Jenny Tung
Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2017
- Associate Professor of Biology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2018
- Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Institute 2010
- Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Center for Population Health & Aging, Center for Population Health & Aging, Duke Population Research Institute 2011
- Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, University Institutes and Centers 2012
- Affiliate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2014
Contact Information
- 08 Bio Sci, Durham, NC 27708
- Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708
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jenny.tung@duke.edu
(919) 668-4912
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Tung Lab Website
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Duke University 2010
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Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Professor of Biology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2014 - 2017
- Assistant Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2012 - 2017
- Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2012
- Scholar In Residence in Evolutionary Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2011 - 2012
- Recognition
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Awards & Honors
- Expertise
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Subject Headings
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Global Scholarship
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Research
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- Research
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Selected Grants
- Genetic and Genomics Training Grant awarded by National Institutes of Health 2020 - 2025
- Research Network on Animal Models to Understand Social Dimensions of Aging awarded by National Institutes of Health 2020 - 2025
- Social disadvantage and immune gene expression in an urban US population awarded by National Institutes of Health 2020 - 2023
- Evolutionary genetics of the immune response in wild baboons awarded by L.S.B. Leakey Foundation 2021 - 2022
- Doctoral Dissertation Research: Adaptive introgression and its phenotypic consequences in naturally hybridizing baboons awarded by National Science Foundation 2020 - 2022
- Preparing Genetic Counselors for Genomic Medicine Research awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2022
- Stress and the Genome: Testing the Impact of Social Effects on Gene Regulation awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2022
- Early adversity and DNA methylation in a primate model of stress and development. awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2022
- Quantifying the genomic consequences of chronic social stress for accelerated aging awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2021
- Phenotypic transitions in cooperative societies: an evolutionary and molecular approach awarded by International Human Frontier Science Program Organization 2017 - 2021
- Quantifying the genome-wide functional consequences of DNA methylation associated with early life adversity. awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2021
- HARDAC-M: Enabling memory-intensive computation for genomics awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center 2020 - 2021
- Sloan Foundation Research Fellow Award awarded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 2016 - 2020
- Behavior and Physiology in Aging awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2020
- Genetics Training Grant awarded by National Institutes of Health 1979 - 2020
- Doctoral Dissertation Research: Leveraging natural hybridization to understand the evolution of primate gene regulation. awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2020
- RAPID: Physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying breeder-specific skeletal growth in a highly cooperative mammal awarded by National Science Foundation 2017 - 2018
- Gene regulatory analysis of social integration and resilience during aging awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2017
- HARDAC+:Reproducible HPC for next-generation genomics awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center 2016 - 2017
- Doctoral Dissertation Research: Effects of the Social Environment on DNA Methylation and Immune Function in Wild Baboons awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2017
- EAGER: New Methods for Genomic Analysis of Noninvasive Samples awarded by National Science Foundation 2014 - 2017
- Epigenetic Consequences of Social Status across the Life Span in a Primate Model awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2016
- Genetic and Behavioral Predictors of Susceptibility to Social Stress awarded by National Science Foundation 2013 - 2015
- Novel Integration of Multidimensional Data from an Emerging Model of Aging awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2015
