Jeffrey Donald Palmer is a Distinguished Professor of Biology at Indiana University Bloomington.

Education

Palmer was educated at

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and completed his

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on the evolution of chloroplast DNA supervised by

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in 1982.

Career and research

Palmer's research investigates molecular evolution, molecular phylogenetics and

comparative genomics Comparative genomics is a field of biological research in which the genomic features of different organisms are compared. The genomic features may include the DNA sequence, genes, gene order, regulatory sequences, and other genomic structural lan ...

. his laboratory studies the evolution of genes and genomes particularly in the

chloroplast A chloroplast () is a type of membrane-bound organelle known as a plastid that conducts photosynthesis mostly in plant and algal cells. The photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll captures the energy from sunlight, converts it, and stores it in ...

mitochondrial DNA Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA or mDNA) is the DNA located in mitochondria, cellular organelles within eukaryotic cells that convert chemical energy from food into a form that cells can use, such as adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Mitochondrial D ...

and during horizontal gene transfer. His former doctoral students include Thomas D. Bruns, a Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. His former postdocs include Patrick J. Keeling, and

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, and Mark Wayne Chase.

Awards and honours

Palmer was awarded membership of the

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in 2000 in recognition of his “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research” and the

McClintock Prize The McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics and Genome Studies is a prize awarded in genetics and genomics. The Prize is awarded by the Maize Genetics Executive Committee, and is presented to the Prize winner each spring at the Annual Maize Genetics ...

in 2016 for his studies of plant genome structure, function and evolution. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (FAAAS) in 1999.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Palmer, Jeffrey Donald Living people American bioinformaticians Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Year of birth missing (living people) Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science