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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In the News
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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
- Summer Scholars Program in Genome Sciences and Medicine 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
- Quantifying the genome-wide functional consequences of DNA methylation associated with early life adversity. awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2021
- Sloan Foundation Research Fellow Award awarded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 2016 - 2020
- Behavioral and Physiology in Aging awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2020
- Doctoral Dissertation Research: Leveraging natural hybridization to understand the evolution of primate gene regulation. awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2020
- Phenotypic transitions in cooperative societies: an evolutionary and molecular approach awarded by International Human Frontier Science Program Organization 2017 - 2018
- 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
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Book Sections
- Tung, J, Alberts, SC, Archie, EA, Gesquiere, LR, Altmann, J, Vaupel, JW, & Christensen, K. (2014, October 16). Genes revisited: The biodemography of social environmental variation through a functional genomics lensThe male-female health-survival paradox: A comparative perspective on sex differences in aging and mortality (PublishedPublished). In Sociality, Hierarchy, Health: Comparative Biodemography: A Collection of Papers (pp. 39-64). Full Text
- Loisel, DA, & Tung, J. (2013, January 1). Genetic variation in the immune system of old world monkeys: Functional and selective effects. In Primates, Pathogens, and Evolution (pp. 65-90). Full Text
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Conference Papers
- Archie, EA, Tung, J, Blekhman, R, Barreiro, L, Grieneisen, L, Alberts, SC, & Altmann, J. (2017, March). Socially structured gut microbiomes in wild baboons. Link to Item
- Miller, CM, Snyder-Mackler, N, Nguyen, N, Fashing, PJ, Tung, J, Gustison, ML, & Wilson, ML. (2016, March). Male reproductive strategies and paternity success in the multilevel social system of gelada monkeys from Guassa, Menz Highlands, Ethiopia. Link to Item
- Snyder-Mackler, N, Kohn, J, Moore, C, Johnson, ZP, Wilson, ME, & Tung, J. (2015, March). Dominance rank and rank disparity predict female rhesus macaque social relationships even in the absence of kin networks. Link to Item
- Tung, J. (2014, September). INSIGHTS FROM PRIMATE MODELS FOR HUMAN SOCIALITY: SYNERGIES BETWEEN STUDIES IN CAPTIVITY AND THE FIELD. Link to Item
- Tung, J, Lea, AJ, Altmann, J, & Alberts, SC. (2014, March). Social and ecological predictors of DNA methylation in wild baboons. Link to Item
- Tung, J, Alberts, SC, & Wray, GA. (2010). Evolution of functional genetic variation at immune loci in wild baboons. Link to Item
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Journal Articles
- Lea, A, Akinyi, M, Nyakundi, R, Mareri, P, Nyundo, F, Kariuki, T, Alberts, S, Archie, E, & Tung, J. (2018, July 10). Dominance rank-associated immune gene expression is widespread, sex-specific, and a precursor to high social status in wild male baboons. . Full Text
- Tung, J, & Barreiro, LB. (2017, December). The contribution of admixture to primate evolution. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development , 47 , 61-68. (Review) Full Text
- Grieneisen, LE, Livermore, J, Alberts, S, Tung, J, & Archie, EA. (2017, October). Group Living and Male Dispersal Predict the Core Gut Microbiome in Wild Baboons. Integrative and Comparative Biology , 57 (4), 770-785. Full Text
