Jeremy L. Marshall

vCard Jeremy L. Marshall
cricket@ksu.edu
Affiliation:	Kansas State University
Homepage:	Marshall Lab of Evolutionary Biology
Phone:	1-785-532-5588
WorkingGroup:	EcoGen-PopGen
i5K_WorkingGroup:	Phylogenomics
Species:	Allonemobius fasciatus, Allonemobius socius
Nominations:	Allonemobius fasciatus, Allonemobius socius, Zophobas atratus, Chorthippus parallelus, Laupala kohalensis, Gryllus bimaculatus, Gryllus pennsylvanicus, Vandimenella viatica

Why sequence the Allonemobius genome?

(1) 127 publications since 1980 (a well-studied non-model insect)

(2) >3,700 citations from these publications (data from Google Scholar)

(3) Used to study ...

   i. Evolutionary Biology (77 publications)
   ii. Ecology (50 publications)
   iii. Evolutionary Genetics (42 publications)
   iv. Physiology (40 publications)
   v. Behavior (38 publications)

(4) A model for rapid evolution of new species and postmating, prezygotic isolation

(5) Several genomic tools already in place including ...

   i. RNAi has been done successfully
   ii. EST libraries (based on 454 sequencing) for ...
       a. Female reproductive tract (168,690 sequences)  
       b. Male testis (144,416 sequences)
       c. Male ACG (37,521 sequences)
   iii. Several linkage maps have been generated

(6) Significant NSF funding since the early 1980s

More details can be found at: www.k-state.edu/cricketlab/Marshall_Lab_Page/Research.html