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Mark E. Sorrells

Professor, Dept of Plant Breeding and Biometry
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
 

Education:
    B.S. Botany, Southern Illinois Univ. - Carbondale, 1973
M.S. Plant and Soil Science, Southern Illinois Univ. - Carbondale, 1975
Ph.D. Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1978
         
Experience:
    Professor, Dept. of Plant Breeding & Biometry, Cornell University, 1991-present
Associate Professor, Dept. of Plant Breeding & Biometry, Cornell Univ., 1984-1990
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Plant Breeding & Biometry, Cornell Univ., 1978-1984
Post-doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Agronomy, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, 1977-78
         
Awards:
    Southern Illinois University, President's Scholar Society, 1970-72
Southern Illinois University, B.S. with Honors, 1973
Southern Illinois University, M.S. with Honors, 1974
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ph.D. Cum Laude, 1978
Fellow - Crop Science Society of America, 1993
Southern Illinois University College of Agriculture Outstanding Alumnus ? 1997
Fellow ? American Association for the Advancement of Science ? 1998
Panhandle Education Foundation Distinguished Alumnus - 2001
         
Professional Societies:
    Sigma Xi
American Society of Agronomy
Crop Science Society of America
Genetics Society of Canada
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Chestnut Foundation
American Oat Workers
Eastern Wheat Workers
         
Recent Publications:
   

Singh, R.P., J.C. Nelson, and M.E. Sorrells. 2000. Mapping Yr28 and other genes for resistance to stripe rust in wheat. Crop Sci. 40:1148-1155.

Sorrells, M.E. 2000. The evolution of comparative plant genetics. In J. P. Gustafson (ed.) Genomes. Proc. 22nd Stadler Symp. June 6-8, 1998, Columbia, MO. Kluwer Academic Publishers, MA, USA.

Wilson, W.A. , S.E. Harrington, W.L. Woodman, M. Lee, M.E. Sorrells, and S.R. McCouch. 1999. Can we infer the genome structure of progenitor maize through comparative analysis of rice, maize, and the domesticated panicoids? Genetics153:453-473.

Ming, R. S.-C. Liu, J. da Silva, W. Wilson, D. Braga, A. van Deynze, T.F. Wenslaff, K.K. Wu, P.H. Moore, W. Burnquist, M.E. Sorrells, J.E. Irvine, and A.H. Paterson. 1998. Detailed alignment of Saccharum and sorghum chromosomes: Comparative organization of closely related diploid and polyploid genomes. Genetics 150:1663-1682.

Nelson, J.C.,  J. E. Autrique, G. Fuentes-Dávila, and M. E. Sorrells. 1998.  Chromosomal location of genes for resistance to Karnal bunt in wheat. Crop Sci. 38:231-236.

Van Deynze,A.E., M.E.  Sorrells, W. D. Park, N. M. Ayres, H. Fu, S.W. Cartinhour, E. Paul, and S.R. McCouch. 1998. Anchor Probes for Comparative Mapping of Grass Genera. Theor. Appl. Genet. 97:356-369.

Sorrells, M. E., and William A. Wilson. 1997. Direct classification and selection of superior alleles for crop improvement. Crop Sci. 37: 691-697.

         

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