UC Davis General Catalog, 2006-2008 - General Catalog - UC Davis

282 Genetics (A Graduate Group)
Genetics
(A Graduate Group)
James Murray, Ph.D., Chairperson of the Group
Group Office. 310 Life Sciences Addition
(530) 752-4863;
http://biosci.ucdavis.edu/ggc/ggg
Faculty
Steffen Abel, Ph.D., Associate Professor
(Vegetable Crops)
Danika Bannasch, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
(Vegetable Crops)
Diane Beckles, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
(Vegetable Crops)
David Begun, Ph.D., Associate Professor
(Evolution and Ecology)
Craig Benham, Ph.D., Professor (Genome Center)
Alan B. Bennett, Ph.D., Professor (Vegetable Crops)
Linda F. Bisson, Ph.D., Professor
(Viticulture and Enology)
John Bowman, Ph.D., Associate Professor
(Plant Biology)
Anne Bagg Britt, Ph.D., Associate Professor
(Plant Biology)
Sean Burgess, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
(Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Kenneth C. Burtis, Ph.D., Professor
(Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Judy Callis, Ph.D., Professor
(Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Frederic Chedin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
(Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Hongwu Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
(Cancer Center)
Roger Chetelat, Ph.D., Associate Agronomist
(Vegetable Crops)
Douglas Cook, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Pathology)
Gino A. Cortopassi, Ph.D., Professor
(Molecular Biosciences)
Michael E. Dahmus, Ph.D., Professor
(Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Abhaya Dandekar, Ph.D., Professor (Pomology)
Mary Delany, Ph.D., Associate Professor
(Animal Science)
Jorge Dubcovsky, Ph.D., Professor
(Agronomy and Range Science)
Jan Dvorak, Ph.D., Professor
(Agronomy and Range Science)
JoAnne Engebrecht, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
(Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Holly Ernest, Ph.D., Assistant Research Geneticist
(Population Health and Reproduction)
Bryce W. Falk, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Pathology)
Thomas R. Famula, Ph.D., Professor
(Animal Science)
Peggy Farnham, Ph.D., Professor
(Pharmacology & Toxicology)
Charles S. Gasser, Ph.D., Professor
(Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Paul Gepts, Ph.D., Professor
(Agronomy and Range Science)
Robert L. Gilbertson, Ph.D., Professor
(Plant Pathology)
David G. Gilchrist, Ph.D., Professor (CEPRAP)
Thomas Gradziel, Ph.D., Professor (Pomology)
Paul H. Gumerlock, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
(Hematology and Oncology)
Nobuko Hagiwara, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
(Cardiovascular Medicine)
John H. Harada, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Biology)
James A. Harding, Ph.D., Professor
(Environmental Horticulture)
Stacey Harmer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
(Plant Biology)
Wolf-Dietrich Heyer, Ph.D., Professor (Microbiology)
Liping Huang, Ph.D., Assistant Adjunct Professor
(Nutrition)
Neil Hunter, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
(Microbiology)
Marie Jasieniuk, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
(Vegetable Crops)
Clarence I. Kado, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Pathology)
Sree Kanthaswamy, Ph.D., Assistant Research Geneticist
(Veterinary Genetics , Forensics)
Ken Kaplan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
(Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Daniel Kliebenstein, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Vegetable
Crops)
Artyom Kopp, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Evolution
and Ecology)
Ian Korf, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
(Computational Molecular Biology)
Stephen C. Kowalczykowski, Ph.D., Professor
(Microbiology)
Dietmar Kueltz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
(Animal Science)
Hsing-Jien Kung, Ph.D., Professor
(Biological Chemistry)
Kit Lam, Ph.D., Professor (Cancer Center)
Charles Langley, Ph.D., Professor
(Center for Population Biology)
Janine LaSalle, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
(Microbiology and Immunology)
Tom Ledig, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor
(Environmental Horticulture)
Hongzhe Li, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
(Biological Chemistry)
Su-Ju Lin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Microbiology)
William Lucas, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Biology)
Leslie A. Lyons, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
(Population Health and Reproduction)
Julin Maloof, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
(Plant Biology)
Marta Marthas, Ph.D., Associate Adjunct Professor
(Primate Center)
Bernie May, Ph.D., Professor (Animal Science)
Juan F. Medrano, Ph.D., Professor (Animal Science)
Carole Meredith, Ph.D., Professor
(Viticulture and Enology)
Danika Metallinos-Bannasch, Ph.D., Assistant
Professor (Population Health and Reproduction)
Frederick J. Meyers, Ph.D., Professor
(Hematology and Oncology)
Richard Michelmore, Ph.D., Professor
(Vegetable Crops)
Maria Mudryj, Ph.D., Associate Professor
