Functional Genomics

这个星球上有各种各样的生物，然而生物学中一个悬而未决的大问题是新物种是如何形成并在遗传水平上维持的。物种形成和维持的问题对我们理解进化和濒危物种的保护至关重要。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和确定推动物种分化的进化力量。我的研究主要集中在物种内和物种间生殖性状变异的基因鉴定和表征，为新物种形成的机制提供了新的见解，并增强了我们对复杂性状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.