Prof. Rachel Ben Shlomo
Associate Professor
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My research interests are centered on the interaction between the environment and an organism’s genetic structure at both the gene and the genomic level. My research has two main foci: molecular population genetics and molecular chronobiology.
Academic Background
B.Sc. Biology, The Hebrew University
M.Sc. Biology, The Hebrew University
Ph.D. Biology, The Hebrew University
Selected publications
Ben-Shlomo, R. 2017. Invasiveness, chimerism and genetic diversity. Molecular Ecology, 26:6502–6509.
Gershberg, A., Ne’eman G. and Ben-Shlomo R. 2016. Genetic structure of a naturally regenerating post-fire seedling population: Pinus halepensis as a case study. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7: 549.
Rinkevich B., ShaishL., Douek J. and Ben-Shlomo R. 2016. Venturing in coral larval chimerism: a compact functional domain with fostered genotypic diversity. Scientific Reports, 6: 19493.
Ben-Shlomo, R. 2014. Chronodisruption, cell cycle checkpoints and DNA repair. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 52: 399-403.
Helm B., Ben-Shlomo R., Sheriff M.J., Hut R.A., Foster R., Barnes B.M. and Dominoni D. 2013. Annual rhythms that underlie phenology: biological time-keeping meets environmental change. Chapter 5 for a theme issue Biological Clocks: When Science Meets Nature. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 280: 1-10.
Teaching
Genetics, Human Genetics, Population Genetics, Molecular Ecology