- Lea, AJ, Vilgalys, TP, Durst, PAP, & Tung, J. (2017, August). Maximizing ecological and evolutionary insight in bisulfite sequencing data sets. Nature ecology & evolution , 1 (8), 1074-1083. (Review) Full Text
- Snyder-Mackler, N, & Tung, J. (2017, July). Vasopressin and the Neurogenetics of Parental Care. Neuron , 95 (1), 9-11. Full Text
- Sun, S, Hood, M, Scott, L, Peng, Q, Mukherjee, S, Tung, J, & Zhou, X. (2017, June). Differential expression analysis for RNAseq using Poisson mixed models. Nucleic acids research , 45 (11), e106-. Full Text
- Miller, EA, Livermore, JA, Alberts, SC, Tung, J, & Archie, EA. (2017, January 19). Ovarian cycling and reproductive state shape the vaginal microbiota in wild baboons. Microbiome , 5 (1), 8-null. Full Text
- Lea, AJ, Tung, J, Archie, EA, & Alberts, SC. (2017, January). Developmental plasticity: Bridging research in evolution and human health. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health , 2017 (1), 162-175. (Review) Full Text Open Access Copy
- Lea, AJ, Tung, J, Archie, EA, & Alberts, SC. (2017, January). Developmental plasticity research in evolution and human health: Response to commentaries. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health , 2017 (1), 201-205. Full Text Open Access Copy
- Kohn, JN, Snyder-Mackler, N, Barreiro, LB, Johnson, ZP, Tung, J, & Wilson, ME. (2016, December). Dominance rank causally affects personality and glucocorticoid regulation in female rhesus macaques. Psychoneuroendocrinology , 74 , 179-188. Full Text
- Snyder-Mackler, N, Sanz, J, Kohn, JN, Brinkworth, JF, Morrow, S, Shaver, AO, Grenier, J-C, Pique-Regi, R, Johnson, ZP, Wilson, ME, Barreiro, LB, & Tung, J. (2016, November). Social status alters immune regulation and response to infection in macaques. Science (New York, N.Y.) , 354 (6315), 1041-1045. Full Text
- Nédélec, Y, Sanz, J, Baharian, G, Szpiech, ZA, Pacis, A, Dumaine, A, Grenier, J-C, Freiman, A, Sams, AJ, Hebert, S, Pagé Sabourin, A, Luca, F, Blekhman, R, Hernandez, RD, Pique-Regi, R, Tung, J, Yotova, V, & Barreiro, LB. (2016, October). Genetic Ancestry and Natural Selection Drive Population Differences in Immune Responses to Pathogens. Cell , 167 (3), 657-669.e21. Full Text
- Blekhman, R, Tang, K, Archie, EA, Barreiro, LB, Johnson, ZP, Wilson, ME, Kohn, J, Yuan, ML, Gesquiere, L, Grieneisen, LE, & Tung, J. (2016, August 16). Common methods for fecal sample storage in field studies yield consistent signatures of individual identity in microbiome sequencing data. Scientific reports , 6 , 31519-. Full Text
- Charruau, P, Johnston, RA, Stahler, DR, Lea, A, Snyder-Mackler, N, Smith, DW, vonHoldt, BM, Cole, SW, Tung, J, & Wayne, RK. (2016, August). Pervasive Effects of Aging on Gene Expression in Wild Wolves. Molecular biology and evolution , 33 (8), 1967-1978. Full Text
- Wall, JD, Schlebusch, SA, Alberts, SC, Cox, LA, Snyder-Mackler, N, Nevonen, KA, Carbone, L, & Tung, J. (2016, July). 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. Full Text
- Snyder-Mackler, N, Majoros, WH, Yuan, ML, Shaver, AO, Gordon, JB, Kopp, GH, Schlebusch, SA, Wall, JD, Alberts, SC, Mukherjee, S, Zhou, X, & Tung, J. (2016, June). Efficient Genome-Wide Sequencing and Low-Coverage Pedigree Analysis from Noninvasively Collected Samples. Genetics , 203 (2), 699-714. Full Text
- Tung, J, Archie, EA, Altmann, J, & Alberts, SC. (2016, April 19). Cumulative early life adversity predicts longevity in wild baboons. Nature Communications , 7 , 11181-null. Full Text Open Access Copy
- Lea, AJ, Altmann, J, Alberts, SC, & Tung, J. (2016, April). Resource base influences genome-wide DNA methylation levels in wild baboons (Papio cynocephalus). Molecular Ecology , 25 (8), 1681-1696. Full Text
- Snyder-Mackler, N, Kohn, JN, Barreiro, LB, Johnson, ZP, Wilson, ME, & Tung, J. (2016, January). Social status drives social relationships in groups of unrelated female rhesus macaques. Animal behaviour , 111 , 307-317. Full Text
