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Personal information:

Date of birth:  May 16th, 1975.

Citizenship: 

Faculty positions:

07/2005- 

Assistant Professor
Dept. of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Research positions:

10/2004-06/2005 Research Associate, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.


10/2003-09/2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, London, UK.


10/2002-09/2003 Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA.

Education:

1998-2002 Ph.D., Dept. of Zoology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
(Qualifying exam completed Dec. 22nd, 1999 / Defence completed Sept. 6th, 2002)
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1997-1998 M.Sc. Candidate, Dept. of Zoology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
(Degree not completed - transfer to Ph.D. approved Sept., 1998)
   
1993-1997 B.Sc. (Honours), Dept. of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
   
1989-1993 O.S.S.D., Orillia District Collegiate and Vocational Institute, Orillia, Ontario, Canada.
   
1981-1989 Ecole Samuel de Champlain, Orillia, Ontario, Canada.

Scholarships and awards:

2007
 Canadian Society of Zoologists Bob Boutilier New Investigator Award.


2006
 American Society of Naturalists Young Investigator Prize.


2005 McMaster University Alumni Association Arch Award.
   
2003 NSERC Howard Alper Postdoctoral Prize.
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2002-2004 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Postdoctoral Fellowship (NSERC, PDF).
   
2000-2002 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Post-Graduate Scholarship (NSERC, PGS B).
   
1998-2001 University of Guelph Alumni Doctoral Scholarship. 
   
1998-2000 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Post-Graduate Scholarship (NSERC, PGS A).

Journal publications:

Gregory, T.R. and J.S. Johnston.  Genome size diversity in the family Drosophilidae. Heredity, in press.

Gregory, T.R. and J.D.S. Witt (2008).  Population size and genome size in fishes: a closer look. Genome
51: 309-313
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Gregory, T.R. (2008). Understanding evolutionary trees.  Evolution: Education and Outreach 1: 121-137.
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Mueller, R.L., T.R. Gregory, S.M. Gregory, A. Hsied, and J.L. Boore.  (2008). Genome size, cell size,
            and the evolution of enucleated erythrocytes in attenuate salamanders.  Zoology 111: 218-230.

Gregory, T.R. (2008).  Evolution as fact, theory, and path.  Evolution: Education and Outreach 1: 46-52.
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Gabriel, W.N., R. McNuff, S.K. Patel, T.R. Gregory, W.R. Jeck, C.D. Jones, and B. Goldstein.  (2007).
            The tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini, a new model for studying the evolution of development. 
            Developmental Biology 312: 545-559.

