Gunter Paul Wagner, PhD
Alison Richard Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Research Interests
evolution of development gene regulation molecular evolution transcription factor evolution uterus function and evolution parturition limb development more...
Education
- Ph.D., University of Vienna, 1979
Selected Publications
- Wagner, G.P. (2007). The developmental genetics of homology. Nat. Rev. Genet. (6):473-9.
- Lynch, V. J., A. Tanzer, Y. Wang, F. C. Leung, B. Gellersen, and G. P. Wagner 2008 Adaptive changes in the transcription factor HoxA-11 are essential for the evolution of pregnancy in mammals. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 105:14928-14933.
- Wagner, G. P., J. P. Kenny-Hunt, M. Pavlicev, J. R. Peck, D. Waxman and J. Cheverund 2008. Pleiotropic scaling of gene effects an the “cost of complexity.” Nature, 452: 470-472.
