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Drosophilaphilia #2: Silencing silencers to evolve new patterns.   Nice thoughtful overview on my collaborator’s new publication!

Genetic Changes to a Transcriptional Silencer Element Confers Phenotypic Diversity within and between Drosophila Species Winslow C. Johnson , Alison J. Ordway , Masayoshi Watada, Jonathan N. Pruitt, Thomas M. Williams, Mark Rebeiz Author Summary One of the greatest challenges … Continue reading →

The Evolutionary Origination and Diversification of a Dimorphic Gene Regulatory Network through Parallel Innovations in cis andtrans Eric M. Camino, John C. Butts, Alison Ordway, Jordan E. Vellky, Mark Rebeiz, Thomas M. Williams “Author Summary The genomic content of regulatory … Continue reading →

Tom Williams will tell the the Pub Science community about “Beyond the Birds and the Bees: Molecular Insights About the Making and Evolution of Fruit Fly Sexually Dimorphic Traits” on Tuesday September 9th. The presentation will begin at 7 PM … Continue reading →

This is the official web home for the research group of Thomas M. Williams that was founded July 1st 2009 in the Biology Department at the University of Dayton. This website is our attempt to make our interests and findings … Continue reading →