Molecular phylogenetics uses the information contained in DNA and proteins to study the evolutionary relationships among organisms.
My research interests concern various aspects of molecular phylogenetics. More specifically:
1. Phylogeny: sequencing nuclear and mitochondrial genes and reconstructing the relationships among species using these sequences.
2. Molecular evolution: Study of evolution by comparing patterns of sequence across taxa. As a case in point, relative rate tests are studied to compare evolutionary rate differences among organisms.
3. The use of SINEs and LINEs as phylogenetic markers: sequencing and analyzing genomic retrotransposons indel sites in order to infer phylogenetic relationships.
4. Phylogeography: study of the geographic distribution of lineage within and among closely related species.
5. Molecular dating: estimating molecular divergence dates and evaluating the congruence between molecular and paleontological data.
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