Melissa Wilson is a computational evolutionary biologist whose main research interests include sex-biased biology. She studies the evolution of sex chromosomes (X and Y in mammals), why mutation rates differ between males and females, and how changes in population history affect the sex chromosomes differently than the non-sex chromosomes. Generally she studies mammals, but is also curious about the sex-biased biology of flies, worms and plants.
Professor Wilson is also active in public science engagement and outreach. She routinely teaches in K-12 classrooms, and regularly engages the public in discussions about the difference between sex and gender, the importance (or not) of genetic inheritance, and understanding evolution.
She teaches evolution and computational biology.
Sex chromosome evolution and sex-biased mutation; Evolution; Comparative Genomics; Bioinformatics; Pregnancy; Spermatogenesis; Oogenesis.
Summer 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Spring 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BMI 482 | Capstone I |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 494 | Special Topics |
MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Fall 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 439 | Computing for Research |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 539 | Computing for Research |
Summer 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 439 | Computing for Research |
BMI 482 | Capstone I |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 494 | Special Topics |
MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 539 | Computing for Research |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Summer 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 494 | Special Topics |
MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
EVO 598 | Special Topics |
BIO 598 | Special Topics |
EVO 610 | Research Areas of Evolution |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 439 | Computing for Research |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
BIO 539 | Computing for Research |
EVO 539 | Computing for Research |
BIO 598 | Special Topics |
EVO 598 | Special Topics |
EVO 610 | Research Areas of Evolution |
Summer 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 494 | Special Topics |
MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
EVO 598 | Special Topics |
BIO 598 | Special Topics |
EVO 610 | Research Areas of Evolution |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ASM 394 | Special Topics |
BIO 394 | Special Topics |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
EVO 598 | Special Topics |
BIO 598 | Special Topics |
EVO 610 | Research Areas of Evolution |
Summer 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
EVO 598 | Special Topics |
BIO 598 | Special Topics |
EVO 610 | Research Areas of Evolution |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
EVO 610 | Research Areas of Evolution |