- Mechanisms and Consequences of Social Connectedness in a Wild Primate Population awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2015
- Statistical Models to Investigate Long-Distance QTL Transcription Regulation awarded by National Institutes of Health 2011 - 2015
- Collaborative Research: Genes, environment and gene expression in a wild primate population awarded by National Science Foundation 2009 - 2013
- Doctoral Dissertation Improvement: Genetic Variation and Gene Expression in Wild Baboons awarded by National Science Foundation 2007 - 2009
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External Relationships
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
- Institute of Primate Research
- Kenya Wildlife Service
- University of Nairobi
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Academic Articles
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Weibel, C. J., Tung, J., Alberts, S. C., & Archie, E. A. (2020). Accelerated reproduction is not an adaptive response to early-life adversity in wild baboons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(40), 24909–24919. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2004018117Full Text
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Sanz, J., Maurizio, P. L., Snyder-Mackler, N., Simons, N. D., Voyles, T., Kohn, J., … Barreiro, L. B. (2020). Social history and exposure to pathogen signals modulate social status effects on gene regulation in rhesus macaques. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(38), 23317–23322. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1820846116Full Text
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Anderson, J. A., Vilgalys, T. P., & Tung, J. (2020). Broadening primate genomics: new insights into the ecology and evolution of primate gene regulation. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 62, 16–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gde.2020.05.009Full Text
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Snyder-Mackler, N., Burger, J. R., Gaydosh, L., Belsky, D. W., Noppert, G. A., Campos, F. A., … Tung, J. (2020). Social determinants of health and survival in humans and other animals. Science (New York, N.Y.), 368(6493). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax9553Full Text Open Access Copy
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Fan, Y., Vilgalys, T. P., Sun, S., Peng, Q., Tung, J., & Zhou, X. (2019). IMAGE: high-powered detection of genetic effects on DNA methylation using integrated methylation QTL mapping and allele-specific analysis. Genome Biology, 20(1), 220. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-019-1813-1Full Text
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Zipple, M. N., Archie, E. A., Tung, J., Altmann, J., & Alberts, S. C. (2019). Intergenerational effects of early adversity on survival in wild baboons. Elife, 8. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.47433Full Text
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Simons, N. D., & Tung, J. (2019). Social Status and Gene Regulation: Conservation and Context Dependence in Primates. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 23(9), 722–725. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2019.06.003Full Text
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Zipple, M. N., Archie, E. A., Tung, J., Altmann, J., & Alberts, S. C. (2019). Intergenerational effects of early adversity on survival in wild baboons. Elife, 8. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.47433.001Full Text
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Turan, Z. G., Parvizi, P., Dönertaş, H. M., Tung, J., Khaitovich, P., & Somel, M. (2019). Molecular footprint of Medawar's mutation accumulation process in mammalian aging. Aging Cell, 18(4), e12965. https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.12965Full Text
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Devoto, A. E., Santini, J. M., Olm, M. R., Anantharaman, K., Munk, P., Tung, J., … Banfield, J. F. (2019). Megaphages infect Prevotella and variants are widespread in gut microbiomes. Nature Microbiology, 4(4), 693–700. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-018-0338-9Full Text
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Grieneisen, L. E., Charpentier, M. J. E., Alberts, S. C., Blekhman, R., Bradburd, G., Tung, J., & Archie, E. A. (2019). Genes, geology and germs: gut microbiota across a primate hybrid zone are explained by site soil properties, not host species. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 286(1901), 20190431. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0431Full Text
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Vilgalys, T. P., Rogers, J., Jolly, C. J., Mukherjee, S., & Tung, J. (2019). Evolution of DNA Methylation in Papio Baboons. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 36(3), 527–540. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msy227Full Text
