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| DR. MARGARET (MAGI) BEATON - PROFESSOR |
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| Academic History |
| B.Sc | University of Guelph |
| M.Sc. | University of Windsor |
| Ph.D. | University of Guelph |
| Research Interests |
| • Evolutionary and developmental biology |
| • Population genetics |
| • Bioinformatic and genomics |
| Representative Publications |
| Douglas S. , S. Zauner, M. Fraunholz, M. Beaton, S. Penny, L.-T. Deng, X. Wu, M. Reith, T. Cavalier-Smith & U.-G Maier. 2001. The highly reduced genome of an enslaved algal nucleus. Nature 410:1091-1096 |
| Zauner, S., M. Fraunholz, J. Wastl, S. Penny, M. Beaton, T. Cavalier-Smith, U.-G. Maier, & S. Douglas. 2000. Chloroplast protein and centrosomal genes, a tRNA intron, and odd telomeres in an unusually compact eukaryotic genome, the cryptomonad nucleomorph. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 97(1):200-205 |
| Beaton, M. J. & T. Cavalier-Smith. 1999. Eukaryotic non-coding DNA
is functional: evidence from the differential scaling of cryptomonad
genomes. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 266:2053-2059 |
| Cavalier-Smith, T. & M. J. Beaton. 1999. The skeletal function of non-genic nuclear DNA: new evidence from ancient cell chimaeras. Genetica 106:3-1-3 |
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| Biology 2101 | Introduction to Ecology | Biology 3601 | Ecological Genetics | |
| Biology 3991B | Molecular Ecology | Biology 3631 | Embryology | |
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| Biology 4950 | Special Topics in Biology |
| Biology 4990 | Honours Thesis |
| Contact Information |
| E-mail: | mbeaton@mta.ca |
| Snail Mail: | Department of Biology |
| Office: | 204 Flemington |
| Telephone: | (506) 364-2511 |
| Fax: | (506) 364-2505 |
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