Judith Elizabeth Mank is an American-British zoologist who is a Canada 150 Chair at the University of British Columbia. She studies how evolution produces variation in animals. She is interested in sexual dimorphism and the formation of sex chromosomes.
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
Following her postdoctoral work at Uppsala University, Mank was a lecturer at the University of Oxford from 2008-2012, and then professor at University College London from 2012-2018.[4] She joined the faculty at the University of British Columbia in 2018 as a professor and Canada 150 Chair.[5] Her research includes the evolution of sex chromosomes and the genetics underlying sex differences.[6] Her work has revealed fundamental properties of the earliest stages of Y chromosomes formation.[7] Mank makes use of genomic data to understand how ecological factors effect genome evolution, and how sex differences are encoded within the genome. She has studied the genetics of female mate preference in guppies, and how this affects the diversity and genetics of pigmentation in males.[8]
Awards and honors
- 2008 American Society of Naturalists Young Investigator Award[9]
- 2009 Society for the Study of Evolution Dobzhansky Prize[10]
- 2013 Berlin Institute for Advanced Study Fellow[11]
- 2013 Zoological Society of London Scientific Medal[12]
- 2016 Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship[13]
- 2020 Uppsala University Honorary Doctorate[14]
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
- ^ a b "Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin: Judith Mank, Ph.D." Judith Mank, Ph.D. (in German). Retrieved 2022-09-03.
- ^ Mank, Judith Elizabeth. "The evolution of reproductive and genomic diversity in ray-finned fishes". Retrieved 2022-09-07.
- ^ "Prof. Judith Mank - AcademiaNet". www.academia-net.org. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
- ^ "The Mank Group". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
- ^ "The Mank Group". www.zoology.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
- ^ Dr. Judith Mank: Genetics of Sex Difference | Researchers Revealed, retrieved 2022-09-03
- ^ "Fish Species' Y Chromosomes Diverged Even Without Recombination". The Scientist Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
- ^ "Judith Mank | Biodiversity Research Centre". biodiversity.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
- ^ "Awards". www.amnat.org. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
- ^ "Society for the Study of Evolution". www.evolutionsociety.org. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
- ^ "Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin: Judith Mank, Ph.D." Judith Mank, Ph.D. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
- ^ "Judith Mank_Scientific Medal.jpg". Zoological Society of London (ZSL). Retrieved 2022-09-02.
- ^ "Articles | Biosciences | University of Exeter". biosciences.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
- ^ Naylor, David (21 October 2019). "New Honorary Doctors Appointed at Uppsala University - Uppsala University, Sweden". www.uu.se. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
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