., Simmons, R. E., Kresserir, P., Su, B., and Woodruff, D. S. 2007. Mitochondrial DNA hypervariable region-1 sequence variation and phylogeny of the concolor gibbons, Nomascus. American Journal of Primatology 69:1285-1306. (pdf)
Simmons, R. E., Lavretsky, P., and May, B. P. In press. Introgressive hybridization of redband trout in the upper McCloud River watershed, Onchorhynchus mykiss ssp. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.
In Preparation
Simmons, R. E., Monda, K., and Woodruff, D. S. Phylogenetics of gibbons (Hylobatidae): mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data resolve long-standing questions.
Programs
I've written three data conversion programs, available for R or slightly more usable Perl scripts:
convert2phase (Perl,
R)
convert2structurama (Perl,
R)
phase2convert
(Perl, R)
Please contact me with any questions, comments or problems with these scripts.
Professional Memberships
