WALLACE D. DAWSON

Wallace D. Dawson

Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. (Genetics) Ohio State University (1962)
803-777-3107
dawson@biol.sc.edu

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Mammalian Genetics and Speciation

Although I have retired from active service on the faculty, I remain involved as a consultant and/or co-investigator associated with the research programs conducted by the Peromyscus Genetic Stock Center. My long-time interests center on genetics of speciation in mammals, using mice of the genus Peromyscus as experimental organisms. My reseach program has now been encompassed in the mission of the Peromyscus Stock Center under the direction of Dr. Michael J. Dewey. I am willing to serve as an ad hoc member of graduate student advisory committees where appropriate and when my expertise and experience may be relevant.

I am particularly interested in the genetics of experimental interspecific hybridization as providing insight into speciation processes. I also have a long-time interest in development of a medium density genetic linkage map for Peromyscus.

I serve as editor of PEROMYSCUS NEWSLETTER and as a data coordinator for PeroBase, the on-line database for Peromyscus.

Former Students and Associates:

4 Post-doctoral and/or Visiting Faculty Associates
9 Ph.D. Students (Degree Completed)
15 M.S. Students (Degree Completed)

PUBLICATIONS (36 total)

Dawson, W. D. 1965. Fertility and size inheritance in a Peromyscus species cross. Evolution, 19:44-55.

Rogers, J. F. and W. D. Dawson. 1970. Fetal and placental size in a Peromyscus species cross. J. Reprod.Fert., 21:255-262.

Te, G. A. and W. D. Dawson. 1971. Chromosomal polymorphism in Peromyscus polionotus. Cytogenetics, 10:255-234.

Dawson, W. D., L. L. Huang, M.R. Felder, and J. B. Shaffer. 1983. Linkage relationships among eleven biochemical loci in Peromyscus. Biochem. Genetics, 21:1101-1114.

Kass, D. H., F. G. Berger, and W. D. Dawson. 1992. The evolution of coexisting highly divergent LINE-1 subfamilies within the rodent genus Peromyscus. J. Mol. Evol. , 35:472-485.

Dawson, W. D., M. N. Sagedy, L. En-yu, D. H. Kass, and J. P. Crossland. 1993. Growth regulation in Peromyscus hybrids: A test for mitochond-nuclear genomic interaction. Growth Devel. Aging, 57:121-133.

Dawson, W. D. and D. S. Rogers. 1993. The genetic linkage map of the deermouse (Peromyscus maniculatus). In S. J. O'Brien, Ed., GENETIC MAPS, 6:4.232-4.235. [Revised from 1984, 1987, 1990. GENETIC MAPS, 3:374-377; 4:470-473; 5:4.96-4.99]

Cowling, K., R. J. Robbins, G. R. Haigh, S. K. Teed, and W. D. Dawson. 1994. Coat color genetics of Peromyscus. IV. Variable white, a new dominant mutation in the deermouse. J. Hered. , 85:48-52.

Greenbaum, I. F., S. J. Gunn, S. A. Smith, B. F. McAllister, D. W. Hale, R. J. Baker, M. D. Engstrom, M. J. Hamilton, W. S. Modi, L. W. Robbins, D. S. Rogers, O. G. Ward, W. D. Dawson, F. F. B. Elder, M. R. Lee, S. Pathak, and F. B. Stangl, Jr. 1994. Cytogenetic nomenclature of deer mice, Peromyscus (Rodentia): Revision and review of the standardized karyotype. Cytogenet. Cell Genet, 66:181-195.

Wang, Z., S. R. Young, L. Liu, and W. D. Dawson. 1995. Assignment of Tp53 and Tk1 to chromosome 13 in Peromyscus by in situ hybridization. Cytogenet. Cell Genet. , 69:97-100.

Roth, V. L. and W. D. Dawson. 1996. Coat color genetics of Peromyscus. V. California blonde, a new recessive mutation in the deermouse. J. Hered. 87:403-406.

Joyner, C. P., L. C. Myrick, J. P. Crossland, and W. D. Dawson. 1998. Deer mice as laboratory animals. ILARJ. (Submitted)

Dawson, W. D., S. R. Young, Z. Wang, L. W. Liu, I. F. Greenbaum, L. Davis, and J. M. Scalzi. 1998. Homology among Mus and Peromyscus chromosomes established by fluorescence in situ hybridization using three mouse chromosome probes. (In preparation)

Database

Rose, J. R. and W. D. Dawson. 1998. PeroBase, an informatics database for Peromyscus. URL: http://wotan.cse.sc.edu/perobase/ (Under construction)

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