Research Interest:

• How have population history and natural selection have interacted to produce patterns of genetic variation?
• How can information about population history and natural selection be used in the dissection of genotype-phenotype correlations?

Education:

• B.A. (Biology), University of Colorado  -  1982
• M.S. (Biology), University of Utah - 1996
• Ph.D. (Anthropology), University of Utah - 2001

Professional Positions:

• 2006 - Present - Assistant Professor (Human Genetics), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
• 2005 - 2006 - Research Assistant Professor (Human Genetics), University of Utah
• 2002 - 2005 - Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellow (Human Genetics), University of Utah

Recent Publications:

1. Wooding, S., Bufe, B., Grassi, C., Howard, M.T., Stone, A.C., Vazquez, M., Dunn, D.M., Meyerhof, W., Weiss, R.B., Bamshad, M.J. 2006. Independent evolution of bitter-taste sensitivity in humans and chimpanzees. Nature 440:930-934.

2. Wooding, S., Stone, A. C., Dunn, D. M., Jorde, L. B., Weiss, R. K., Ahuja, S., Bamshad, M. J. 2005. Contrasting effects of natural selection on human and chimpanzee CC chemokine receptor 5. American Journal of Human Genetics 76:291-301.

3. Wooding, S., Kim, U.-k., Bamshad, M. J., Larsen, J., Jorde, L. B., Drayna, D. 2004. Natural selection and molecular evolution in PTC, a bitter taste receptor gene. American Journal of Human Genetics 74:637-646.

4. Jorde, L. B., Wooding, S. 2004. Human genetic variation and "race". Nature Genetics 36:S28-S33.

5. Bamshad, M., Wooding, S. 2003. Signatures of natural selection in the human genome. Nature Reviews Genetics 4:99-111.

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