The University of Arizona

Bruce Walsh

Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Molecular & Cellular Biology
Ph.D., University of Washington

Molecular evolution, genomics, population and quantitative genetics.

Research Interests

Genetics and evolution of complex genetic traits (i.e., quantitative genetics), molecular and genome evolution, statistical genetics.

Select Publications

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Redd, A.J., V.F. Chamberlain, V.F. Kearney, D. Stover, T. Karafet, K. Calderon, B. Walsh, and M.F. Hammer. 2006. Genetic structure among 38 populations from the United States based on 11 U.S.core Y chromosome STRs. Journal of Forensic Science 51: 580-585.

Hammer, M.F., V.F. Chamberlain, V.F. Kearney, D. Stover, G. Zhang, T. Karafet, B. Walsh, and A.J. Redd. 2005. Population structure of Y chromosome SNP haplogroups in the United States and forensic implications for constructing Y chromosome STR databases. Forensic Science International (in press).

Walsh, B., and D. Henderson. 2004. Microarrays and beyond: what potential do current and future genomics tools have for breeders? Journal of Animal Science 82 E-Suppl: E292-299.

Marnell, L.L., G.G. Garcia-Vargas, U.K. Chowdhury, R.A. Zakharyan, B. Walsh, M.D. Avram, M.J. Kopplin, M.E. Cebrian, E.K. Silbergeld, and H.V. Aposhian. 2003. Polymorphisms in the human monomethylarsonic acid (MMA V) reductase/hGSTO1 gene and changes in urinary arsenic profiles. Chemical Research in Toxicology 16: 1507-1513.

Walsh, B. 2003. Population-genetic models of the fates of duplicate genes. Genetica 118: 279-294.

Redd, A.J., J. Roberts-Thomson, T. Karafet, M. Bamshad, L.B. Jorde, J.M. Naidu, B. Walsh, and M.F. Hammer. 2002. Gene flow from the Indian subcontinent to Australia: evidence from the Y chromosome. Current Biology 12: 673-677.

Walsh, B. 2001. Quantitative genetics in the age of genomics. Theoretical Population Biology 59: 175-184 .

Walsh, B. 2001. Estimating the time to the MRCA for the Y chromosome or mtDNA for a pair of individuals. Genetics 158: 897-912.

Lynch, M., and B. Walsh. 1998. Genetics and Analysis of Quantitative Traits. 990 pp. Sinauer Associates.

Contact Information

    Mailing:
    Bruce Walsh, Professor
    Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
    University of Arizona
    Biological Sciences West 322
    P.O. Box 210088
    Tucson, AZ 85721-0088

    Telephone:
    520-621-1915 (Office)

    Fax:
    520-621-9190

    Email:
    jbwalsh@email.arizona.edu

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