research Interests:

The Evolution of Developmental Mechanisms

The Genetic and Developmental Basis of Phenotypic variation

Color Pattern Formation in Butterflies and Moths

The Role of Cell - signaling in pattern Formation

crossvein development in drosophila

creating new genetic mapping techniques

courses:

Biology 327 - Genetics

recent Publications:

Marcus, J.M. , D.M. Ramos, A. Monteiro. 2004. Transformation of the Butterfly Bicyclus Anynana. Proceeding of the Royal Society of London B (Supplement: Biology Letters) 27 (S5): 263-265.

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.

Marcus, J.M. 2001. The Development and Evolution of Crossveins in Insect Wings. Journal of Anatomy. 199 (1&2): 211-216.

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

Marcus, J.M. and J.E. Seiff. 2000. Why Don't Creationists Use Private Schools? Nature 407 (6805): 671.

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.