Admixture End Evolution in Wild Baboon

Jenny Tung is an Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology and Biology at Duke University and an affiliate of the Duke Population Research Institute. Jenny joined the Duke Faculty in 2012 after completing her postdoctoral training in the University of Chicago Department of Human Genetics and her PhD training in the Duke Biology Department.
Research in the Tung lab focuses on the intersection between behavior, social structure, and genes. The lab is particularly interested in how social environmental variables of known biodemographic importance, such as social status and social connectedness, feed back to influence gene regulation and evolution. We primarily ask these questions in nonhuman primates and other social mammals.