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James J. Bull
Johann Friedrich Miescher Regents Professor in Molecular Biology

Email: bull@mail.utexas.edu
Website
Main Office: PAT 131
Phone: 471-8266

Alternate Office: PAT 128-138
Alt. Phone: (512) 471-5661

Mailing Address
The University of Texas at Austin - ICMB
1 University Station C0930
2415 Speedway
Austin ,TX 78712-1095
James J. Bull

Research Summary

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Evolutionary genetics from the molecular to the phenotypic levels comprises the bulk of my research. Specific topics include the evolution of virulence, evolutionary robustness and redundancy, the genetic basis of adaptation, and phylogeny reconstruction. Experimental systems are developed in which evolution occurs over short time periods in the laboratory; the evolved lines are then analyzed at the molecular genetic level, so that the course of evolution is known with certainty. Research organisms are chiefly bacteriophage, enabling complete genome sequencing. Students are encouraged to initiate their research on a well-defined model system to gain experience and then expand their research to problems of their own design.