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THE MALLARINO LAB AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY |
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Our lab is broadly motivated by two central questions: (1) What genetic and developmental mechanisms underlie the establishment of morphological, physiological, and behavioral traits? and (2) How are these processes modified over evolutionary time to generate the spectacular phenotypic diversity observed in nature? To address these questions, we harness naturally evolved variation in carefully selected “non-traditional” species that are both experimentally tractable and amenable to molecular tool development. We combine high-throughput genomics, experimental embryology, computational biology, and evolutionary genetics to develop a comprehensive understanding of trait formation. This integrative approach allows us to progress from the discovery of molecular mechanisms to their functional validation, thereby establishing direct links between genotype and phenotype. Please navigate to the RESEARCH page to find a description of the different projects that are currently ongoing in our lab |
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