- Archie, EA, & Tung, J. (2015, December). Social behavior and the microbiome. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences , 6 , 28-34. Full Text
- Pacis, A, Tailleux, L, Morin, AM, Lambourne, J, MacIsaac, JL, Yotova, V, Dumaine, A, Danckaert, A, Luca, F, Grenier, J-C, Hansen, KD, Gicquel, B, Yu, M, Pai, A, He, C, Tung, J, Pastinen, T, Kobor, MS, Pique-Regi, R, Gilad, Y, & Barreiro, LB. (2015, December). Bacterial infection remodels the DNA methylation landscape of human dendritic cells. Genome Research , 25 (12), 1801-1811. Full Text
- Lea, AJ, Tung, J, & Zhou, X. (2015, November 24). A Flexible, Efficient Binomial Mixed Model for Identifying Differential DNA Methylation in Bisulfite Sequencing Data. PLoS genetics , 11 (11), e1005650-. Full Text
- Franz, M, McLean, E, Tung, J, Altmann, J, & Alberts, SC. (2015, September). Self-organizing dominance hierarchies in a wild primate population. Proceedings. Biological sciences , 282 (1814). Full Text
- Lea, AJ, Altmann, J, Alberts, SC, & Tung, J. (2015, June). Developmental constraints in a wild primate. The American Naturalist , 185 (6), 809-821. Full Text
- Tung, J, Barreiro, LB, Burns, MB, Grenier, J-C, Lynch, J, Grieneisen, LE, Altmann, J, Alberts, SC, Blekhman, R, & Archie, EA. (2015, March 16). Social networks predict gut microbiome composition in wild baboons. Elife , 4 . Full Text
- Tung, J, Zhou, X, Alberts, SC, Stephens, M, & Gilad, Y. (2015, February 25). The genetic architecture of gene expression levels in wild baboons. eLife , 4 . Full Text
- Galbany, J, Tung, J, Altmann, J, & Alberts, SC. (2015, January). Canine length in wild male baboons: maturation, aging and social dominance rank. PloS one , 10 (5), e0126415-. Full Text
- Archie, EA, Tung, J, Clark, M, Altmann, J, & Alberts, SC. (2014, October). Social affiliation matters: both same-sex and opposite-sex relationships predict survival in wild female baboons. Proceedings. Biological Sciences , 281 (1793). Full Text
- Snyder-Mackler, N, Somel, M, & Tung, J. (2014, October). Shared signatures of social stress and aging in peripheral blood mononuclear cell gene expression profiles. Aging cell , 13 (5), 954-957. Full Text
- Gallego Romero, I, Pai, AA, Tung, J, & Gilad, Y. (2014, May 30). RNA-seq: impact of RNA degradation on transcript quantification. Bmc Biology , 12 , 42-null. Full Text
- Tung, J, & Gilad, Y. (2013, November 1). Social environmental effects on gene regulation. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences , 70 (22), 4323-4339. (Review) Full Text
- Runcie, DE, Wiedmann, RT, Archie, EA, Altmann, J, Wray, GA, Alberts, SC, & Tung, J. (2013, May 19). Social environment influences the relationship between genotype and gene expression in wild baboons. (Published online) Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci , 368 (1618), 20120345-. Full Text Link to Item
- Akinyi, MY, Tung, J, Jeneby, M, Patel, NB, Altmann, J, & Alberts, SC. (2013, March). Role of Grooming in Reducing Tick Load in Wild Baboons (Papio cynocephalus). Animal Behaviour , 85 (3), 559-568. Full Text
- Harper, KN, Fyumagwa, RD, Hoare, R, Wambura, PN, Coppenhaver, DH, Sapolsky, RM, Alberts, SC, Tung, J, Rogers, J, Kilewo, M, Batamuzi, EK, Leendertz, FH, Armelagos, GJ, & Knauf, S. (2012, December 20). Treponema pallidum Infection in the Wild Baboons of East Africa: Distribution and Genetic Characterization of the Strains Responsible. PLOS ONE , 7 (12). Full Text Link to Item
- Tung, J, Charpentier, MJE, Mukherjee, S, Altmann, J, & Alberts, SC. (2012, July). Genetic effects on mating success and partner choice in a social mammal. The American Naturalist , 180 (1), 113-129. Full Text
- Tung, J, Barreiro, LB, Johnson, ZP, Hansen, KD, Michopoulos, V, Toufexis, D, Michelini, K, Wilson, ME, & Gilad, Y. (2012, April 9). 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. Full Text
