"Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution."
Theodosius Dobzhansky

"Anything that arose by evolution is bound to be a bit of a mess."

Research Interests

The Evolution of Alternative Splicing. Microarrays methods are being developed in collaboration with Exiqon A/S to quantify alternative splicing events. This data is being used to examine how splicing patterns change over evolutionary time.

The Evolution of Sam/Frodo retrotransposons in C. elegans and C. briggsae.
With Professor Peter Arctander and MSc student Mika Zagrobelny we have investigated the poulation dynamics and genetic structure of Sam/Frodo retrotransposons in C. elegans and C. briggsae.

Events in Early Evolution of Life.
Various project are being followed to examine hypothesis about the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA), and features of the early cellular evolution of life on earth.

Experimental Organism:

Articles:

Science: full reference to Eukaryotic intron loss; Science 300:1393.

STUDENTS: POSITIONS AVAILABLE!
Students interested in studying for a Speciale, or a PhD. in any of the above topics should contact me at dcjeffares@zi.ku.dk, or phone +45 35321279.

Two Carlsberg Funded Ph.D. positions will be offered soon to investigate topics related to The Evolution of Alternative Splicing.