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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
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. In press. 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. In press. Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation and phylogeny of the concolor gibbons, Nomascus. American Journal of Primatology 69:1285-1306. (pdf)
In Preparation
Simmons, R. E., Monda, K., and Woodruff, D. S. Phylogenetics of
gibbons (Hylobatidae): mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data resolve
long-standing questions. For submission to Molecular Phylogenetics and
Evolution.
Woodruff, D. S., Monda, K., and Simmons, R. E. DNA genotyping and
the identity of gibbons in North American zoos. For submission to Zoo Biology.
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
