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5/4/09

SLU Biology Prof Is Co-Editor Of Book On Horizontal Gene Transfer

CANTON - St. Lawrence University Assistant Professor of Biology Lorraine C. Olendzenski is co-editor of the research volume Horizontal Gene Transfer: Genomes in Flux, published in March by Humana Press.

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) events encompass a variety of processes. In the book, expert researchers contribute an overview of HGT concepts as well as specific case histories that highlight the most current progress to inspire future work. Included are overview of terminology; explanations of concepts and the implications of HGT on current evolutionary thought and philosophy; and examples of methods involving computer and bioinformatics analyses of genomic data as well as molecular biology techniques for identifying, quantifying and differentiating instances of HGT.

Olendezenski's co-editors are Maria Boekels Gogarten and Johann Peter Gogarten.

A graduate of Boston University, Olendezenski has a master's degree from the University of Massachusetts and earned the Ph.D. at the University of Connecticut. She has been on the faculty at St. Lawrence since 2004.

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