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Wango, T. L., Musiega, D., Mundia, C. N., Altmann, J., Alberts, S. C., & Tung, J. (2019). Climate and Land Cover Analysis Suggest No Strong Ecological Barriers to Gene Flow in a Natural Baboon Hybrid Zone. International Journal of Primatology, 40(1), 53–70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-017-9989-2Full Text
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Rogers, J., Raveendran, M., Harris, R. A., Mailund, T., Leppälä, K., Athanasiadis, G., … Baboon Genome Analysis Consortium, . (2019). The comparative genomics and complex population history of Papio baboons. Science Advances, 5(1), eaau6947. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau6947Full Text
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Debray, R., Snyder-Mackler, N., Kohn, J. N., Wilson, M. E., Barreiro, L. B., & Tung, J. (2019). Social affiliation predicts mitochondrial DNA copy number in female rhesus macaques. Biology Letters, 15(1), 20180643. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0643Full Text
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Snyder-Mackler, N., Sanz, J., Kohn, J. N., Voyles, T., Pique-Regi, R., Wilson, M. E., … Tung, J. (2019). Social status alters chromatin accessibility and the gene regulatory response to glucocorticoid stimulation in rhesus macaques. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(4), 1219–1228. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1811758115Full Text
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Snyder-Mackler, N., Voyles, T., & Tung, J. (2019). Generating RNA Baits for Capture-Based Enrichment. Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.), 1963, 107–120. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9176-1_12Full Text
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Walker, J. A., Jordan, V. E., Storer, J. M., Steely, C. J., Gonzalez-Quiroga, P., Beckstrom, T. O., … Batzer, M. A. (2019). Alu insertion polymorphisms shared by Papio baboons and Theropithecus gelada reveal an intertwined common ancestry. Mobile Dna, 10, 46. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13100-019-0187-yFull Text
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Lea, A. J., Vockley, C. M., Johnston, R. A., Del Carpio, C. A., Barreiro, L. B., Reddy, T. E., & Tung, J. (2018). Genome-wide quantification of the effects of DNA methylation on human gene regulation. Elife, 7. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.37513Full Text Link to Item
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Lea, A. J., Akinyi, M. Y., Nyakundi, R., Mareri, P., Nyundo, F., Kariuki, T., … Tung, J. (2018). Dominance rank-associated gene expression is widespread, sex-specific, and a precursor to high social status in wild male baboons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(52), E12163–E12171. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1811967115Full Text
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Lea, A., Akinyi, M., Nyakundi, R., Mareri, P., Nyundo, F., Kariuki, T., … Tung, J. (2018). Dominance rank-associated immune gene expression is widespread, sex-specific, and a precursor to high social status in wild male baboons. https://doi.org/10.1101/366021Full Text
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Tung, J., & Barreiro, L. B. (2017). The contribution of admixture to primate evolution. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 47, 61–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gde.2017.08.010Full Text
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Grieneisen, L. E., Livermore, J., Alberts, S., Tung, J., & Archie, E. A. (2017). Group Living and Male Dispersal Predict the Core Gut Microbiome in Wild Baboons. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 57(4), 770–785. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icx046Full Text
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Steely, C. J., Walker, J. A., Jordan, V. E., Beckstrom, T. O., McDaniel, C. L., St Romain, C. P., … Batzer, M. A. (2017). Alu Insertion Polymorphisms as Evidence for Population Structure in Baboons. Genome Biology and Evolution, 9(9), 2418–2427. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evx184Full Text
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Lea, A. J., Vilgalys, T. P., Durst, P. A. P., & Tung, J. (2017). Maximizing ecological and evolutionary insight in bisulfite sequencing data sets. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1(8), 1074–1083. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0229-0Full Text
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Snyder-Mackler, N., & Tung, J. (2017). Vasopressin and the Neurogenetics of Parental Care. Neuron, 95(1), 9–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2017.06.027Full Text
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Sun, S., Hood, M., Scott, L., Peng, Q., Mukherjee, S., Tung, J., & Zhou, X. (2017). Differential expression analysis for RNAseq using Poisson mixed models. Nucleic Acids Research, 45(11), e106. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkx204Full Text
