Findley Finseth, Ph.D.
Department
Areas of Expertise
Biography
My research program investigates the evolutionary drivers of biodiversity. By complementing modern genomics studies of natural populations with classic genetics experiments, Findley’s work offers novel insight into the maintenance of genetic variation, the processes of adaptation and speciation, and the evolution of the genome itself.
Education
Ph.D., Cornell University B.S., University of Virginia
Awards and Affiliations
2010 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, College of Life and Agricultural Sciences, Cornell University
2007, 2008 Honorable Mention, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
2003 Phi Beta Kappa, University of Virginia
1999-2003 Echols Scholar, University of Virginia
Research and Publications
(Selected, see CV for complete list)
AC Case**, FR Finseth**, CM Barr, L Fishman. (2016) Selfish evolution of cytonuclear incompatibility in Mimulus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Accepted. **Shared first-authorship
M Hendrick**, FR Finseth**, M Matthiassen*, K Palmer*, E Broder*, L Fishman. (2016) Top-down and bottom-up approaches combine to identify a major gene underlying monkeyflower adaptation to an extreme habitat. Molecular Ecology, In press. doi 10.1111/mec.13752 **Shared first-authorship
FR Finseth, Y Dong, AS Saunders, L Fishman. (2015) Duplication and adaptive evolution of a key kinetochore protein in Mimulus, a genus with female meiotic drive. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 32:2694-706. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msv145
FR Finseth, ER Bondra*, RG Harrison (2014) Selective constraint dominates the evolution of a novel reproductive gland. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 12: 3266-3281.
FR Finseth, RG Harrison (2014) A comparison of next-generation sequencing technologies for transcriptome assembly and utility for RNA-Seq in a non-model bird. PLoS ONE, 9:e108550.
FR Finseth, SR Iacovelli*, RG Harrison, EK Adkins-Regan (2013) A non-semen copulatory fluid influences the outcome of sperm competition in Japanese quail. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26: 1875 -1889.