(Microbiology and Immunology)
James D. Murray, Ph.D., Professor (Animal Science)
Jeanette E. Natzle, Ph.D., Associate Professor
(Molecular and Cellular Biology)
David Neale, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor
(Environmental Horticulture)
Sergey Nuzhdin, Ph.D., Associate Professor
(Evolution and Ecology)
Anita M. Oberbauer, Ph.D., Professor
(Animal Science)
Dan E. Parfitt, Ph.D., Pomologist (Pomology)
Martin L. Privalsky, Ph.D., Professor (Microbiology)
Carlos F. Quiros, Ph.D., Professor (Vegetable Crops)
Kathryn L. Radke, Ph.D., Associate Professor
(Animal Science)
Pamela C. Ronald, Ph.D., Associate Professor
(Plant Pathology)
Lesilee Rose, Ph.D., Associate Professor
(Molecular and Cellular Biology)
John Roth, Ph.D., Professor, (Microbiology)
Earl Sawai, Ph.D., Associate Adjunct Professor
(Pathology)
Carl W. Schmid, Ph.D., Professor
(Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Michael F. Seldin, Ph.D., Professor
(Biological Chemistry)
Frank Sharp, Ph.D., Professor (Neurology)
Douglas Shaw, Ph.D., Professor (Pomology)
Mitchell Singer, Ph.D., Associate Professor
(Microbiology)
Neelima Sinha, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Biology)
Dina St. Clair, Ph.D., Associate Professor
(Vegetable Crops)
Daniel Starr, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Venkatesan Sundaresan, Ph.D., Professor
(Plant Biology)
Michael Syvanen, Ph.D., Professor
(Microbiology and Immunology)
Thomas Tai, Ph.D., Associate in AES
(Agronomy and Range Science)
Larry R. Teuber, Ph.D., Professor
(Agronomy and Range Science)
Alison Van Eenennaam, Ph.D., Cooperative
Extension Specialist (Animal Science)
M. Andrew Walker, Ph.D., Professor
(Viticulture and Enology)
Craig H. Warden, Ph.D., Associate Professor
(Rowe Program)
Thea A. Wilkins, Ph.D., Professor
(Agronomy and Range Science)
Valerie M. Williamson, Ph.D., Professor
(Nematology)
Reen Wu, Ph.D., Professor (Pulmonary Medicine)
John I. Yoder, Ph.D., Professor (Vegetable Crops)
Graduate Study. The Graduate Group in Genetics
offers programs of study and research leading to
the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. To optimize the breadth
available for student training and faculty interaction
while still providing the opportunity for focused curricula,
Focus Groups (FGs) were recently created
within the graduate group. These focus groups consist
of clusters of labs with similar research interests;
faculty members belong to one or more focus groups
(all faculty belong to the General Genetics section of
graduate group). In addition, there are FGs in Animal
Genomics, Chromosome Biology, Human Genetics,
Model Plants, and Plant Breeding & Biodiversity
(a FG in Bioinformatics is expected soon). Each of
these groups provides broad training in genetics,
combined with an emphasis specific to its area. Students
choose their focus group affiliation based on
their research interests and the membership of their
major professor. For additional information regarding
the program, contact the group administrative
assistant (530) 752-4863.
Graduate Adviser. Consult Genetics Graduate
Group office.
Courses in Genetics (GGG)
Graduate Courses
201A. Advanced Genetic Analysis (5)
Lecture/discussion—5 hours. Prerequisite: Biological
Sciences 101, Statistics 100 or the equivalent, graduate
standing. Fundamentals of genetic analysis and
chromosome structure using model organisms including
mutation, transmission, complementation, suppression,
and enhancement as well as epigenetic
phenomena at the whole organism and molecular
levels.—III.
201B. Genomics (5)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—2 hours. Prerequisite:
course 201A, 201C or the equivalent. Prokaryotic
and eukaryotic genomes. Experimental strategies
and analytical challenges of modern genomics
research and the theory and mechanics of data analysis.
Structural, functional, and comparative genomics.
Related issues in bioinformatics.—III. (III.) Cook,
Michelmore
201C. Molecular Biology (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: Molecular and Cellular
Biology 221A or the equivalent. Pass 1 restricted
to graduate students in biochemistry and molecular
biology, microbiology, or genetics. Structure and
organization of DNA and chromatin; DNA replication,
repair and recombination; transcription and
RNA processing; protein biosynthesis and turnover;
transcriptional and post-transcriptional control mechanisms;
examples from eukaryotic and eubacterial
cells, and virsuses. (Same course as Molecular and
Cellular Biology 221C.)—III. (III.)
201D. Quantitative and Population
Genetics (5)
Lecture—5 hours. Prerequisite: course 201A or consent
of instructor. Basic concepts of quantitative and
population genetics including gene and genotypic
frequencies, multiple factor hypothesis, phenotypic
and genotypic values, heritability, selection, genetic
variation, the detection of quantitative trait loci and
evolution in populations. Experimental and analytical
methods.—II. (II.) Famula, Neale, Shaw
Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2007-2008 offering in parentheses
General Education (GE) credit: ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Social-Cultural Diversity; Wrt=Writing Experience