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Miller, E. A., Livermore, J. A., Alberts, S. C., Tung, J., & Archie, E. A. (2017). Ovarian cycling and reproductive state shape the vaginal microbiota in wild baboons. Microbiome, 5(1), 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-017-0228-zFull Text
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Lea, A. J., Tung, J., Archie, E. A., & Alberts, S. C. (2017). Developmental plasticity: Bridging research in evolution and human health. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, 2017(1), 162–175. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eox019Full Text Open Access Copy
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Lea, A. J., Tung, J., Archie, E. A., & Alberts, S. C. (2017). Developmental plasticity research in evolution and human health: Response to commentaries. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, 2017(1), 201–205. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoy007Full Text Open Access Copy
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Kohn, J. N., Snyder-Mackler, N., Barreiro, L. B., Johnson, Z. P., Tung, J., & Wilson, M. E. (2016). Dominance rank causally affects personality and glucocorticoid regulation in female rhesus macaques. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 74, 179–188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.09.005Full Text
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Snyder-Mackler, N., Sanz, J., Kohn, J. N., Brinkworth, J. F., Morrow, S., Shaver, A. O., … Tung, J. (2016). Social status alters immune regulation and response to infection in macaques. Science (New York, N.Y.), 354(6315), 1041–1045. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aah3580Full Text
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Nédélec, Y., Sanz, J., Baharian, G., Szpiech, Z. A., Pacis, A., Dumaine, A., … Barreiro, L. B. (2016). Genetic Ancestry and Natural Selection Drive Population Differences in Immune Responses to Pathogens. Cell, 167(3), 657-669.e21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2016.09.025Full Text
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Blekhman, R., Tang, K., Archie, E. A., Barreiro, L. B., Johnson, Z. P., Wilson, M. E., … Tung, J. (2016). Common methods for fecal sample storage in field studies yield consistent signatures of individual identity in microbiome sequencing data. Scientific Reports, 6, 31519. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep31519Full Text
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Charruau, P., Johnston, R. A., Stahler, D. R., Lea, A., Snyder-Mackler, N., Smith, D. W., … Wayne, R. K. (2016). Pervasive Effects of Aging on Gene Expression in Wild Wolves. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 33(8), 1967–1978. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msw072Full Text
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Wall, J. D., Schlebusch, S. A., Alberts, S. C., Cox, L. A., Snyder-Mackler, N., Nevonen, K. A., … Tung, J. (2016). Genomewide ancestry and divergence patterns from low-coverage sequencing data reveal a complex history of admixture in wild baboons. Molecular Ecology, 25(14), 3469–3483. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13684Full Text
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Snyder-Mackler, N., Majoros, W. H., Yuan, M. L., Shaver, A. O., Gordon, J. B., Kopp, G. H., … Tung, J. (2016). Efficient Genome-Wide Sequencing and Low-Coverage Pedigree Analysis from Noninvasively Collected Samples. Genetics, 203(2), 699–714. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.187492Full Text Link to Item
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Tung, J., Archie, E. A., Altmann, J., & Alberts, S. C. (2016). Cumulative early life adversity predicts longevity in wild baboons. Nature Communications, 7, 11181. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11181Full Text Open Access Copy
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Lea, A. J., Altmann, J., Alberts, S. C., & Tung, J. (2016). Resource base influences genome-wide DNA methylation levels in wild baboons (Papio cynocephalus). Molecular Ecology, 25(8), 1681–1696. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13436Full Text
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Snyder-Mackler, N., Kohn, J. N., Barreiro, L. B., Johnson, Z. P., Wilson, M. E., & Tung, J. (2016). Social status drives social relationships in groups of unrelated female rhesus macaques. Animal Behaviour, 111, 307–317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.10.033Full Text
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Archie, E. A., & Tung, J. (2015). Social behavior and the microbiome. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 6, 28–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2015.07.008Full Text