- Charpentier, MJE, Fontaine, MC, Cherel, E, Renoult, JP, Jenkins, T, Benoit, L, Barthès, N, Alberts, SC, & Tung, J. (2012, February). Genetic structure in a dynamic baboon hybrid zone corroborates behavioural observations in a hybrid population. Molecular Ecology , 21 (3), 715-731. Full Text
- Babbitt, CC, Tung, J, Wray, GA, & Alberts, SC. (2012). Changes in gene expression associated with reproductive maturation in wild female baboons. Genome Biology and Evolution , 4 (2), 102-109. Full Text
- Barreiro, LB, & Tung, J. (2012). Getting under-and through-the skin: Ecological genomics of chytridiomycosis infection in frogs. Molecular Ecology , 21 (13), 3095-3097. Full Text
- Tung, J, Akinyi, MY, Mutura, S, Altmann, J, Wray, GA, & Alberts, SC. (2011, February). Allele-specific gene expression in a wild nonhuman primate population. Molecular Ecology , 20 (4), 725-739. Full Text
- Tung, J, Alberts, SC, & Wray, GA. (2010, August). Evolutionary genetics in wild primates: combining genetic approaches with field studies of natural populations. Trends Genet , 26 (8), 353-362. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
- Tung, J, & Wray, GA. (2009, December 15). Evolution of Traits Deduced from Genome Comparisons. eLS . Full Text
- Tung, J, Fédrigo, O, Haygood, R, Mukherjee, S, & Wray, GA. (2009, September). Genomic features that predict allelic imbalance in humans suggest patterns of constraint on gene expression variation. Mol Biol Evol , 26 (9), 2047-2059. Full Text Link to Item
- Tung, J, Primus, A, Bouley, AJ, Severson, TF, Alberts, SC, & Wray, GA. (2009, July). Evolution of a malaria resistance gene in wild primates. Nature , 460 (7253), 388-391. Full Text
- Leonhardt, SD, Tung, J, Camden, JB, Leal, M, & Drea, CM. (2009). Seeing red: Behavioral evidence of trichromatic color vision in strepsirrhine primates. Behavioral Ecology , 20 (1), 1-12. Full Text
- Charpentier, MJE, Tung, J, Altmann, J, & Alberts, SC. (2008, April). Age at maturity in wild baboons: genetic, environmental and demographic influences. Molecular Ecology , 17 (8), 2026-2040. Full Text
- Tung, J, Charpentier, MJE, Garfield, DA, Altmann, J, & Alberts, SC. (2008, April). Genetic evidence reveals temporal change in hybridization patterns in a wild baboon population. Mol Ecol , 17 (8), 1998-2011. Full Text Link to Item
- Tung, J, Rudolph, J, Altmann, J, & Alberts, SC. (2007, September). Parallel effects of genetic variation in ACE activity in baboons and humans. Am J Phys Anthropol , 134 (1), 1-8. Full Text Link to Item
- Wango, TL, Musiega, D, Mundia, CN, Altmann, J, Alberts, SC, & Tung, J. Climate and Land Cover Analysis Suggest No Strong Ecological Barriers to Gene Flow in a Natural Baboon Hybrid Zone (Published online). International Journal of Primatology . Full Text
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Theses and Dissertations
- Tung, J. Functional and Evolutionary Genetics of a Wild Baboon Population. (PhD Thesis)
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- Teaching & Mentoring
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Recent Courses
- BIOLOGY 293: Research Independent Study 2018
- BIOLOGY 310: Primate Evolutionary Genetics 2018
- BIOLOGY 391: Independent Study: Advanced Topics 2018
- BIOLOGY 493: Research Independent Study 2018
- EVANTH 212FS: Social Structures in an Evolutionary Framework 2018
- EVANTH 310: Primate Evolutionary Genetics 2018
- EVANTH 393: Research Independent Study 2018
- EVANTH 791: Independent Study 2018
- EVANTH 793: Research in Evolutionary Anthropology 2018
- GENOME 212FS: Social Structures in an Evolutionary Framework 2018
- EVANTH 391: Independent Study 2017
- EVANTH 495S: Advanced Research in Evolutionary Anthropology 2016
- 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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