Mohamed A. F. Noor

Professor of Biology

Office: 
130 Science Drive, Room 137, Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: 
Duke Box 90338, Biology Department, Durham, NC 27708-4129
Phone: 
(919) 668-2728
Email: 
noor@duke.edu
Mohamed A. F. Noor
Research in my laboratory strives to understand what genetic changes contribute to the formation of new species, what maintains fitness-related variation in natural populations, and how the process of genetic recombination affects both species formation and molecular evolution. Our approaches combine classical genetic, molecular genetic, and genomic/ bioinformatic analyses, along with occasional forays into areas like animal behavior (in relation to speciation). I am also very interested in helping develop educational activities (K-12 or college) in genetics and evolution.  See my lab webpage for more detailed information: https://sites.google.com/site/noorlabduke/ 

Education

  • Ph.D., The University of Chicago 1996

  • B.S., College of William and Mary 1992

Noor, M. A., M. Pascual, and K. R. Smith. “Genetic variation in the spread of Drosophila subobscura from a nonequilibrium population.” Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 54, no. 2 (April 2000): 696–703. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00071.x. Full Text

Noor, M. A., and K. R. Smith. “Recombination, statistical power, and genetic studies of sexual isolation in Drosophila.” The Journal of Heredity 91, no. 2 (March 2000): 99–103. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/91.2.99. Full Text

Noor, M. A., M. D. Schug, and C. F. Aquadro. “Microsatellite variation in populations of Drosophila pseudoobscura and Drosophila persimilis.” Genetical Research 75, no. 1 (February 2000): 25–35. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016672399004024. Full Text

Noor, M. A. F. “Effects of Genetic Dominance on Runaway Sexual Selection.” Adaptive Behavior 8, no. 4 (January 1, 2000): 255–65. https://doi.org/10.1177/105971230000800303. Full Text

Noor, M. A. F. “On the evolution of female mating preferences as pleiotropic byproducts of adaptive evolution.” Adaptive Behavior 8, no. 1 (January 1, 2000): 3–12. https://doi.org/10.1177/105971230000800101. Full Text

Noor, M. A. F. “Effects of genetic dominance on runaway sexual selection.” Adaptive Behavior 8, no. 3–4 (2000): 255–66.

Noor, MAF, Williams, MA, Alvarez, D, and Ruiz-García, M. "Lack of evolutionary divergence in courtship songs of Drosophila pseudoobscura subspecies." Journal of Insect Behavior 13, no. 2 (2000): 255-262. Full Text

Noor, M. A. “Reinforcement and other consequences of sympatry.” Heredity 83 ( Pt 5) (November 1999): 503–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.hdy.6886320. Full Text

Noor, M. A. F., and C. F. Aquadro. “Courtship songs of Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis: analysis of variation.” Animal Behaviour 56, no. 1 (July 1998): 115–25. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1998.0779. Full Text

Schug, M. D., C. M. Hutter, M. A. Noor, and C. F. Aquadro. “Mutation and evolution of microsatellites in Drosophila melanogaster.” Genetica 102–103, no. 1–6 (January 1998): 359–67. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1017083025154. Full Text

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