2006-2007 MIE-STEM Faculty Mini-Grants Recipient

"Elucidating the evolution of alternative spliced exons within the Arthropod lineage of the Dscam family"

Dr. Mack Crayton III
Biology

Student Assistants (Left to Right)
Randal Harris, Arie Shaw, Delvia Sidberry, & Shana Williams

Abstract
The goal of this project is to gain a better understanding of the role mutually exclusive alternative splicing has played in the evolution of the Dscam gene family toward brain development and genome reorganization