DNA Fingerprinting, Genetics and Crime: DNA Testing and the Courtroom

DNA Fingerprinting, Genetics and Crime: DNA Testing and the Courtroom
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Dr. Julian Adams

Dr. Julian Adams is professor of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at the University of Michigan. In 1996 he received a faculty recognition award by the University and was appointed chair of the department of biology. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of California at Davis and has held visiting appointments at universities in Brazil, France and Germany. Dr. Adams serves as associate editor for the journals Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genetica and was chair of the 1997 Gordon Research Conference on Microbial Population Biology.

Dr. Adams' laboratory studies a range of problems in the population genetics and evolution of microorganisms. Current projects concern (1) the analysis of the role of transposable elements and gross chromosomal rearrangements in the generation of adaptive genetic change in populations of S. cerevisiae, (2) the analysis of the evolutionary dynamics and physiological basis of polymorphisms arising in evolving populations of E. coli and S. cerevisiae, and (3) molecular and biochemical characterization of the process of adaptation in microbial populations. Dr. Adams also has interests in human population genetics; he is currently working with the genetic and demographic structure of human isolates.

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