John M. Mercer
Professor of the Practice of Biology
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Professor of the Practice of Biology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2019
Contact Information
- 239 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
- Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
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jmercer@duke.edu
(919) 660-7354
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Yale University 1981
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Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies of Physics, Physics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2013 - 2022
- Professor of the Practice of Physics, Physics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2019 - 2022
- Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2007 - 2019
- Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Physics, Physics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2015 - 2019
- Assistant Professor of the Practice of Biology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2000 - 2007
- Assistant Professor of the Practice of Zoology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1993 - 2000
- Instructor, Non Tenure Track, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1991 - 1993
- Expertise
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Subject Headings
- Research
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Selected Grants
- Molecular Systematics of the Sciuridae awarded by National Science Foundation 1998 - 2002
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Academic Articles
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Turck, Charles J., Erin Frazee, Bridgette Kram, Mitchell J. Daley, Sarah A. Day, Deanna Horner, Christine Lesch, et al. “Major publications in the critical care pharmacotherapy literature: February 2012 through February 2013.” American Journal of Health System Pharmacy : Ajhp : Official Journal of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists 71, no. 1 (January 2014): 68–77. https://doi.org/10.2146/ajhp130303.Full Text
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Bennett, Sarah M., John M. Mercer, and Mohamed A. F. Noor. “Slip-sliding away: serial changes and homoplasy in repeat number in the Drosophila yakuba homolog of human cancer susceptibility gene BRCA2.” Plos One 5, no. 6 (June 2010): e11006. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011006.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Siegel, Steven J., Caroline M. Percopo, Kimberly D. Dyer, Wei Zhao, V Louise Roth, John M. Mercer, and Helene F. Rosenberg. “RNase 1 genes from the family Sciuridae define a novel rodent ribonuclease cluster.” Mammalian Genome : Official Journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society 20, no. 11–12 (November 2009): 749–57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00335-009-9215-4.Full Text
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Louise Roth, V., and J. M. Mercer. “Differing rates of macroevolutionary diversification in arboreal squirrels.” Current Science 95, no. 7 (October 10, 2008): 857–61.
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Kronauer, D. J., P. J. Bergmann, J. M. Mercer, and A. P. Russell. “A phylogeographically distinct and deep divergence in the widespread Neotropical turnip-tailed gecko, Thecadactylus rapicauda.” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34, no. 2 (February 2005): 431–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.009.Full Text
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Mercer, John M., and V Louise Roth. “The effects of Cenozoic global change on squirrel phylogeny.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 299, no. 5612 (March 2003): 1568–72. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1079705.Full Text
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Louise Roth, V., and J. M. Mercer. “Morphometrics in development and evolution.” American Zoologist 40, no. 5 (January 1, 2000): 801–10. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/40.5.801.Full Text
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Zeng, Z. B., J. Liu, L. F. Stam, C. H. Kao, J. M. Mercer, and C. C. Laurie. “Genetic Architecture of a Morphological Shape Difference Between Two Drosophila Species.” Genetics 154 (January 2000): 299–310.
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Laurie, C. C., J. R. True, J. Liu, and J. M. Mercer. “An introgression analysis of quantitative trait loci that contribute to a morphological difference between Drosophila simulans and D. mauritiana.” Genetics 145, no. 2 (February 1997): 339–48. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/145.2.339.Full Text
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Liu, J., J. M. Mercer, L. F. Stam, G. C. Gibson, Z. B. Zeng, and C. C. Laurie. “Genetic analysis of a morphological shape difference in the male genitalia of Drosophila simulans and D. mauritiana.” Genetics 142, no. 4 (April 1996): 1129–45. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/142.4.1129.Full Text
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True, J. R., J. M. Mercer, and C. C. Laurie. “Differences in crossover frequency and distribution among three sibling species of Drosophila.” Genetics 142, no. 2 (February 1996): 507–23. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/142.2.507.Full Text
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Mercer, J. M. “Effective isotrophic dipole-dipole pair potential.” Molecular Physics 69 (1990): 625–38.
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Mercer, J. M., and T. Keyes. “Expansion of the kinetic hierarchy for a massive particle: the Repeated Ring and Fokker-Planck equations.” Journal of Statistical Physics 32 (1983): 35–51.
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De la Mora, J. F., and J. M. Mercer. “A modified Fokker-Planck equation for the motion of Brownian particles in a non-uniform gas.” Physical Review A 26 (1982): 2178–85.
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Keyes, J. M., J. M. T, T. Morita, and J. M. Mercer. “Further developments of the approach of Peralta and Zwanzig. 1. The drag on a sphere at high density.” Journal of Chemical Physics 74 (1981): 5281–86.
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Keyes, T., and J. M. Mercer. “Some considerations on the calculation of the velocity correlation function in the ring approximation, with application to the Lorentz gas.” Physica 95A (1979): 473–86.
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Stanley, J. M., J. M. WL, G. G. Walters, and J. M. Mercer. “Lactase and other enzymes bound to chitin with gluteraldehyde.” Biotech. Bio. 17 (1975): 315–26.
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Book Sections
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Roth, V. L., and J. M. Mercer. “Themes and variation in sciurid evolution.” In Evolution of the Rodents: Advances in Phylogenetics, Functional Morphology and Development, edited by P. G. Cox and L. Hautier, 221–45. Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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Mercer, J. M. “Cooperativity.” In Sydney Brenner’s Encyclopedia of Genetics, edited by S. Maloy and K. Hughes. Elsevier, 2013.
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Mercer, J. M. “Unequal crossing-over.” In Sydney Brenner’s Encyclopedia of Genetics, edited by S. Maloy and K. Hughes. Elsevier, 2013.
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Fernandez de la Mora, J., J. M. Mercer, D. E. Rosner, and J. B. Fenn. “Simplified kinetic treatment of heavy molecule velocity persistence effects: Application to species separation.” In Rarefied Gas Dynamics: Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, edited by S. S. Fisher, 74:617–26, 1981.
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- Teaching & Mentoring
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Recent Courses
- BIOLOGY 364L: Advanced Experimental Physics 2023
- BIOLOGY 365L: Advanced Experimental Physics 2023
- PHYSICS 364L: Advanced Experimental Physics 2023
- PHYSICS 365L: Advanced Experimental Physics 2023
- BIOLOGY 315: Introduction to Mathematical Modeling in Biology 2022
- BIOLOGY 364L: Advanced Experimental Physics 2022
- BIOLOGY 365L: Advanced Experimental Physics 2022
- BIOLOGY 418: Introduction to Biophysics 2022
- PHYSICS 364L: Advanced Experimental Physics 2022
- PHYSICS 365L: Advanced Experimental Physics 2022
- PHYSICS 414: Introduction to Biophysics 2022
- PHYSICS 493: Research Independent Study 2022
- BIOLOGY 215: Introduction to Mathematical Modeling in Biology 2021
- BIOLOGY 364L: Advanced Experimental Physics 2021
- BIOLOGY 418: Introduction to Biophysics 2021
- PHYSICS 364L: Advanced Experimental Physics 2021
- PHYSICS 414: Introduction to Biophysics 2021
- Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
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Service to the Profession
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