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Jeffrey M. Marcus

Jeffrey M. Marcus

Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Western Kentucky University.
Bowling Green, KY 42101
(270) 745-2043 (office)
(270) 745-2288 (lab)
(270) 745-6856 (fax)

Office: 126 Thompson Complex North Wing (TCNW)

Lab: 3129 Complex for Engineering and Biological Sciences (CEBS) The Lab in the News


Specialty - Evolutionary Developmental Genetics

email:jeffrey.marcus@wku.edu

Research Interests:

Classes

Selected Publications

Marcus, J. M. and J. E. Seiff. Accepted. The human genome: Blueprint or Bible? In A. Bix, M. Rothschild, B. Daly, M. Golec, and L. Tweed, eds. Genomic Promises and Perils: Public Dialogues Across the Arts, Humanities, and Sciences. NIH-funded Genome Literary Project, Iowa State University.

Marcus, J. M. and T. M. Evans. 2008. A Simulation Study of Mutations in the Genetic Regulatory Hierarchy for Butterfly Eyespot Focus Determination. Biosystems. Link Simulations

Marcus, J. M. 2007. Strange Bedfellows: Report of a Red-Spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax) mating with an Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma). News of the Lepidopterists' Society 49(4): 129, 136. PDF

Marcus, J. M., B. D. Marcus, and C. V. Covell. 2007. KY Butterfly Net: An Interactive Web Database to facilitate Lepidoptera research and education in Kentucky. http://www.kybutterfly.net

Evans, T. M. and J. M. Marcus. 2006. A Simulation Study of the Genetic Regulatory Hierarchy for Butterfly Eyespot Focus Determination. Evolution & Development 8 (3): 273-283. Link PDF Simulations

Marcus, J. M. 2005. A Partial Solution to the C-Value Paradox. Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics 3678: 97-105. Link PDF Online Supplement

Marcus, J. M. 2005. Point of View: Students, Butterflies, and Cancer. Journal of College Science Teaching 35 (3): 8-10. Link PDF

Marcus, J. M. 2005. Jumping Genes and AFLP Maps: Transforming Lepidopteran Color Pattern Genetics. Evolution & Development 7 (2): 108-114. Link PDF

Hughes, T. M. and J. M. Marcus. 2004. Recombination mapping of P[lacW] transposons. Drosophila Information Service 87: 49-52. Link PDF

Marcus, J. M., D. M. Ramos, A. Monteiro. 2004. Transformation of the butterfly Bicyclus anynana. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B (Supplement: Biology Letters) 27 (S5): 263-265. Link PDF

Marcus, J. M. 2003. Recombination mapping of P-element transposon inserts: A new set of laboratory exercises for an undergraduate genetics course. Drosophila Information Service 86: 168-171. Link PDF

Marcus, J. M. 2003. Female site-specific transposase-induced recombination (FaSSTIR): A high-efficiency method for fine-mapping mutations on the X-chromosome in Drosophila. Genetics 163 (2): 591-597. Link PDF

Marcus, J. M. 2001. The development and evolution of crossveins in insect wings. Journal of Anatomy 199 (1&2): 211-216. Link PDF

Marcus, J. M. 2001. A Teaching Statement. Chronicle for Higher Education Career Network. Link

Marcus, J. M. and J. E. Seiff. 2000. Why don't creationists use private schools? Nature 407 (6805): 671. Link

Marcus, J. M. and A.R. McCune. 1999. Ontogeny and phylogeny in the northern swordtail clade of the genus Xiphophorus. Systematic Biology 48 (3): 491-522. Link PDF

 

Outside interests

  • Leaping tall buildings in a single bound

  • Rescuing lost kittens from the upper branches of trees

  • Defending people's rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

  • Photography

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