Genome studies and molecular genetics The rice genome and comparative genomics of higher plants

Ron is Distinguished University Professor of Forestry and the Codirector of Forest Biotechnology at North Carolina State University. He has worked on the molecular genetics of forest trees, and most recently on the genomics of loblolly pine and Eucalyptus. Ron’s team have been sequencing genes that are involved in wood formation and using microarrays to learn about the basis of wood properties. They are also interested in the sequence relationships of angiosperms and gymnosperms. Abbreviations QTL quantitative trait locus SNP single nucleotide polymorphism