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Eric P. Spana

Associate Professor of the Practice of Biology
Biology
Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-1000
130 Science Drive, 0050 Biological Sciences Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of the Practice of Biology · 2018 - Present Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

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Published April 27, 2015
Trinity Honors Excellence in Teaching, Advising and Service
Published January 21, 2015
Is the 'Wizarding Gene' Dominant or Recessive?

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Recent Publications


The <i>tilt</i> ( <i>tt</i> ) mutation of <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> maps to the cis-regulatory region of the Iroquois Complex (Iro-C) located in the <i>sosondowah</i> ( <i>sowah)</i> gene.

Journal Article microPublication biology · January 2025 The tilt ( tt ) mutation first described by Morgan and Bridges in 1915 has adult visible phenotypes in wing posture and vein formation. We have mapped tt to a genomic region within the sosondowah ( sowah ) gene that house ... Full text Open Access Cite

Characterization of the tilt (tt) phenotype in Drosophila melanogaster.

Journal Article microPublication biology · January 2023 In the early 20th century, Calvin Bridges and Thomas Morgan identified a number of spontaneous mutations that displayed visible phenotypes in adult flies and subsequent analysis of these mutations over the past century have provided fundamental insights in ... Full text Open Access Cite

speck, First Identified in Drosophila melanogaster in 1910, Is Encoded by the Arylalkalamine N-Acetyltransferase (AANAT1) Gene.

Journal Article G3 (Bethesda) · September 2, 2020 The pigmentation mutation speck is a commonly used recombination marker characterized by a darkly pigmented region at the wing hinge. Identified in 1910 by Thomas Hunt Morgan, speck was characterized by Sturtevant as the most "workable" mutant in the right ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Modeling the structure & evolution of regulatory regions in eukaryotic genomes

ResearchConsultant · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2013

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign · 1995 Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh · 1989 B.S.