Charles H. Langley
Distinguished Professor of Genetics
chlangley@ucdavis.edu
rooted1.ucdavis.edu
Evolution and Ecology
Office
3342B Storer Hall
752-4085
Degrees:
1971
PhD
University of Texas, Austin
Zoology
1968
BA
University of Texas, Austin
Zoology
Research Interests:
Population genetics and molecular evolution.
Awards:
The Genetics Society of America Medal - 1999
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 2007
Department and Center Affiliations:
Department of Evolution and Ecology
Center for Population Biology
Professional Societies:
Genetics Society of America
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Genetics
Population Biology
Specialties / Focus:
Genetics
Animal Genomics
Chromosome Biology
Publications:
Last updated 10/5/2012
Stephan, W., Y. Song and C.H. Langley: The hitchhiking effect on linkage disequilibrium between linked neutral sites. Genetics 172;: 2647-2663, 2006.
Begun, D.J, A.K. Holloway, K. Stevens, L.W. Hillier, Y-P. Poh, M.W. Hahn, P.M. Nista, C.D. Jones, A.D. Kern, C. Dewey, L. Pachter, E. Myers, C.H. Langley. Population genomics: whole-genome analysis of polymorphism and divergence in Drosophila simulans. PLoS Biology 5:e310, 2007.
Langley, C.H., M. Crepeau, C. Cardeno, R. Corbett-Detig, and K. Stevens. Circumventing heterozygosity: Sequencing the amplified genome of a single haploid Drosophila melanogaster embryo. Genetics 188:239-246, 2011, doi:10.1534/genetics.111.127530.
Langley, C.H., K. Stevens, C. Cardeno, Y.C. Lee, D.R. Schrider, J.E. Pool, S. A. Langley, C. Suarez, R.B. Corbett-Detig, B. Kolaczkowski, S. Fang, P.M. Nista, A.K. Holloway, A.D. Kern, C.N. Dewey, Y.S. Song, M.W. Hahn, D.J. Begun. Genomic Variation in Natural Populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 192:533-598, 2012, doi:10.1534/genetics.112.142018.
J.E. Pool, R. Corbett-Detig, R.P. Sugino, K.A. Stevens, C.M. Cardeno, M.W. Crepeau, P. Duchen, J.J. Emerson, P. Saelao, D.J. Begun, and C.H. Langley Population genomics of sub-Saharan Drosophila melanogaster: African diversity and non-African admixture. (in press; http://arxiv.org/pdf/1208.4864.pdf).
Teaching Interests:
Genetics, Evolution, Population Genetics, Genomics and Molecular evolution.
Courses:
EVE
102
Popn & Quant Genetics
BIS
101
Genes & Gene Expression