Clay A. Sassaman

CLAY A. SASSAMAN

Emeritus Professor of Biology
Office: 3380 Spieth Hall
Phone (951) 827-5932

E-mail: clay.sassaman@ucr.edu

Degree:
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1976

Research in my laboratory is primarily concerned with the population genetics and evolutionary biology of crustaceans, with special reference to branchiopod crustaceans living in temporary aquatic habitats.  Current focus is on genetic mechanisms of sex determination in fairy shrimps, tadpole shrimps and clam shrimps and on the role of mixed mating systems in influencing population-genetic attributes of locally isolated populations.  Research includes comparative morphology and biochemistry, genetic and life history studies, and taxonomy and systematics.  Since many of the species under study are either listed (or have been proposed for listing) as endangered, there is also a conservation biology component to the research program.

Dr.  Sassaman participates in both the Evolutionary Biology and the Physiology graduate tracks within the Department of Biology.


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