peopleSiobain Duffy
Postdoctoral Researcher
Email: smd16@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-6471
Fax: 814-865-9131
Office: 610 Mueller Laboratory
Research
I am interested in understanding how emerging viruses create and maintain genetic diversity and how they adapt to novel environments. I am also interested in how genomic architecture (i.e. RNA or DNA genome, size of genome) and ecological history constrain future evolution. My specific interests include:
- Experimental evolution
- The relative importance of mutation and recombination in the evolution of small DNA viruses
- The nucleotide substitution rate of Geminiviruses, ssDNA plant viruses which are devastating crop pathogens.
- The evolution of segmentation in RNA and DNA viruses