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PhD Student in Genetics, Iowa State University
MS, Zoology, University of South Florida BS, Zoology/Genetics, Iowa State University
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253 Bessey E-mail: schwartz@iastate.edu Web Page: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~schwartz/ |
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Contact Details
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Tonia S. Schwartz |
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Orchid, Sabah, Borneo |
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Pitcher plant, Sabah, Borneo |
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Chameleon, South Africa |
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Currently, I am a PhD student in the Interdepartmental Genetics Program at Iowa State University, and a NSF-IGERT Trainee in computational molecular biology. I am co-advised by Anne Bronikowski in the Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology Department (EEOB) and Jo-Anne Powell-Coffman in the Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology Department (GDCB). My doctorate research is on the acclimation and evolution of gene expression and gene regulatory networks involved in stress, immunity, and aging. To explore these interconnected life history traits, I am using two complementary model systems: natural populations of garter snakes (T. elegans) with evolved differences in their life histories as an ecological genomics model; and nematodes (C. elegans) as a laboratory genetic model for experimental evolution studies.
Research Interests: I am interested in many aspects of evolutionary genetics, particularly at the population level. Topics of interest include: · population and conservation genetics/genomics; · evolution of regulatory elements and gene networks, · evolution of stress responses and aging, · sexual selection and sexual conflict, · sex chromosome evolution, and · evolution of plasticity in molecular pathways leading to canalization or phenotypic plasticity
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