Strand, Mike
Mike Strand
Distinguished Research Professor
Entomology
Molecular and evolutionary biology of insect parasites; virology, immunology, symbiont evolution, reproduction.
Molecular and evolutionary biology of insect parasites; virology, immunology, symbiont evolution, reproduction.
Developmental Regulation of Gene Expression; Evolution of Vertebrate Morphology.
Fertilization, and early cell-fate decisions in plant embryos.
Chromatin structure and function; Epigenetics; Eukaryotic genome stability; Histone H1.
Phylogenetics, genetics of diversification including speciation; molecular basis of adaptation;
evolutionary genomics; evolution of plant reproduction; organismal and molecular coevolution.
Developmental neurobiology: molecular genetic mechanisms of vertebrate eye and forebrain development.
Parasite genomics and the biology of genome evolution.
Understanding mechanisms that regulate stem cell behavior, regeneration, and reproductive development in tapeworms
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Retrovirus-like transposons in budding yeast, control of transposition, restriction factors.
Molecular evolution and evolutionary genetics, in particular genetic conflict,
sex chromosome evolution, genetics of adaptation and speciation,
and host-parasite interactions.