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Pacis, A., Tailleux, L., Morin, A. M., Lambourne, J., MacIsaac, J. L., Yotova, V., … Barreiro, L. B. (2015). Bacterial infection remodels the DNA methylation landscape of human dendritic cells. Genome Research, 25(12), 1801–1811. https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.192005.115Full Text
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Lea, A. J., Tung, J., & Zhou, X. (2015). A Flexible, Efficient Binomial Mixed Model for Identifying Differential DNA Methylation in Bisulfite Sequencing Data. Plos Genetics, 11(11), e1005650. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005650Full Text
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Franz, M., McLean, E., Tung, J., Altmann, J., & Alberts, S. C. (2015). Self-organizing dominance hierarchies in a wild primate population. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 282(1814). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.1512Full Text
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Lea, A. J., Altmann, J., Alberts, S. C., & Tung, J. (2015). Developmental constraints in a wild primate. The American Naturalist, 185(6), 809–821. https://doi.org/10.1086/681016Full Text
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Tung, J., Barreiro, L. B., Burns, M. B., Grenier, J.-C., Lynch, J., Grieneisen, L. E., … Archie, E. A. (2015). Social networks predict gut microbiome composition in wild baboons. Elife, 4. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.05224Full Text
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Tung, J., Zhou, X., Alberts, S. C., Stephens, M., & Gilad, Y. (2015). The genetic architecture of gene expression levels in wild baboons. Elife, 4. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.04729Full Text
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Galbany, J., Tung, J., Altmann, J., & Alberts, S. C. (2015). Canine length in wild male baboons: maturation, aging and social dominance rank. Plos One, 10(5), e0126415. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126415Full Text
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Archie, E. A., Tung, J., Clark, M., Altmann, J., & Alberts, S. C. (2014). Social affiliation matters: both same-sex and opposite-sex relationships predict survival in wild female baboons. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 281(1793). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1261Full Text
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Snyder-Mackler, N., Somel, M., & Tung, J. (2014). Shared signatures of social stress and aging in peripheral blood mononuclear cell gene expression profiles. Aging Cell, 13(5), 954–957. https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.12239Full Text
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Gallego Romero, I., Pai, A. A., Tung, J., & Gilad, Y. (2014). RNA-seq: impact of RNA degradation on transcript quantification. Bmc Biology, 12, 42. https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-12-42Full Text
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Tung, J., & Gilad, Y. (2013). Social environmental effects on gene regulation. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 70(22), 4323–4339. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-013-1357-6Full Text
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Runcie, D. E., Wiedmann, R. T., Archie, E. A., Altmann, J., Wray, G. A., Alberts, S. C., & Tung, J. (2013). Social environment influences the relationship between genotype and gene expression in wild baboons. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 368(1618), 20120345. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0345Full Text
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Akinyi, M. Y., Tung, J., Jeneby, M., Patel, N. B., Altmann, J., & Alberts, S. C. (2013). Role of Grooming in Reducing Tick Load in Wild Baboons (Papio cynocephalus). Animal Behaviour, 85(3), 559–568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.12.012Full Text
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Barreiro, L. B., & Tung, J. (2012). Getting under—and through—the skin: ecological genomics of chytridiomycosis infection in frogs. Molecular Ecology, 21(13), 3095–3097. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294x.2012.05624.xFull Text
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Tung, J., Charpentier, M. J. E., Mukherjee, S., Altmann, J., & Alberts, S. C. (2012). Genetic effects on mating success and partner choice in a social mammal. The American Naturalist, 180(1), 113–129. https://doi.org/10.1086/665993Full Text
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Tung, J., Barreiro, L. B., Johnson, Z. P., Hansen, K. D., Michopoulos, V., Toufexis, D., … Gilad, Y. (2012). Social environment is associated with gene regulatory variation in the rhesus macaque immune system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(17), 6490–6495. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1202734109Full Text
