Omer Gokcumen, State University of New York at Buffalo
Assistant Professor
Buffalo, New York
omergokc@buffalo.edu
Office:
(716) 645-4937
Expert In
Bio/Research
Omer Gokcumen is an expert in evolutionary anthropology — the study of how humans evolved and how they differ from non-human primates such as gorillas and chimpanzees.He can speak to the media about topics tied to human evolution, including evolutionary adaptation and the evolutionary processes t...
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Bio/Research
Omer Gokcumen is an expert in evolutionary anthropology — the study of how humans evolved and how they differ from non-human primates such as gorillas and chimpanzees.He can speak to the media about topics tied to human evolution, including evolutionary adaptation and the evolutionary processes that lead to genetic disease.Gokcumen’s research examines the role that genomic variants, especially deletions and duplications, play in human disease and biology. His laboratory investigates the evolutionary history of genetic variations tied to interesting traits and diseases in modern and ancient human populations.
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