Ward Watt
Academic Appointments
- Professor, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)
Contact Information
- Academic
Offices
Personal Information Tel (650) 723-4297
Professional Snapshot
Administrative Appointments
- President, California Academy of Sciences (2003 - present)
- Trustee, California Academy of Sciences (1997 - present)
Professional Education
| PhD: | Yale University, Biology (1967) |
| MS: | Yale University, Biology (1964) |
| BA: | Yale University, Scholar of the House (Zoology) (1962) |
Scientific Focus
Publications
- A mitochondrial-DNA-based phylogeny for some evolutionary-genetic model species of Colias butterflies (Lepidoptera, Pieridae). Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2008; (3): 893-902
- From DNA to fitness differences: sequences and structures of adaptive variants of Colias phosphoglucose isomerase (PGI). Mol Biol Evol. 2006; (3): 499-512
- Adaptation at specific loci. VII. Natural selection, dispersal and the diversity of molecular-functional variation patterns among butterfly species complexes (Colias: Lepidoptera, Pieridae). Mol Ecol. 2003; (5): 1265-75
- Molecular-functional studies of adaptive genetic variation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Annu Rev Genet. 2000: 593-622
- Flight-muscle adenylate pool responses to flight demands and thermal constraints in individual Colias eurytheme (Lepidoptera, pieridae). J Exp Biol. 1999; (Pt 22): 3145-54
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