Current Fellows

Dina Navon, Ph.D. Department of Genetics, Rutgers University Life Science Building, Piscataway, NJ dina.navon.3@gmail.com

Education

B.A. in Biology – Clark University, Worcester MA

Ph.D. in Organismal and Evolutionary Biology – University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst MA

INSPIRE Fellow, Department of Genetics — Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Research

Research Mentor: Tetsuya Nakamura, Ph.D.
 
Investigation of the molecular underpinnings of fin shape evolution in African cichlids.
 
Publications:
 

Navon et al. (2020). Hedgehog signaling is necessary and sufficient to mediate craniofacial plasticity in teleosts. PNAS, 117 (32): 19321-19327.

Navon et al. (2017). Genetic and developmental basis for fin shape variation in African cichlid fishes. Molecular Ecology, 26 (1): 291-303.

Parsons et al. (2016). Foraging environment determines the genetic architecture and evolutionary potential of trophic morphology in cichlid fishes. Molecular Ecology, 25 (24).