John
Gillespie is Professor of Evolution
at University of California, Davis and Chairperson of the
Population Biology Graduate Group. He recieved his Ph.D. in
zoology in 1970 from the University of Texas. Gillespie's
research interests include the role of natural selection in
evolutionary processes taking place in constantly changing
environments, as well as stochastic processes in molecular
evolution. Gillespie has published numerous articles on molecular
evolution, the molecular clock, and the neutral theory. He
is also the author of the well-known monograph, The Causes
of Molecular Evolution (1991).
Selected Bibliography:
- J.H. Gillespie, "The effects of stochastic environments
on allele frequencies in natural populations," Theoretical
Population Biology 3 (1972): 241-248.
- J. H. Gillespie, "Natural selection with varying
selection coefficients--a haploid model," Genetical
Research, Cambridge 21 (1973): 115-120.
- J.H. Gillespie, "Polymorphism in patchy environments,"
American Naturalist 108 (1974): 145-151.
- J.H. Gillespie, "Sampling theory for alleles in a
random environment," Nature 266 (1977): 443-445.
- J.H. Gillespie, "A general model to account for enzyme
variation in natural populations," Theoretical Population
Biology 14 (1978): 1-45.
- J.H. Gillespie and C.H. Langley, "Are evolutionary
rates really variable?," Journal of Molecular Evolution
13 (1979): 27-34.
- J.H. Gillespie, "A randomized SAS-CFF model of selection
in a random environment," Theoretical Population
Biology 21 (1982): 219-237.
- J.H. Gillespie, "A simple stochastic gene substitution
process," Theoretical Population Biology 23
(1983): 202-215.
- J.H. Gillespie, "The molecular clock may be an episodic
clock," PNAS 81 (1984): 8009-8013.
- J.H. Gillespie, "Some properties of finite populations
experiencing strong selection and weak mutation," American
Naturalist 121 (1984): 691-708.
- J.H. Gillespie, "Molecular evolution over the mutational
landscape," Evolution 38 (1984): 1116-1129.
- J. H. Gillespie, "The interaction of genetic drift
and mutation with selection in a fluctuating environment,"
Theoretical Population Biology 27 (1985): 222-237.
- J.H. Gillespie, "Variability of evolutionary rates
of DNA," Genetics 113 (1986): 1077-1091.
- J.H. Gillespie, "Rates of Molecular Evolution,"
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 17 (1986):
637-665.
- J.H. Gillespie, "Molecular Evolution and the Neutral
Allele Theory," Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology
4 (1987): 10-37.
- J.H. Gillespie, "Lineage effects and the index of
dispersion of molecular evolution," Molecular Evolutionary
Biology 6 (1989): 636-647.
- J.H. Gillespie, "Molecular evolution and polymorphism:
SAS-CFF meets the mutational landscape," American
Naturalist 134 (1989): 638-658.
- J.H. Gillespie, "The molecular nature of allelic
diversity for two models of balancing selection," Theoretical
Population Biology 37 (1990): 91-109.
- J.H. Gillespie, The Causes of Molecular Evolution
(New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991).
- T. Ohta and J.H. Gillespie, "Development of Neutral and
Nearly Neutral Theories," Theoretical Population Genetics
49 (1996): 128-142.
- J.H Gillespie, "Junk ain't what junk does: neutral
alleles in a selected context," Gene 205 (1997):
291-299.
- J.H. Gillespie, "The role of population size in molecular
evolution," Theoretical Population Biology 55
(1999): 145-156.
- J.H. Gillespie, "Genetic drift in an infinite population:
the pseudohitchhiking model," Genetics 155 (2000):
909-919.
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