Genomics Research:
Laboratory of Jim Lake at UCLA

MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER

BIOINFORMATICS

RIBOSOME STRUCTURE

The Origins of The Nucleus and the Tree of Life: a Primer of the Evolution of Life

Ecdysozoa - Lophotrochozoa: the Evolution of the Multicellular Animals

Informational- Operational: Two Evolutionarilly & Functionally Distinct Gene Classes

The Complexity Hypothesis: Explanations of the Patterns of Horizontal Gene Transfer

Bootstrapper's Gambit: A Program for Phylogentic Reconstruction

PickAl & COMGAP: Programs for the Identification & Alignment of Colinear Genomic Sequences


Pattern Filtering & GeneGrabber: Gene Finding and Regulatory Element Identification Tools


The Transorientation Hypothesis: Click the title to link the Nature paper.



  • Jim Lake's main page
  • UCLA's department of Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
  • UCLA's department of Human Genetics
  • UCLA's Molecular Biology Institute