Prof. Sarah P. Otto
Fellow
Current Employer
The University of British Columbia
Election Year
2006
Academy
Academy of Science
Discipline
Plant Biology
Department
Department of Zoology
Keywords
Evolution, theory, mating system, genome, recombination
Long Citation
Sarah Otto is the foremost theoretical evolutionary biologist in Canada and one of the most respected in the world. Her research on the evolutionary forces that act on the structure of the genome has revealed novel and surprising insight into such fundamental aspects of an organism as the number of chromosomes present, sex and recombination rates along these chromosomes, and the nature of interactions among genes. Her research has demonstrated how these evolutionary forces depend on aspects of a species and its environment, helping to explain the remarkable diversity of life at the genomic level.
Short Citation
Sarah Otto is the foremost theoretical evolutionary biologist in Canada and one of the most respected in the world. Her research on the evolutionary forces that act on the structure of the genome has revealed novel and surprising insight into such fundamental aspects of an organism as the number of chromosomes present, sex and recombination rates along these chromosomes, and the nature of interactions among genes.
Sarah Otto is the foremost theoretical evolutionary biologist in Canada and one of the most respected in the world. Her research on the evolutionary forces that act on the structure of the genome has revealed novel and surprising insight into such fundamental aspects of an organism as the number of chromosomes present, sex and recombination rates along these chromosomes, and the nature of interactions among genes. Her research has demonstrated how these evolutionary forces depend on aspects of a species and its environment, helping to explain the remarkable diversity of life at the genomic level.
Short Citation
Sarah Otto is the foremost theoretical evolutionary biologist in Canada and one of the most respected in the world. Her research on the evolutionary forces that act on the structure of the genome has revealed novel and surprising insight into such fundamental aspects of an organism as the number of chromosomes present, sex and recombination rates along these chromosomes, and the nature of interactions among genes.