Thomas Kocher
Thomas Kocher
Teaching
- BSCI 222: Principles of Genetics (Fall semesters)
- BIOL338K: Genetic Research on Cichlid Fishes
- BIOL708J: Genomic Approaches in Ecology and Evolution (not currently taught)
Graduate Program Affiliation
- Biological Sciences (BISI): Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics (BEES)
Research Interests
More than 700 species of cichlid fishes have arisen within Lake Malawi within the last million years. We want to understand the evolutionary forces which have caused this rapid speciation. We are mapping genes for phenotypic traits associated with speciation, such as jaw morphology, color pattern, sex determination and mate preferences. Our ultimate goal is to identify the genes responsible for speciation of these fishes, and to study the geographic distribution of allelic variants among populations in the wild.
Education
- B.A., Yale University, 1981
- Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1986
All Publications
Latest Papers
Before the East African Radiation: Sex Chromosome Systems in Basal Haplotilapiine Cichlids
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Genome Biology and Evolution
Author(s): Kristen A Behrens, Zexuan Zhao, Michael R Kidd, et. al
UMD Author(s): Thomas Kocher, Zexuan Zhao
AI in the Genetics Classroom: A Useful Tool but not a Replacement for Creative Writing
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Journal of Science Education and Technology
Author(s): Kristen A. Behrens, Gili Marbach-Ad, Thomas D. Kocher
UMD Author(s): Thomas Kocher
Mutation of mpv17 results in loss of iridophores due to mitochondrial dysfunction in tilapia
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Journal of Heredity
Author(s): Jia Xu, Peng Li, Mengmeng Xu, et. al
UMD Author(s): Thomas Kocher
Sex chromosome turnover and biodiversity in fishes
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Journal of Genetics and Genomics
Author(s): Jingrong Wang, Wenjing Tao, Thomas D. Kocher, et. al
UMD Author(s): Thomas Kocher
Yes, polygenic sex determination is a thing!
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Trends in Genetics
Author(s): Thomas D. Kocher, Richard P. Meisel, Tony Gamble, et. al
UMD Author(s): Thomas Kocher
Diversity of Sex Chromosomes in Vertebrates: Six Novel Sex Chromosomes in Basal Haplochromines (Teleostei: Cichlidae)
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Genome Biology and Evolution
Author(s): Kristen A Behrens, Stephan Koblmueller, Thomas D Kocher, et. al
UMD Author(s): Thomas Kocher
Dmrt1 is the only male pathway gene tested indispensable for sex determination and functional testis development in tilapia
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Plos Genetics
Author(s): Shuangshuang Qi, Manfred Schartl, Shengfei Dai, et. al
UMD Author(s): Thomas Kocher
Disruption of Zar1 leads to arrested oogenesis by regulating polyadenylation via Cpeb1 in tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus).
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International journal of biological macromolecules
Author(s): Yu M, Zhang S, Ma Z, et. al
UMD Author(s): Thomas Kocher
Correction to: 'Identification of sex chromosome and sex-determining gene of southern catfish based on XX, XY and YY genome sequencing' (2022) by Zheng et al.
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Proceedings. Biological sciences
Author(s): Zheng S, Tao W, Yang H, et. al
UMD Author(s): Thomas Kocher
Sex chromosomes in the tribe Cyprichromini (Teleostei: Cichlidae) of Lake Tanganyika.
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Scientific Reports
Author(s): Behrens KA, Koblmüller S, Kocher TD
UMD Author(s): Thomas Kocher
