Judith Mank

Judith Elizabeth Mank is an American-British zoologist who is a Canada 150 Chair at the University of British Columbia. Her research considers how selection produces variations in form. She is interested in sexual dimorphism and the formation of sex chromosomes.

Judith Elizabeth Mank
Born1976 (age 46–47)
Houston
Alma materUniversity of Georgia
University of Florida
Pennsylvania State University
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of British Columbia
ThesisThe evolution of reproductive and genomic diversity in ray-finned fishes (2006)

Early life and education

Mank studied anthropology at the University of Florida.[1] She moved to Pennsylvania State University for graduate studies, joining the School of Forest Resources.[1] After completing her master's degree she moved to the University of Georgia for doctoral research. Her research considered reproductive diversity in fish.[2][3]

Research and career

Mank was a lecturer at the University of Oxford and then professor at University College London.[4] She joined the faculty at the University of British Columbia in 2018, where she was made a professor and Canada 150 Chair.[5] Her research considers meiosis and the evolution of biological inheritance.[6] Meiosis, the process of cell division which results in recombination and the production of new alleles, is a critical process in evolution.[7] Mank makes use of genomic data to understand how ecological factors impact this recombination, and why unusual segregation patterns evolve. She has studied the pigmentation of guppies in an effort to understand how color influences predation and mate choice.[8]

Awards and honors

Selected publications
  • Doris Bachtrog; Judith E Mank; Catherine L Peichel; et al. (July 2014). "Sex determination: why so many ways of doing it?". PLOS Biology. 12 (7): e1001899. doi:10.1371/JOURNAL.PBIO.1001899. ISSN 1544-9173. PMC 4077654. PMID 24983465. Wikidata Q21092698.
  • Doris Bachtrog; Mark Kirkpatrick; Judith E. Mank; Stuart F McDaniel; J Chris Pires; William Rice; Nicole Valenzuela (1 September 2011). "Are all sex chromosomes created equal?". Trends in Genetics. 27 (9): 350–357. doi:10.1016/J.TIG.2011.05.005. ISSN 0168-9525. PMID 21962970. Wikidata Q37941230.
  • Judith E. Mank; DANIEL E. L. PROMISLOW; JOHN C. AVISE (17 January 2006). "Evolution of alternative sex-determining mechanisms in teleost fishes". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 87 (1): 83–93. doi:10.1111/J.1095-8312.2006.00558.X. ISSN 0024-4066. Wikidata Q56083536.

References
  1. "Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin: Judith Mank, Ph.D." Judith Mank, Ph.D. (in German). Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  2. Mank, Judith Elizabeth. "The evolution of reproductive and genomic diversity in ray-finned fishes". Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  3. "Prof. Judith Mank - AcademiaNet". www.academia-net.org. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  4. "The Mank Group". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  5. "The Mank Group". www.zoology.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  6. Dr. Judith Mank: Genetics of Sex Difference | Researchers Revealed, retrieved 2022-09-03
  7. "Fish Species' Y Chromosomes Diverged Even Without Recombination". The Scientist Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  8. "Judith Mank | Biodiversity Research Centre". biodiversity.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  9. "Awards". www.amnat.org. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  10. "Society for the Study of Evolution". www.evolutionsociety.org. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  11. "Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin: Judith Mank, Ph.D." Judith Mank, Ph.D. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  12. "Judith Mank_Scientific Medal.jpg". Zoological Society of London (ZSL). Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  13. "Articles | Biosciences | University of Exeter". biosciences.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  14. Naylor, David. "New Honorary Doctors Appointed at Uppsala University - Uppsala University, Sweden". www.uu.se. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
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