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Charpentier, M. J. E., Fontaine, M. C., Cherel, E., Renoult, J. P., Jenkins, T., Benoit, L., … Tung, J. (2012). Genetic structure in a dynamic baboon hybrid zone corroborates behavioural observations in a hybrid population. Molecular Ecology, 21(3), 715–731. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294x.2011.05302.xFull Text
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Babbitt, C. C., Tung, J., Wray, G. A., & Alberts, S. C. (2012). Changes in gene expression associated with reproductive maturation in wild female baboons. Genome Biology and Evolution, 4(2), 102–109. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evr134Full Text
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Harper, K. N., Fyumagwa, R. D., Hoare, R., Wambura, P. N., Coppenhaver, D. H., Sapolsky, R. M., … Knauf, S. (2012). Treponema pallidum infection in the wild baboons of East Africa: distribution and genetic characterization of the strains responsible. Plos One, 7(12), e50882. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050882Full Text
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Tung, J., Akinyi, M. Y., Mutura, S., Altmann, J., Wray, G. A., & Alberts, S. C. (2011). Allele-specific gene expression in a wild nonhuman primate population. Molecular Ecology, 20(4), 725–739. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294x.2010.04970.xFull Text
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Tung, J., Alberts, S. C., & Wray, G. A. (2010). Evolutionary genetics in wild primates: combining genetic approaches with field studies of natural populations. Trends in Genetics : Tig, 26(8), 353–362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2010.05.005Full Text
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Tung, J., Fédrigo, O., Haygood, R., Mukherjee, S., & Wray, G. A. (2009). Genomic features that predict allelic imbalance in humans suggest patterns of constraint on gene expression variation. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 26(9), 2047–2059. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msp113Full Text
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Tung, J., Primus, A., Bouley, A. J., Severson, T. F., Alberts, S. C., & Wray, G. A. (2009). Evolution of a malaria resistance gene in wild primates. Nature, 460(7253), 388–391. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08149Full Text
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Leonhardt, S. D., Tung, J., Camden, J. B., Leal, M., & Drea, C. M. (2009). Seeing red: Behavioral evidence of trichromatic color vision in strepsirrhine primates. Behavioral Ecology, 20(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arn106Full Text
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Charpentier, M. J. E., Tung, J., Altmann, J., & Alberts, S. C. (2008). Age at maturity in wild baboons: genetic, environmental and demographic influences. Molecular Ecology, 17(8), 2026–2040. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294x.2008.03724.xFull Text
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Tung, J., Charpentier, M. J. E., Garfield, D. A., Altmann, J., & Alberts, S. C. (2008). Genetic evidence reveals temporal change in hybridization patterns in a wild baboon population. Molecular Ecology, 17(8), 1998–2011. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294x.2008.03723.xFull Text
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Tung, J., Rudolph, J., Altmann, J., & Alberts, S. C. (2007). Parallel effects of genetic variation in ACE activity in baboons and humans. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 134(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20614Full Text
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Tung, J., & Wray, G. A. (n.d.). Evolution of Traits Deduced from Genome Comparisons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470015902.a0021746Full Text
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Book Sections
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Tung, J. (2014). Genes revisited: The biodemography of social environmental variation through a functional genomics lens. In Sociality, Hierarchy, Health: Comparative Biodemography: A Collection of Papers (pp. 39–64). https://doi.org/10.17226/18822Full Text
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Loisel, D. A., & Tung, J. (2013). Genetic variation in the immune system of old world monkeys: Functional and selective effects. In Primates, Pathogens, and Evolution (pp. 65–90). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7181-3_3Full Text
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Conference Papers
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Archie, E. A., Tung, J., Blekhman, R., Barreiro, L., Grieneisen, L., Alberts, S. C., & Altmann, J. (2017). Socially structured gut microbiomes in wild baboons. In Integrative and Comparative Biology (Vol. 57, pp. E194–E194). New Orleans, LA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.Link to Item
