GENETICS

Bradley C. Hyman, Ph.D., Chair  

Program Office, 2202 Batchelor Hall

Professors:

Salomon Bartnicki-Garcia, Ph.D.
(Plant Pathology)

Michael T. Clegg, Ph.D.
(Botany and Plant Sciences)

Donald A. Cooksey, Ph.D.
(Plant Pathology)

Darleen A. DeMason, Ph.D.
(Botany and Plant Sciences)

J. Allan Dodds, Ph.D.
(Plant Pathology)

Achilles Dugaiczyk, Ph.D.
(Biochemistry)

Brian A. Federici, Ph.D.
(Entomology)

Alan G. Fix, Ph.D.
(Anthropology)

Daniel R. Gallie, Ph.D.
(Biochemistry)

Sarjeet S. Gill, Ph.D.
(Entomology)

Anthony E. Hall, Ph.D.
(Botany and Plant Sciences)

Anthony H. C. Huang, Ph.D.
(Botany and Plant Sciences)

Bradley C. Hyman, Ph.D.
(Biology)

Noel T. Keen, Ph.D.
(Plant Pathology)

Elizabeth M. Lord, Ph.D.
(Botany and Plant Sciences)

Leonard P. Nunney, Ph.D.
(Biology)

Mikeal L. Roose, Ph.D.
(Botany and Plant Sciences)

Neal L. Schiller, Ph.D.
(Biomedical Sciences)

Stephen R. Spindler, Ph.D.
(Biochemistry)

Daniel S. Straus, Ph.D.
(Biomedical Sciences)

Jolinda A. Traugh, Ph.D.
(Biochemistry)

J. Giles Waines, Ph.D.
(Botany and Plant Sciences)

Associate Professors:

Katharine D. Atkinson, Ph.D.
(Biology)

Peter W. Atkinson, Ph.D.
(Entomology)

Julia N. Bailey-Serres, Ph.D.
(Botany and Plant Sciences)

Nancy E. Beckage, Ph.D.
(Entomology)

Elizabeth A. Bray, Ph.D.
(Botany and Plant Sciences)

Timothy J. Close, Ph.D.
(Botany and Plant Sciences)

David A. Eastmond, Ph.D.
(Entomology)

Andrew J. Grosovsky, Ph.D.
(Entomology)

Howard S. Judelson, Ph.D.
(Plant Pathology)

A.L.N. Rao, Ph.D.
(Plant Pathology)

Mark S. Springer, Ph.D.
(Biology)

Linda L. Walling, Ph.D.
(Botany and Plant Sciences)

Assistant Professors:

Rebecca Creamer, Ph.D.
(Plant Pathology)

Isgouhi Kaloshian, Ph.D.
(Nematology)

Xuan Liu, Ph.D.
(Biochemistry)

Dmitri A. Maslov, Ph.D.
(Biology)

Rajesh K. Mehra, Ph.D.
(Entomology)

Frances M. Sladek, Ph.D.
(Entomology)

Patricia S. Springer, Ph.D.
(Botany and Plant Sciences)

Richard Whitkus, Ph.D.
(Botany and Plant Sciences)

Shizhong Xu, Ph.D.
(Botany and Plant Sciences)

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The Genetics Graduate Group (GGG) is an interdepartmental program that includes faculty from the departments of Anthropology, Biochemistry, Biology, Botany and Plant Sciences, Entomology, Nematology, and Plant Pathology, as well as the Division of Biomedical Sciences. The GGG administers a program leading to the Doctor of Philosophy in Genetics. Two fields of specialization (subdisciplines) offered by the program are molecular/cellular genetics and evolutionary genetics. The program is structured to allow maximum flexibility in the design of an individual student course program and research goals. A primary objective is to allow students to develop a capability in research as rapidly as possible, consistent with the student's initial preparation.

Students are expected to meet all general requirements of the Graduate Division as printed in the Graduate Studies section of this catalog. Submission of Graduate Record Examination Test scores (verbal, quantitative and analytical) is mandatory for admission. Applicants with any Bachelor of Science or Arts degree and an adequate background in the biological and physical sciences will be considered. A minimum background should include courses in elementary biochemistry (1 quarter), biology (1 year), elementary genetics (1 quarter), general chemistry (1 year), organic chemistry (2 quarters), calculus (2 quarters), and statistics (1 quarter). The GGG evaluates applications on a continual basis from October to May. However, the GGG normally considers applications for teaching and research assistantships at the same time as fellowships; therefore, students are strongly encouraged to complete their applications for admission and support as early as possible. Normally fellowships are awarded in January, for students entering the following fall quarter.

DOCTORAL DEGREE

All students choose a subdiscipline for specialization (either molecular/cellular genetics or evolutionary genetics). Specific course requirements are selected based on the subdiscipline and on the student's particular needs and objectives. The Ph.D. is a research degree and, accordingly, the goal of the program is to train students in the theoretical and experimental foundations of modern genetics. Students are strongly encouraged to participate in lab rotations, select a major professor and begin research work early in their training (during the first year of residence).

Students are advanced to candidacy following successful completion of a written preliminary examination and an oral qualifying examination. Successful completion of a final oral dissertation defense is also required. There is no foreign language requirement. Each student is required to have at least one quarter of teaching experience. This requirement may be satisfied by serving as a teaching assistant in a genetics course.

The normative time to degree for the doctorate is 15 quarters.