Epernicus: Christopher Toomajian, Ph.D.

Christopher Toomajian, Ph.D.

Positions:
Assistant Professor

Plant Pathology

Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS)

Post Doctoral Fellow

Molecular and Computational Biology

University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Degrees:

Ph.D., Genetics, University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

B.A., Biology/Integrated Science, Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
Past Advisors:

Magnus Nordborg (as Post Doctoral Fellow)

Martin Kreitman (as Graduate Student - Ph.D.)
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Christopher Toomajian's Genealogy

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Christopher Toomajian's Publications (12)

Low levels of polymorphism in genes that control the activation of defense response in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Bakker EG, Traw MB, Toomajian C, Kreitman M, Bergelson J

Genetics. 2008 Apr;178(4):2031-43
Recombination and linkage disequilibrium in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Kim S, Plagnol V, Hu TT, Toomajian C, Clark RM, Ossowski S, Ecker JR, Weigel D, Nordborg M

Nature genetics. 2007 Sep;39(9):1151-5
The evolution of selfing in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Tang C, Toomajian C, Sherman-Broyles S, Plagnol V, Guo YL, Hu TT, Clark RM, Nasrallah JB, Weigel D, Nordborg M

Science (New York, N.Y.). 2007 Aug 24;317(5841):1070-2
Common sequence polymorphisms shaping genetic diversity in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Clark RM, Schweikert G, Toomajian C, Ossowski S, Zeller G, Shinn P, Warthmann N, Hu TT, Fu G, Hinds DA, Chen H, Frazer KA, Huson DH, Schölkopf B, Nordborg M, Rätsch G, Ecker JR, Weigel D

Science (New York, N.Y.). 2007 Jul 20;317(5836):338-42
An Arabidopsis example of association mapping in structured samples.
Zhao K, Aranzana MJ, Kim S, Lister C, Shindo C, Tang C, Toomajian C, Zheng H, Dean C, Marjoram P, Nordborg M

PLoS genetics. 2007 Jan 19;3(1):e4
A genome-wide survey of R gene polymorphisms in Arabidopsis.
Bakker EG, Toomajian C, Kreitman M, Bergelson J

The Plant cell. 2006 Aug;18(8):1803-18
A nonparametric test reveals selection for rapid flowering in the Arabidopsis genome.
Toomajian C, Hu TT, Aranzana MJ, Lister C, Tang C, Zheng H, Zhao K, Calabrese P, Dean C, Nordborg M

PLoS biology. 2006 May;4(5):e137
Distribution of genetic variation within and among local populations of Arabidopsis thaliana over its species range
Erica G Bakker, Eli A Stahl, Christopher Toomajian, Magnus Nordborg, Martin Kreitman, Joy Bergelson

Mol Ecol. 2006;15(5):1405-1418
Genome-wide association mapping in Arabidopsis identifies previously known flowering time and pathogen resistance genes.
Aranzana MJ, Kim S, Zhao K, Bakker E, Horton M, Jakob K, Lister C, Molitor J, Shindo C, Tang C, Toomajian C, Traw B, Zheng H, Bergelson J, Dean C, Marjoram P, Nordborg M

PLoS genetics. 2005 Nov;1(5):e60
The pattern of polymorphism in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Nordborg M, Hu TT, Ishino Y, Jhaveri J, Toomajian C, Zheng H, Bakker E, Calabrese P, Gladstone J, Goyal R, Jakobsson M, Kim S, Morozov Y, Padhukasahasram B, Plagnol V, Rosenberg NA, Shah C, Wall JD, Wang J, Zhao K, Kalbfleisch T, Schulz V, Kreitman M, Bergelson J

PLoS biology. 2005 Jul;3(7):e196
A method for detecting recent selection in the human genome from allele age estimates.
Toomajian C, Ajioka RS, Jorde LB, Kushner JP, Kreitman M

Genetics. 2003 Sep;165(1):287-97
Sequence variation and haplotype structure at the human HFE locus.
Toomajian C, Kreitman M

Genetics. 2002 Aug;161(4):1609-23

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Christopher Toomajian, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Post Doctoral Fellow

Christopher Toomajian's Genealogy

Christopher Toomajian's Publications (12)

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