Educational Background:

B.S.,  Biological Sciences,Prude University, 1970

Ph.D.,  Neuroscience, University of California San Diego, 1975

Research Interests:

Neurobiology, especially the patterns of neural and genetic organization which underlie behavioral evolution.

Recent Publications:

Fondon III, J.W., E.A.D. Hammock, A.J. Hannan, and D.G. King (2008)  Simple sequence repeats: Genetic modulators of brain function and behavior.  Trends in Neurosciences 31: 328-334.  doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2008.03.006.   

D.G. King and Y. Kashi (2007)  Mutation rate variation in eukaryotes: evolutionary implications of site-specific mechanisms.  Nature Reviews Genetics 8 (November 2007) | doi:10.1038/nrg2158-c1.