Changes in gene expression associated with reproductive maturation in wild female baboons.
Babbitt CC, Tung J, Wray GA, Alberts SC, Genome Biol Evol. 2012;4(2):102-9. Abstract
IGSP Faculty
Gregory A. Wray, PhDGregory A. Wray, PhD
Professor, Department of Biology
I am an evolutionary biologist with a background in molecular and developmental biology. I'm broadly interested in the evolution of gene regulation, at the scales of single genes, networks, and genomes. A long-term project in my lab is aimed at identifying regulatory changes that contributed to the evolution of uniquely human traits, particularly with regard to diet and physiology as well as cognition and brain anatomy. Another major project is investigating the population genetics of a developmental gene regulatory network in sea urchins.
Recent Publications
A potential role for glucose transporters in the evolution of human brain size.
Fedrigo O, Pfefferle AD, Babbitt CC, Haygood R, Wall CE, Wray GA, Brain Behav Evol. 2011;78(4):315-26. Abstract
Evolution. CNCing is believing.
Wray GA, Science. 2011 Aug 19;333(6045):946-7. Abstract
Reconstitution of the human biome as the most reasonable solution for epidemics of allergic and autoimmune diseases.
Bilbo SD, Wray GA, Perkins SE, Parker W, Med Hypotheses. 2011 Oct;77(4):494-504. Abstract
Allele-specific gene expression in a wild nonhuman primate population.
Tung J, Akinyi MY, Mutura S, Altmann J, Wray GA, Alberts SC, Mol Ecol. 2011 Feb;20(4):725-39. Abstract
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