Hanner, R.H. and T.R. Gregory (2007). Genomic diversity research and the role of biorepositories.
Cell Preservation Technology 5: 93-103.
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Gregory, T.R.,  J.A. Nicol, H. Tamm, B. Kullman, K. Kullman, I.J. Leitch, B.G. Murray, D.F. Kapraun,
J. Greilhuber, and M.D. Bennett (2007).  Eukaryotic genome size databases.  Nucleic Acids Research 35 (Suppl. 1): D332-D338.
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Gregory, T.R. (2005).  Synergy between sequence and size in large-scale genomics. Nature Reviews
        Genetics 6: 699-708.
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Hebert, P.D.N. and T.R. Gregory (2005).  The promise of DNA barcoding for taxonomy.  Systematic
        Biology 54(5): 852-859.
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Gregory, T.R. (2005).  DNA barcoding does not compete with taxonomy [letter].  Nature 434: 1067.
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Monaghan, M.T., M. Balke, T.R. Gregory, and A.P. Vogler (2005).  DNA-based species delineation in
        tropical beetles using nuclear and mitochondrial markers.  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal
        Society of London B 306: 1925-1933.
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DeSalle, R., T.R. Gregory, and J.S. Johnston (2005).  Preparation of samples for comparative studies
        of arthropod chromosomes: visualization, in situ hybridization, and genome size estimation.
        Methods in Enzymology 395: 460-488.
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Gregory, T.R. (2005).  The C-value enigma in plants and animals: a review of parallels and an appeal
        for partnership.  Annals of Botany 95: 133-146.
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Gregory, T.R. (2004).  Macroevolution, hierarchy theory, and the C-value enigma.  Paleobiology 30:
        179-202.
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Gregory, T.R. (2004).  Insertion-deletion biases and the evolution of genome size.  Gene 324: 15-34.
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Gregory, T.R. (2004).  Genome size is not correlated positively with longevity in fishes (or homeotherms).
       Experimental Gerontology 39: 859-860.
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Gregory, T.R., O. Nedved, and S.J. Adamowicz (2003).  C-value estimates for 31 species of ladybird
         beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).  Hereditas 139: 121-127.
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Gregory, T.R. and D.P. Shorthouse (2003).  Genome sizes of spiders.  Journal of Heredity 94: 285-290.
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Gregory, T.R. (2003).  Genome size estimates for two important freshwater molluscs, the zebra
        mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) and the schistosomiasis vector snail (Biomphalaria glabrata).
        Genome 46: 841-844.
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Gregory, T.R. and P.D.N. Hebert (2003).  Genome size variation in lepidopteran insects.
        Canadian Journal of Zoology 81: 1399-1405.
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Gregory, T.R. (2003).  Is small indel bias a determinant of genome size?  Trends in Genetics
        19: 485-488.
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Gregory, T.R. (2003).  Variation across amphibian species in the size of the nuclear genome supports a
        pluralistic, hierarchical approach to the C-value enigma.  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
        79: 329-339.
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Prokopowich, C.D., T.R. Gregory, and T.J. Crease (2003).  The correlation between rDNA
        copy number and genome size in eukaryotes.  Genome 46: 48-50.
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Gregory, T.R. (2002).  A bird's-eye view of the C-value enigma: genome size, cell size, and
        metabolic rate in the class Aves.  Evolution 56: 121-130.
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Adamowicz, S.J., T.R. Gregory, M.C. Marinone, and P.D.N. Hebert (2002).  New insights into
        the distribution of polyploid Daphnia: the Holarctic revisited and Argentina explored.
        Molecular Ecology 11: 1209-1217.
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Gregory, T.R. (2002).  Genome size and developmental complexity.  Genetica 115: 131-146.
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Gregory, T.R. (2002).  Genome size and developmental parameters in the homeothermic
        vertebrates.  Genome 45: 833-838.
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Gregory, T.R. (2002).  Genome size of the northern walkingstick, Diapheromera femorata
        (Phasmida: Heteronemiidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 80: 1303-1305.
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Hardie, D.C., T.R. Gregory, and P.D.N. Hebert (2002).  From pixels to picograms: a beginners'
        guide to genome quantification by Feulgen image analysis densitometry.  Journal of
        Histochemistry and Cytochemistry 50: 735-749.
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Gregory, T.R. and P.D.N. Hebert (2002).  Genome size estimates for some oligochaete annelids.
        Canadian Journal of Zoology 80: 1485-1489.
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Wyngaard, G.A. and T.R. Gregory (2001).  Temporal control of DNA replication and the
        adaptive value of chromatin diminution in copepods.  Journal of Experimental Zoology
        (Molecular and Developmental Evolution) 291: 310-316.
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Gregory, T.R. (2001).  The bigger the C-value, the larger the cell: genome size and red blood
        cell size in vertebrates.  Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases 27: 830-843.
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Gregory, T.R. (2001).  Coincidence, coevolution, or causation?  DNA content, cell size, and
        the C-value enigma.  Biological Reviews 76: 65-101.
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Gregory, T.R. (2000).  Nucleotypic effects without nuclei: genome size and erythrocyte size
        in mammals.  Genome 43: 895-901.
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Gregory, T.R., P.D.N. Hebert, and J. Kolasa (2000).  Evolutionary implications of the relationship
        between genome size and body size in flatworms and copepods.  Heredity 84: 201-208.
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Gregory, T.R. (2000). The failure of traditional arguments in the vivisection debate.  Public
        Affairs Quarterly 14: 159-182.

Gregory, T.R. and P.D.N. Hebert (1999). The modulation of DNA content: proximate causes
        and ultimate consequences.  Genome Research 9: 317-324.
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Gregory, T.R. (1999).  Evolution flies [letter]. Science 286: 414.

Gregory, T.R. and C.M. Wood (1999). The effects of chronic plasma cortisol elevation on the
        feeding behaviour, growth, competitive ability, and swimming performance of juvenile
        rainbow trout.  Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 72: 286-295.
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Gregory, T.R. and C.M. Wood (1999). Interactions between individual feeding behaviour, growth,
        and swimming performance in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fed different
        rations.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56: 479-486.
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Gregory, T.R. and C.M. Wood (1998). Individual variation and interrelationships between swimming
        performance, growth rate, and feeding in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).
        Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 55: 1583-1590.
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Other publications:

Gregory, T.R. (2006). Genomic puzzles old and new.  ActionBioscience.org.
         http://www.actionbioscience.org/genomic/gregory.html.


Book chapters:
Gregory. T.R. (2005).  Genome size evolution in animals.  In: The Evolution of the Genome, edited by
        T.R. Gregory.  Elsevier, San Diego, pp. 3-87.
Gregory, T.R. and B.K. Mable (2005).  Polyploidy in animals.   In: The Evolution of the Genome,
        edited by T.R. Gregory.  Elsevier, San Diego, pp. 427-517.
Gregory, T.R. and R. DeSalle (2005).  Comparative genomics in prokaryotes.  In: The Evolution of the
        Genome, edited by T.R. Gregory.  Elsevier, San Diego, pp. 585-675.
Gregory, T.R. (2005).  Macroevolution and the genome.   In: The Evolution of the Genome, edited by
        T.R. Gregory.  Elsevier, San Diego, pp. 679-729.

