Research at SIU SOM
 
 
Research Profile - David G. King  
   
Department/Division:     Email Address:
Anatomy dgking@siu.edu
Office Location:     Location of Laboratory:
Carbondale,2084 Life Science III    
Office Phone Number:     Laboratory Phone Number:
(618) 453-1509      
Willing to mentor medical students and / or residents? Yes
Research Interests: Evolution,genetics, neurobiology
Techniques and Methodologies: Literature survey; computer modelling; microscopy; comparative anatomy

Equipment:

N/A
Current Collaborators:
Yechezkel Kashi (The Technion, Haifa)
Current and Pending Awards:
 
Publications:    

Y. Kashi, and D.G. King (2006) Simple Sequence Repeats as Advantageous Mutators in Evolution. Trends in Genetics 22:253-259.

King, D.G., E.N. Trifonov, and Y. Kashi (2006) Tuning Knobs in the Genome: Evolution of Simple Sequence Repeats by Indirect Selection. In: Lynn H. Caporale, ed., The Implicit Genome, Oxford University Press.

King, D.G., and M. Soller (1999) Variation and fidelity: The evolution of simple sequence repeats as functional elements in adjustable genes. In: S.P. Wasser, ed., Evolutionary Theory and Processes: Modern Perspectives, pp. 65-82. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Y. Kashi, D.G. King, and M. Soller (1997) Simple sequence repeats as a source of quantitative genetic variation. Trends in Genetics 13:74-78.

King, D.G. (1994) Triplet repeat DNA as a highly mutable regulatory mechanism. Science 263:595-596.

King, D.G. (1991) The origin of an organ: Phylogenetic analysis of evolutionary innovation in the digestive tract of flies (Insecta: Diptera). Evolution 45:568-588.

King, D.G. and K.L. Valentino (1983) On neuronal homology: A comparison of similar axons in Musca, Sarcophaga and Drosophila (Diptera: Schizophora). Journal of Comparative Neurology 219:1-9.

King, D.G. and R.J. Wyman (1980) Anatomy of the giant fiber pathway in Drosophila: I. Three thoracic components of the pathway. Journal of Neurocytology 9:753-770.

King, D.G. (1976) Organization of crustacean neuropil: I. Patterns of synaptic connections in lobster stomatogastric ganglion. Journal of Neurocytology 5:207-237.

 

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