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lab profile
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Ellen Larsen University of Toronto
25 Harbord St.
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G5
Canada
ellen.larsen1@gmail.com
416 978 3505
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| Taxa Studied: |
Invertebrate Animals, Other, foliicolous and foliose lichens D. melanogaster sex comb evolution |
| Techniques Employed: |
Antibody Staining, Sectioning for Electron Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Confocal Microscopy, Time-Lapse Microscopy, RNA interference(RNAi) |
| Research Description: |
1. Question: How do two or more different genomes collaborate to make repeatable morphologies? Approach:Develop a laboratory model lichen and methodologies for studying early lichen development. 2. Issue: Estimate the minimal amount of genetic change required in a model organism to produce the range of morphologies seen in evolution. Approach: understand the cellular processes underlying sex comb development in D. melanogaster and utilize mutations to produce phenotypes found in other species. |
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| Willing to Host Undergraduates: |
NO |
| Actively Seeking Undergraduates: |
NO |
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