Books:

Gregory, T.R. (editor).  The Evolution of the Genome.  Elsevier, San Diego.

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Journal editorial boards:


Referee service:

Manuscripts (97 total) for:

  • Amphibia-Reptilia
  • Annals of Botany (x2)
  • Annals of the Entomological Society of America
  • Applied Bioinformatics
  • BioEssays (x3)
  • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Biologist
  • BioMed Central Evolutionary Biology (x2)
  • BioMed Central Genomics
  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (x3)
  • Canadian Journal of Zoology
  • Chromosome Research
  • Clinical Cytometry
  • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology
  • Cytogenetic and Genome Research
  • Ecological Entomology
  • Ecology/Ecological Monographs (x2)
  • European Journal of Entomology
  • Evolution (x3)
  • Functional Ecology
  • Genetica (x2)
  • Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Genome (x13)
  • Heredity (x4)
  • Hydrobiologia
  • Insect Molecular Biology (x2)
  • Journal of Arachnology
  • Journal of Avian Biology
  • Journal of Crustacean Biology
  • Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Journal of Fish Biology (x2)
  • Journal of Heredity (x2)
  • Journal of Molecular Evolution (x2)
  • Journal of Morphology (x2)
  • Journal of Systematics and Evolutionary Research
  • Journal of Theoretical Biology
  • Micron
  • Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution (x5)
  • Molecular Ecology (x3)
  • Molecular Ecology Notes
  • Nature (x2)
  • Nature Reviews Genetics
  • Naturvissenschaften
  • Oecologia
  • Physiology & Behavior
  • Plant Science
  • PLoS Biology
  • PLoS ONE
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B (x4)
  • Revista Chilena de Historia Natural (x2)
  • Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
  • Science (x2)
  • Trends in Parasitology
  • Zoological Science
Grants for:
  • NSERC (Canada)
  • NSF (USA)
  • BBSRC (UK)
  • NERC (UK)
  • CNRS (France)

Invited presentations:

“The evolution of genomes at large”.  Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.  Sept. 6, 2007.

“The evolution of genomes at large”.  Boutilier Lecture, Canadian Society of Zoologists, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.  May 22, 2007.

"The evolution of genomes at large".  McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.  Nov. 23, 2006.

"Frontiers in bioscience: DNA barcoding and biodiversity".  Science Cafe series, Festival della Scienza, Genoa, Italy.  Nov. 5, 2006.

"Hierarchy and genome evolution".  Hiearchy Theory of Evolution symposium, Festival della Scienza, Genoa, Italy.  Nov. 4, 2006.

"The evolution of genomes at large".  Young Investigator Prize symposium, Evolution 2006, joint annual meeting of SEE/ASN/SSB, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, USA.  June 27, 2006.

"The evolution of genomes at large".  Eastern Great Lakes Molecular Evolution Meeting, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.  May 6, 2006.

"Why should anyone care about genome size?".  Brock University, St. Catherines, ON, Canada.  Feb. 2, 2006.

"Why should anyone care about genome size?".  Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.  Jan. 19, 2006.

"Macroevolution and genomes-at-large".  University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.  Dec. 2, 2005.

"Why should anyone care about genome size?".  Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada.  Nov. 11, 2005.

"Why should anyone care about genome size?".  McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.  Oct. 26, 2005.

"Macroevolution and genomes-at-large".  University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.  Oct. 19, 2005.

"Macroevolutionary theory and genomes-at-large".  Extending the Synthesis: Integrating Micro- and Macro-evolutionary Scales, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.  Sept. 16, 2005.

"Why should anyone care about genome size?".  Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.  Apr. 14, 2004.
 
"The nature of the evolutionary forces driving genome size".  Kew Plant Genome Size Discussion Meeting, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK, Sept. 12, 2003.
 
1) "Estimating C-values: video imaging – best practices", 2) "Report on the development, content, uses, and future of the Animal Genome Size Database", and 3) "Is there still a C-value paradox, and do we yet understand the main mechanisms of genome size variation?".  Kew Plant Genome Size Workshop, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK.  Sept. 8-9, 2003.
 
"Aves versus Amphibia: Why organismal biology matters in genome size evolution (and vice versa)".  European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) 2003 Congress, Leeds, UK.  Aug. 18-24, 2003.

"The C-value enigma: an exploration of the causes and consequences of variation in genome size". University of Konstanz, Germany.  Feb. 5, 2003.

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(Last updated May. 2nd, 2008)