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Philip Hedrick

Philip Hedrick

Ullman Professor of Biology, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Philip.Hedrick@asu.edu

480-965-0799

School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University
PO Box 874501
Tempe, AZ 85287-4501
USA

Titles

  • Ullman Professor of Biology, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Biography

Dr. Hedrick's research focuses on the conservation genetics of endangered species and the genetic bases of evolutionary processes. Recent projects in his laboratory have examined the effects of inbreeding and outbreeding on fitness-related characters in Sonoran topminnows, Mexican and red wolves, and bighorn sheep. Current projects in the laboratory examine patterns of variation and factors affecting variability at major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and microsatellite loci. The MHC, whose genes are involved in immune response, are the most polymorphic loci known in many vertebrates. MHC and microsatellite variation have been examined in the Gila topminnows, desert bighorn sheep, Arabian oryx, and winter-run chinook salmon. He is also interested in theoretical research on the maintenance of genetic variation and inbreeding depression.

Education

  • PhD, Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1968
  • MS, Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1966
  • BA, Biology, Hanover College, 1964

Expertise

Journal Articles

2009

Gonzalez-Suarez, M., R. Flatz, D. Aurioles-Gamboa, P. Hedrick and L. R. Gerber. 2009. Isolation by distance among California sea lion populations in Mexico: Redefining management stocks. Molecular Ecology 18(6):1088-1099. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04093.x. (link )