Vernon French
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0)131 650 5480
- Email: Vernon.French@ed.ac.uk
Address
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Rm. 112, Ashworth Building
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Background
1974 D.Phil. University of Sussex
1975 MRC Researc Scientist, MIMR London
1977 Lecturer University of Edinburg
1995 Senior Lecturer University of Edinburgh
Undergraduate teaching
Lectures in Evolution in Action 2 and Genes & Gene Action 2
Course Organiser of Developmental Biology 3
Zoology Honours Programme Organiser
Research summary
I am a Developmental Biologist, mainly interested in spatial pattern formation in insects and in evolution of the mechanisms involved. Past research projects have included insect limb regeneration; segmentation in insect embryos; and the control of growth and size in relation to temperature. My current research concerns the specification of colour patterns on developing butterfly and moth wings.
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Conserved developmental processes and the formation of evolutionary novelties: examples from butterfly wings
(7 pages)
In:
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 363, pp. 1549-1555
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2007.2245
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Evolution: Have wings come, gone and come again?
In:
Current Biology, vol. 13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00364-6
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Short survey (Published)