Functional Genomics

这个星球上有各种各样的生物体，但生物学中一个悬而未决的问题是新物种如何在遗传水平上形成和维持。 物种形成和维持的问题对于我们理解进化和保护濒危物种至关重要。 物种形成研究的两个主要目标是确定阻止物种间繁殖的遗传因素，并确定驱动其分歧的进化力量。 我的研究主要集中在识别和表征基因有助于在物种内和物种之间的生殖特征的变化，提供新的见解，通过哪些新物种的形成机制，以及提高我们的复杂性状的遗传基础的一般理解。

There is a wide variety of organisms on this planet, yet one of the great unanswered questions in biology is how new species are formed and maintained at the genetic level. The question of species formation and maintenance is critical for our understanding of evolution as well as the conservation of endangered species. Two primary goals of research on species formation are determining the genetic factors that prevent interspecies reproduction and identifying the evolutionary forces driving their divergence. My research focuses on the identification and characterization of genes contributing to variation in reproductive traits both within and between species, providing novel insight into the mechanisms by which new species are formed as well as enhancing our general understanding of the genetic basis of complex traits.