Sharon E. Mitchell
Laboratory Manager
Institute for Genomic Diversity
151 Biotechnology Building
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853-2703
Tel: 607 254-4851
Fax: 607 255-6249
e-mail: sem30@cornell.edu
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Ph.D., University of Florida, Department of Entomology and Nematology, 1990.
Thesis Title: "Mitochondrial and Ribosomal DNA Analysis for Identification of Sibling Species of the
Mosquito, Anopheles quadrimaculatus (Say)".
M.S., University of Florida, Department of Entomology and Nematology, 1984.
Thesis Title: "The Basic Genetics of Anopheles quadrimaculatus (Say)".
B.S., Florida State University, major in biological sciences, minor in chemistry, 1975.
Research Interests:
Development of DNA markers for curatorial and population genetic studies of important crop plant species with emphasis on automated DNA synthesis, sequencing and fluorescence-based, automated genotyping technology.
Past Research Interests:
Molecular genetics of anopheline mosquitoes including: biosystematics of species complexes; molecular
population genetics; molecular evolution, speciation and phylogenetic relationships of Culicidae; development of species-specific DNA probes for both mosquito vectors and pathogens; genetics of sex determination and insecticide resistance; mosquito cytogenetics.
Selected Publications:
Casa, A.M., S.E. Mitchell, J.D. Jensen, A.H. Paterson, C.F. Aquadro, and S. Kresovich. 2006. Identifying targets of directional selection in sorghum is hindered by low diversity levels and extensive haplotype structure. Plant Genome, submitted.
Rice, E.B., M.E. Smith, S.E. Mitchell, and S. Kresovich. 2006. Conservation and change: A comparison of in-situ and ex-situ conservation of Jala maize Germplasm. Crop Sci., in press.
Casa, A.M., S.E. Mitchell, M.T. Hamblin, H. Sun, J.E. Bowers, A.H Paterson, C.F. Aquadro, and S. Kresovich. 2005. Diversity and selection in sorghum: Simultaneous analyses using simple sequence repeats (SSRs). Theor. Appl. Genet. 111:23-30
Flint-Garcia, S.A., A.C. Thuillet, J.M. Yu, G. Pressoir, S.M. Romero, S.E. Mitchell, J. Doebley, S. Kresovich, M.M. Goodman, and E.S. Buckler. 2005. Maize association population: a high-resolution platform for quantitative trait locus dissection. Plant J. 44:1054-1064.
Frary, A., Y.M. Xu, J.P. Lui, S.E. Mitchell, E. Tedeschi, and S. Tanksley. 2005. Development of a set of PCR-based anchor markers encompassing the tomato genome and evaluation of their usefulness for genetics and breeding experiments. 2005. Theor. Appl. Genet. 111:291-312.
Gethi, J.G., M.E. Smith, S.E. Mitchell, and S. Kresovich. 2005. Genetic diversity of Striga hermonthica and Striga asiatica populations in Kenya. Weed Res. 45:64-73.
Hamblin, M.T., M.G.S. Fernandez, A.M. Casa, S.E. Mitchell, A.H. Paterson, and S. Kresovich. 2005. Equilibrium processes cannot explain high levels of short- and medium-range linkage disequilibrium in the domesticated grass Sorghum bicolor. Genetics 171:1247-1256.
Vigouroux, Y., S.E. Mitchell, Y. Matsuoka, M.T. Hamblin, S. Kresovich, J.S.C. Smith, J. Jaqueth, O.S. Smith, and J. Doebley. 2005. An analysis of genetic diversity across the maize genome using microsatellites. Genetics 169:1617-1630.
Ferguson, M.E., M.D. Burow, S.R. Schulze, P.J. Bramel, A.H. Paterson, S. Kresovich, and S. E. Mitchell. 2004. Microsatellite identification and characterization in peanut (A. hypogaea L.). Theor. Appl. Genet. 108:1064-1070.
Hamblin, M.T., S.E. Mitchell, G.M. White, W. Gallego, R. Kukatla, R.A. Wing, A.H. Paterson and S. Kresovich. 2004. Comparative population genetics of the panicoid grasses: Sequence polymorphism, linkage disequilibrium and selection in a diverse sample of Sorghum bicolor. Genetics 167:471-483.