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Biology

Michael F. Palopoli

Associate Professor of Biology, Chair of Biology Department

Contact Information

mpalopol@bowdoin.edu
207-725-3657
Biology
BIOLOGY
130D Druckenmiller Hall


Spring 2013

  • Evolution (BIO 216)
  • Evolution (BIO 216L1)
  • Evolution (BIO 216L2)
  • Molecular Evolution (BIO 317)
  • Advanced Independent Study and Honors in Biology (BIO 402)
  • Advanced Independent Study and Honors in Biology (BIO 403)


Education

  • B.S. Psychology, University of Michigan, 1987
  • M.S. Biology, University of Michigan, 1989
  • Ph.D. Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 1995

Teaching Area

  • Evolutionary Biology

Research Interests

  • My teaching and research interests are centered within the field of evolutionary genetics. Current research projects include: testing models of antagonistic coevolution by studying populations of nematodes that have evolved under different mating conditions; developing transgenic technology in fruit flies in order to test hypotheses about the function of non-coding DNA (collaboration with Jack Bateman); and using mitochondrial genome sequences to investigate the coevolutionary relationships between follicle mites and their mammalian hosts

Other Interests

  • Science fiction, online gaming,

(* indicates Bowdoin College undergraduate coauthor)

Palopoli MF, Rockman MV, TinMaung A*, Ramsay C*, Curwen S*, Aduna A*, Laurita J*, and Kruglyak L. 2008. Molecular basis of the copulatory plug polymorphism in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature 454: 1019-1022.  doi:10.1038/nature07171).

Prachumwat A*, DeVincentis L*, Palopoli MF. 2004. Intron size correlates positively with recombination rate in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 166:1585-90

Graustein A*, Walters J*, Gaspar J*, and Palopoli MF. 2002. Levels of DNA polymorphism vary with mating systems in the nematode genus Caenorhabditis. Genetics 161: 99-107.
Graustein_etal2002

Suzuki Y* and Palopoli MF. 2001. Evolution of insect abdominal appendages: Are prolegs homologous or convergent traits? Development, Genes, and Evolution 211: 486-492.
Suzuki Palopoli2001

Palopoli MF. 2000. Genetic partners in crime: Evolution of an ultraselfish supergene that specializes in sperm sabotage. Pp. 113-116 in Wolf, J, ED Brodie III, and MJ Wade, (eds.) Epistasis and the Evolutionary Process. Oxford Press, Oxford.

Palopoli MF and Patel NH. 1998. Evolution of the interaction between Hox genes and a downstream target. Current Biology 8: 587-590.

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