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R. CRAIG ALBERTSON. Assistant Professor

rcalbert@syr.edu
Office: 256
Life Sciences Comlex
(LSC)
Phone: 315-443-8106, lab 315-443-8193 / fax: 315-443-2012

Education:
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire, 2002

Postdoc, The Forsyth Institute, Department of Cytokine Biology
   and Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Department of Oral and
   Developmental Biology, 2002-06

RESEARCH

Evolution and development of the craniofacial skeleton; comparative embryology; quantitative genetics; geometric morphometric shape analysis

Albertson Lab at Syracuse University: http://albertsonlab.syr.edu/research.html

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Albertson RC, and Yelick PC. (2007) Fgf8 haploinsufficiency results in distinct craniofacial defects in adult zebrafish. Dev. Biol. 306:505-15. [PDF]

Albertson RC, and Kocher TD (2006) Genetic and developmental basis of cichlid trophic diversity. Heredity. 97:211-21. [PDF]

Albertson RC, Streelman JT, Kocher TD, and Yelick PC. (2005) Integration and evolution of the cichlid mandible: Molecular basis of alternate feeding strategies. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 102: 16287-92. [PDF]

Albertson RC, and Yelick PC. (2005) Roles for fgf8 signaling in left-right patterning of the visceral organs and craniofacial skeleton. Dev. Biol. 283: 310-21. [PDF]

Albertson RC, and Kocher TD. (2005) Genetic architecture sets limits on transgressive segregation in hybrid cichlid fishes. Evolution. 59: 686-690. [PDF]

Albertson RC, Streelman JT, and Kocher TD. (2003) Directional selection has shaped the oral jaws of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100: 5252-5257. [PDF]

 

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