Jay Hollick
Department of Molecular Genetics
500 Aronoff Laboratory
318 West 12th Avenue
Columbus, OH
43210
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Areas of Expertise
- Non-Mendelian inheritance
- Epigenetic mechanism of gene control
- Heterosis
Education
- Ph.D. Biochemistry University of Washington, Seattle, 1993
Heritable epigenetic variation represents a poorly understood, yet significant, component of evolutionary biology. We use genetic, cytogenetic, genomic, and molecular approaches in corn to understand both the molecular mechanism and biological function of paramutation - a process responsible for meiotically heritable epigenetic changes in gene regulation. Our studies highlight novel aspects of eukaryotic chromosome organization and function.