David G. King
Associate Professor Emeritus
How do complex behaviors and other adaptations emerge from the molecular organization of cells and genomes? I am especially interested in the genetic "protocols" and mutational mechanisms that support adaptive evolution.
Education
Ph.D.,University of California, San Diego
Courses taught
ZOOL 409 (Histology), BIOL 315 (History of Biology)
Areas of interest
Evolution, Neurobiology, Histology
Selected Recent Publications
King, D.G., (2012) Indirect selection of implicit mutation protocols. In: Effects of Genome and Sequence on the Generation of Variation and Evolution, vol. 1267, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
King, D.G., and Y. Kashi (2011) Genetic variation among developing brain cells. Science e-letter.
King, D.G. (2011) Evolution of simple sequence repeats as mutable sites. In: AJ Hannan, ed.,Tandem Repeat Polymorphisms: Genetic Plasticity, Neural Diversity and Disease, Landes Bioscience and Springer Science+Business Media.
King, D.G. and Y. Kashi (2009) Heretical DNA sequences? Science 326: 229-230.
Fondon III, J., E.A.D. Hammock, A.J. Hannan, and D.G. King (2008) Simple sequence repeats: Genetic modulators of brain function. Trends in Neurosciences 31:328-334.
For more information on my research program (and related links), please see my webpage.