Professor Ross Crozier
Professor of Evolutionary Genetics
Professor Ross Crozier
School of marine and Tropical Biology
Campus: Townsville
Phone: +61 7 4781 5734
Fax: +61 7 4725 1570
Email: Ross.crozier@jcu.edu.au
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ARC Australian Professorial Fellow, 2006-2010 Professor, JCU, 2000-2005 Professor of Genetics, La Trobe University, 1990-1999 Professor (personal chair), University of New South Wales, 1989-1990 Associate Professor, University of New South Wales, 1982-1989 Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales, 1977-1981 Lecturer, University of New South Wales. 1975-1976 Assistant Professor, University of Georgia, 1970-1974 Research Associate in Genetics, University of Georgia, 1969-1970 B. Sc., M. Sc., University of Melbourne, Ph D Cornell University |
Research Interests
My interests are in evolution in general, especially evolutionary genetics, and most especially that of social groups. Within this framework, I have interests in the theory of the evolution of social behavior [especially in social insects], the molecular ecology of social insects populations, and the molecular phylogeny of social insects. Other organisms I have studied include fishes, birds, octopods, midges, humans and bryozoa. I have also worked on the assessment of conservation priorities using phylogeny.
Recent and Current Research Projects Include
Current major projects include the evolution of social insect immune genes in relation to sociality and habitat, which includes studies on the social structure of colonies. Recent and currently supervised projects include aspects of the major project work, the molecular genetics of reef fishes, gene expression changes in reef fishes in relation to temperature, the conservation genetics of Gouldian finches, evolutionary immunology of rainforest birds, molecular phylogeny of Camponotus ants, evolutionary genetics of figs and fig-wasps, and the use of systematics as a surrogate for phylogeny in conservation assessment.
Recent and Currently Supervised Projects
Selected Publications
Full publications list or Crozier Group Research Page
Crozier RH 1975. Animal Cytogenetics 3 Insecta (7) Hymenoptera. Gebruder Borntraeger, Berlin and Stuttgart.
Crozier RH, Page RE. 1985. On being the right size: male contributions and multiple mating in social Hymenoptera. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 18:105-115.
Crozier RH, Crozier YC. 1993. The mitochondrial genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera: complete sequence and genome organization. Genetics 133:97-117.
Crozier RH, Pamilo P. 1996. Evolution of social insect colonies. Sex allocation and kin-selection. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 320p.
Crozier RH. 1997. Preserving the information content of species: genetic diversity, phylogeny and conservation worth. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 28:243-268.
Schmid-Hempel P, Crozier RH. 1999. Polyandry vs. polygyny vs. parasites. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 354:507-515.
Fraser VS, Kaufmann B, Oldroyd BP, Crozier RH. 2000. Genetic influence on caste in the ant Camponotus consobrinus. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 47:188-194.
Bulmer MS, Crozier RH. 2006. Variation in positive selection in termite GNBPs and relish. Mol. Biol. Evol. 23(2):317-326.
Raffiudin R, Crozier RH. 2007. Phylogenetic analysis of honey bee behavioral evolution. Mol. Phylog. Evol. 43:543-552.
Crozier RH. 2008. Advanced eusociality, kin selection and male haploidy. Aust. J. Entomol. 47:2-8.
Contact Details
Professor Ross Crozier
School of marine and Tropical Biology
Campus: Townsville
Phone: +61 7 4781 5734
Fax: +61 7 4725 1570
Email: Ross.crozier@jcu.edu.au
