Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Computational Biologist Melissa Wilson on Sex Chromosomes, Gila Monsters, and Career Advice – Biomedical Beat Blog – National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Computational Biologist Melissa Wilson on Sex Chromosomes, Gila Monsters, and Career Advice – Biomedical Beat Blog – National Institute of General Medical Sciences

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Computational Biologist Melissa Wilson on Sex Chromosomes, Gila Monsters, and Career Advice

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Melissa Wilson wearing a floral dress and speaking beside a podium during her lecture.Dr. Melissa Wilson.
Credit: Chia-Chi Charlie Chang.
The X and Y chromosomes, also known as sex chromosomes, differ greatly from each other. But in two regions, they are practically identical, said Melissa Wilson Link to external web site, assistant professor of genomics, evolution, and bioinformatics at Arizona State University.
“We’re interested in studying how the process of evolution shaped the X and the Y chromosome in gene content and expression and how that subsequently affects literally everything else that comes with being a human,” she said at the April 10 NIGMS Director’s Early-Career Investigator (ECI) Lectureat NIH.
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