
Division of Biological Sciences
226 Tucker Hall
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
e-mail: dcot4b<at>mizzou.edu
Research Interests
Conservation Ecology, Animal Behavior, Primatology, Zoology and Cultural Anthropology
Current Research
I am currently compiling a database that compares the ecology and genetic relationships of the following species pairs: savanna and forest elephants, bush pig and Red River hog, and Cape buffalo and forest buffalo. As my research progresses, I will look for variation in sequences from a specific gene locus of savanna and forest elephants. Candidate gene loci include: HFE-exon1 (hemachromatosis gene), IRBP (interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein), and AGT (angiotensin).