Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Yale University 1981
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  Duke Appointment History

  • 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
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • (97-1024) Molecular Systematics of the Sciuridae awarded by  National Science Foundation 1998 - 2002
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Book Sections

    • Louise Roth, V, and Mercer, JM. "Themes and variation in sciurid evolution." In Evolution of the Rodents: Advances in Phylogeny, Functional Morphology and Development, 221-245. January 1, 2015.  Full Text
    • Mercer, JM. "Cooperativity." In Brenner's Encyclopedia of Genetics: Second Edition, 183-187. February 27, 2013.  Full Text
    • Mercer, JM. "Unequal Crossing Over." In Brenner's Encyclopedia of Genetics: Second Edition, 252-256. February 27, 2013.  Full Text
    • Fernandez de la Mora, J, Mercer, JM, Rosner, DE, and Fenn, JB. "Simplified kinetic treatment of heavy molecule velocity persistence effects: Application to species separation." In Rarefied Gas Dynamics: Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, edited by SS Fisher, 617-626. 1981.

  • Journal Articles

    • Turck, CJ, Frazee, E, Kram, B, Daley, MJ, Day, SA, Horner, D, Lesch, C, Mercer, JM, Plewa, AM, Herout, P, and Critical Care Pharmacotherapy Literature Update Group, . "Major publications in the critical care pharmacotherapy literature: February 2012 through February 2013." Am J Health Syst Pharm 71, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 68-77.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Bennett, SM, Mercer, JM, and Noor, MAF. "Slip-sliding away: serial changes and homoplasy in repeat number in the Drosophila yakuba homolog of human cancer susceptibility gene BRCA2. (Published online)" PLoS One 5, no. 6 (June 8, 2010): e11006-.  Full Text  Open Access Copy  Link to Item
    • Siegel, SJ, Percopo, CM, Dyer, KD, Zhao, W, Roth, VL, Mercer, JM, and Rosenberg, HF. "RNase 1 genes from the family Sciuridae define a novel rodent ribonuclease cluster." Mammalian Genome 20, no. 11-12 (2009): 749-757.  Full Text
    • Roth, VL, and Mercer, JM. "Differing rates of macroevolutionary diversification in arboreal squirrels." Current Science 95, no. 7 (2008): 857-861.
    • Kronauer, DJC, Bergmann, PJ, Mercer, JM, and Russell, AP. "A phylogeographically distinct and deep divergence in the widespread Neotropical turnip-tailed gecko, Thecadactylus rapicauda." Mol Phylogenet Evol 34, no. 2 (February 2005): 431-437.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Mercer, JM, and Roth, VL. "The effects of Cenozoic global change on squirrel phylogeny." Science 299, no. 5612 (March 7, 2003): 1568-1572.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Roth, VL, and Mercer, JM. "Morphometrics in development and evolution." American Zoologist 40, no. 5 (2000): 801-810.
    • Zeng, Z-B, Liu, J, Stam, LF, Kao, C-H, Mercer, JM, and Laurie, CC. "Genetic architecture of a morphological shape difference between two Drosophila species." Genetics 154, no. 1 (2000): 299-310.
    • Laurie, CC, True, JR, Liu, J, and Mercer, JM. "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): 339-348.  Link to Item
    • Liu, J, Mercer, JM, Stam, LF, Gibson, GC, Zeng, ZB, and Laurie, CC. "Genetic analysis of a morphological shape difference in the male genitalia of Drosophila simulans and D. mauritiana." Genetics 142, no. 4 (April 1996): 1129-1145.  Link to Item
    • True, JR, Mercer, JM, and Laurie, CC. "Differences in crossover frequency and distribution among three sibling species of Drosophila." Genetics 142, no. 2 (February 1996): 507-523.  Link to Item
    • Mercer, JM. "Effective isotrophic dipole-dipole pair potential." Molecular Physics 69 (1990): 625-638. (Academic Article)
    • Mercer, JM, and Keyes, T. "Expansion of the kinetic hierarchy for a massive particle: the Repeated Ring and Fokker-Planck equations." Journal of Statistical Physics 32 (1983): 35-51. (Academic Article)
    • De la Mora, JF, and Mercer, JM. "A modified Fokker-Planck equation for the motion of Brownian particles in a non-uniform gas." Physical Review A 26 (1982): 2178-2185. (Academic Article)
    • Keyes, , T, , Morita, T, and Mercer, JM. "Further developments of the approach of Peralta and Zwanzig. 1. The drag on a sphere at high density." Journal of Chemical Physics 74 (1981): 5281-5286. (Academic Article)
    • Keyes, T, and Mercer, JM. "Some considerations on the calculation of the velocity correlation function in the ring approximation, with application to the Lorentz gas." Physica 95A (1979): 473-486. (Academic Article)
    • Stanley, , WL, , Walters, GG, and Mercer, JM. "Lactase and other enzymes bound to chitin with gluteraldehyde." Biotech. Bio. 17 (1975): 315-326. (Academic Article)
• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • BIOLOGY 215: Introduction to Mathematical Modeling in Biology 2018
  • BIOLOGY 293: Research Independent Study 2018
  • BIOLOGY 364L: Advanced Experimental Physics 2018
  • BIOLOGY 425: Biophysics II 2018
  • BIOLOGY 493: Research Independent Study 2018
  • PHYSICS 364L: Advanced Experimental Physics 2018
  • PHYSICS 365L: Advanced Experimental Physics 2018
  • PHYSICS 415: Biophysics II 2018
  • PHYSICS 495: Thesis Independent Study 2018
  • PHYSICS 491: Independent Study: Advanced Topics 2017
  • PHYSICS 493: Research Independent Study 2017
  • BIOLOGY 791T: Tutorial 2016
  • BIOLOGY 792: Research 2016
  • PHYSICS 174: Introduction to Frontiers of Biophysics 2016
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

  • Associate Professor of the Practice. Public outreach. December 21, 2011  2011
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  Service to the Profession

  • Ad Hoc Reviewer for professional journals. December 2010  2010
  • Ad Hoc Reviewer for professional journals. August 2010  2010
  • Ad Hoc Reviewer for professional journals. 2009  2009
  • Peer Reviewed Journals. November 2008  2008
  • Peer Reviewed Journals. September 2008  2008

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