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Miller, C. M., Snyder-Mackler, N., Nga, N., Fashing, P. J., Tung, J., Gustison, M. L., & Wilson, M. L. (2016). Male reproductive strategies and paternity success in the multilevel social system of gelada monkeys from Guassa, Menz Highlands, Ethiopia. In American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Vol. 159, pp. 230–230). Atlanta, GA: WILEY-BLACKWELL.Link to Item
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Snyder-Mackler, N., Kohn, J., Moore, C., Johnson, Z. P., Wilson, M. E., & Tung, J. (2015). Dominance rank and rank disparity predict female rhesus macaque social relationships even in the absence of kin networks. In American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Vol. 156, pp. 293–293). St Louis, MO: WILEY-BLACKWELL.Link to Item
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Tung, J. (2014). INSIGHTS FROM PRIMATE MODELS FOR HUMAN SOCIALITY: SYNERGIES BETWEEN STUDIES IN CAPTIVITY AND THE FIELD. In American Journal of Primatology (Vol. 76, pp. 47–47). Decatur, GA: WILEY-BLACKWELL.Link to Item
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Tung, J., Lea, A. J., Altmann, J., & Alberts, S. C. (2014). Social and ecological predictors of DNA methylation in wild baboons. In American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Vol. 153, pp. 256–256). Calgary, CANADA: WILEY-BLACKWELL.Link to Item
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Tung, J., Alberts, S. C., & Wray, G. A. (2010). Evolution of functional genetic variation at immune loci in wild baboons. In American Journal of Physical Anthropology (pp. 231–231). Albuquerque, NM: WILEY-LISS.Link to Item
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Theses and Dissertations
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Tung, J. (n.d.). Functional and Evolutionary Genetics of a Wild Baboon Population.
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- Teaching & Mentoring
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Recent Courses
- BIOLOGY 293: Research Independent Study 2021
- EVANTH 393: Research Independent Study 2021
- BIOLOGY 202L: Gateway to Biology: Genetics and Evolution 2019
- EVANTH 212FS: Social Structures in an Evolutionary Framework 2019
- EVANTH 791: Independent Study 2019
- EVANTH 793: Research in Evolutionary Anthropology 2019
- FOCUS 195FS: Special Topics in Focus 2019
- GENOME 212FS: Social Structures in an Evolutionary Framework 2019
- Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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Presentations & Appearances
- Behavior, gene regulation and the evolutionary genetics of Old World monkeys. November 1, 2013 2013
- The epigenetic signature of socioecology in wild baboons. September 7, 2013 2013
- Social regulation of gene expression in captive and wild primates.. April 29, 2013 2013
- Evolutionary genetics and gene regulation in Old World monkeys. December 6, 2012 2012
- Behavior, life history and gene regulation in nonhuman primates. October 30, 2012 2012
- Social and ecological effects on genetic structure and gene expression. October 24, 2012 2012
- Genomic effects of social stress and their relationship to gene regulatory changes during aging. October 19, 2012 2012
- Genomic effects of social stress and their relationship to gene regulatory changes during aging. October 16, 2012 2012
- Dramatic effects of social behavior on gene regulation in Old World monkeys.. August 16, 2012 2012
- Gene regulation and aging across the life course: exploring the mechanistic underpinnings of social and life history effects on health and physiology. June 7, 2012 2012
- Social and ecological effects on genetic structure and gene expression. June 4, 2012 2012
- Stress and the genome: social effects on gene regulation in a nonhuman primate model for social status. May 11, 2012 2012
- Gene regulatory changes in primates. January 24, 2012 2012
- Social regulation of gene expression in rhesus macaques. December 13, 2011 2011
- Social and ecological effects on gene expression. December 7, 2011 2011
- Genetic background influences mating behavior in wild baboons. October 12, 2010 2010
- Evolution of functional genetic variation at immune loci in wild baboons. February 11, 2010 2010
- Evolutionary genetics in natural primate populations: lessons from wild baboons. February 11, 2010 2010
- Gene expression variation in the immune system of primates. February 11, 2010 2010
- Socially mediated gene-environment interactions in wild baboons.. February 11, 2010 2010
- Before and after the swarm: behavioral, genetic, and life history implications of hybridization in wild baboons. February 11, 2009 2009
- Genetic, behavioral, and life history implications of hybridization in wild baboons. February 11, 2009 2009
- Evolution of a malaria resistance gene in wild primates. February 11, 2008 2008
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