RUSSELL PFAU

Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Tarleton State University
United States of America

Professor Genetics
Biography

My primary focus is population and evolutionary genetics, specifically studying how populations differ genetically and why. I'm especially interested in understanding how the landscape affects gene flow across a species' geographical distribution. My students and I collect study specimens from the field and then analyze their DNA in the lab using techniques such as DNA sequencing and fragment analysis (e.g. microsatellites & AFLP)

Research Intrest

Genetics,Genetic Techniques, Ecology & Evolution and Biology Problems.

List of Publications
Pfau RS, Braun JK (2013) Occurrence of the northern short-tailed shrew (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae: Blarina brevicauda) in Oklahoma. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science
Ammerman LK, Lee DN, Pfau RS (2016) Patterns of genetic divergence among Myotis californicus, M. ciliolabrum, and M. leibii based on amplified fragment length polymorphism. Acta Chiropterologica, 18: 337-347
Pfau RS, Figueroa AP (2016) Distribution of short-tailed shrews (Mammalia: Soricidae: Blarina) in Missouri. The Prairie Naturalist, 48: 56-58.