Research Interests Michael Nachman studies the population genetics of mammals with particular emphasis on house mice and humans.
Work is focused on understanding the forces that shape genetic variation in natural populations.
The research is aimed at uncovering the extent to which natural selection can be detected in patterns of DNA sequence variation, and in particular, in understanding the joint effects of selection and recombination in determining the distribution of genetic variation. A second area of interest is the genetics of speciation. This includes studies to understand the origin and consequences of specific mutations that may limit gene flow between populations. Selected Publications Nachman, M.W. and P. Myers, 1989. Exceptional chromosomal mutations in a rodent population are not strongly underdominant.