Biography:Melissa A. Wilson Sayres

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Dr. Melissa A. Wilson Sayres (Nee Melissa A. Wilson) is an assistant professor at Arizona State University where she is PI of the Sex Chromosome Lab, which studies sex chromosomes.[1][2][3] She received her Ph.D. in Integrative Biology at Pennsylvania State University.[3]

One finding of her lab is that crossing over between the X and Y chromosomes occurs more often than was previously thought.[4] Another is that the Y chromosome is not decreasing in size,[5][6] and the discovery of a Y chromosome population bottleneck in human history.[7][8] The lab uses the Glia monster as a model organism to understand the evolution of sex chromosomes.[9][10]

She has publicly spoken out against the use of science to justify white supremacy.[11]


References

  1. ↑ "ASU researchers study the impact of sex chromosomes". https://www.statepress.com/article/2017/11/spscience-asu-researchers-study-the-impact-of-variations-in-human-sex-chromosomes. 
  2. ↑ "Sex Chromosome Lab" (in en-US). http://www.sexchrlab.org/. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Melissa Wilson" (in en). 2019-06-12. https://iho.asu.edu/profile/melissa-wilson. 
  4. ↑ "Blurred lines: Human sex chromosome swapping occurs more often than previously thought" (in en). https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160323101639.htm. 
  5. ↑ "Study dispels theories of Y chromosome’s demise" (in en-US). 2001-11-30. https://news.berkeley.edu/2014/01/09/study-dispels-theories-of-y-chromosomes-demise/. 
  6. ↑ Ghose, Tia. "Guys, Your Y Chromosome Is an Evolutionary Marvel". https://www.livescience.com/24718-y-chromosome-not-junk.html. 
  7. ↑ Starr, Michelle. "Something Weird Happened to Men 7,000 Years Ago, And We Finally Know Why" (in en-gb). https://www.sciencealert.com/neolithic-y-chromosome-bottleneck-warring-patrilineal-clans. 
  8. ↑ Diep, Francie. "8,000 Years Ago, 17 Women Reproduced for Every One Man" (in en). https://psmag.com/environment/17-to-1-reproductive-success. 
  9. ↑ "Gila monster may help reveal evolution of sex chromosomes" (in en-AU). 2017-04-28. https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/gila-monster-may-help-reveal-evolution-of-sex-chromosomes/8480196. 
  10. ↑ Yong, Ed (2016-10-18). "Arizona’s Adorable Monster" (in en-US). https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/10/arizonas-adorable-monster/504470/. 
  11. ↑ Harmon, Amy (2018-10-19). "Geneticists Criticize Use of Science by White Nationalists to Justify ‘Racial Purity’" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/19/us/white-supremacists-science-genetics.html. 




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