John M. Mercer
Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biology
Education
Ph.D., Yale University 1981
Louise Roth, V, and Mercer, JM. "Themes and variation in sciurid evolution." In Evolution of the Rodents: Advances in Phylogeny, Functional Morphology and Development, 221-245. January 1, 2015. Full Text
Mercer, JM. "Cooperativity." In Brenner's Encyclopedia of Genetics: Second Edition, 183-187. February 27, 2013. Full Text
Mercer, JM. "Unequal Crossing Over." In Brenner's Encyclopedia of Genetics: Second Edition, 252-256. February 27, 2013. Full Text
Fernandez de la Mora, J, Mercer, JM, Rosner, DE, and Fenn, JB. "Simplified kinetic treatment of heavy molecule velocity persistence effects: Application to species separation." In Rarefied Gas Dynamics: Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics,edited by SS Fisher, 617-626. 1981.
Turck, CJ, Frazee, E, Kram, B, Daley, MJ, Day, SA, Horner, D, Lesch, C, Mercer, JM, Plewa, AM, Herout, P, and Critical Care Pharmacotherapy Literature Update Group, . "Major publications in the critical care pharmacotherapy literature: February 2012 through February 2013." American Journal of Health System Pharmacy : Ajhp : Official Journal of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists 71, no. 1 (January 2014): 68-77. Full Text
Bennett, SM, Mercer, JM, and Noor, MAF. "Slip-sliding away: serial changes and homoplasy in repeat number in the Drosophila yakuba homolog of human cancer susceptibility gene BRCA2. (Published online)" PLoS One 5, no. 6 (June 8, 2010): e11006-. Full Text Open Access Copy
Siegel, SJ, Percopo, CM, Dyer, KD, Zhao, W, Roth, VL, Mercer, JM, and Rosenberg, HF. "RNase 1 genes from the family Sciuridae define a novel rodent ribonuclease cluster." Mammalian Genome 20, no. 11-12 (2009): 749-757. Full Text
Louise Roth, V, and Mercer, JM. "Differing rates of macroevolutionary diversification in arboreal squirrels." Current Science 95, no. 7 (October 10, 2008): 857-861.
Kronauer, DJC, Bergmann, PJ, Mercer, JM, and Russell, AP. "A phylogeographically distinct and deep divergence in the widespread Neotropical turnip-tailed gecko, Thecadactylus rapicauda." Mol Phylogenet Evol 34, no. 2 (February 2005): 431-437. Full Text
Mercer, JM, and Roth, VL. "The effects of Cenozoic global change on squirrel phylogeny." Science 299, no. 5612 (March 7, 2003): 1568-1572. Full Text
Louise Roth, V, and Mercer, JM. "Morphometrics in development and evolution." American Zoologist 40, no. 5 (December 1, 2000): 801-810.
Zeng, ZB, Liu, J, Stam, LF, Kao, CH, Mercer, JM, and Laurie, CC. "Genetic architecture of a morphological shape difference between two Drosophila species." Genetics 154, no. 1 (January 2000): 299-310.
Laurie, CC, True, JR, Liu, J, and Mercer, JM. "An introgression analysis of quantitative trait loci that contribute to a morphological difference between Drosophila simulans and D. mauritiana." Genetics 145, no. 2 (February 1997): 339-348.
Liu, J, Mercer, JM, Stam, LF, Gibson, GC, Zeng, ZB, and Laurie, CC. "Genetic analysis of a morphological shape difference in the male genitalia of Drosophila simulans and D. mauritiana." Genetics 142, no. 4 (April 1996): 1129-1145.
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Selected Grants
(97-1024) Molecular Systematics of the Sciuridae awarded by National Science Foundation (Co-Principal Investigator). 1998 to 2002