Rongling Wu Assistant Professor Department of Statistics  University of Florida  P.O. Box 118545  Gainesville, FL 32611-8545    PHONE: (352) 392-1941  FAX: (352) 392-5175  E-MAIL: rwu@stat.ufl.edu Personal HomePage: http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~rwu/

Honors and Professional Activities

• Appointed Adjunct Professor, Chinese Academy of Forestry
• Member, Genetics Society of America
• Member, International Biometric Society
• Reviewer, National Science Foundation
• Reviewer, USDA Plant Genome Program

Research Interests

• Statistical genomics: Linkage, map and QTL
• Population genetic aspects of gene mapping
• Mapping QTL underlying allometry and growth trajectory
• Statistical inferences of quantitative genetics

• Quantitative genetics of growth and development in Populus. II. The partitioning of genotype x environment interactions in growth, Heredity (1998), Vol 78, 124-134 (with R. F. Stettler).
• The detection of plasticity genes in heterogeneous environments, Evolution (1998), Vol 54, 967-977.
• Mapping quantitative trait loci by genotyping haploid tissues, Genetics (1999), Vol 152, 1741-1752.
• A multiplicative-epistatic model for analyzing interspecific differences in outcrossing species, Biometrics (1999), Vol 55, 355-365 (with B. Li).
• Average effect of a mutation in lignin biosynthesis in loblolly pine, Theoretical and Applied Genetics (1999), Vol 99, 705-710 (with D. L. Remington, J. Mackay, S. M. McKeand and D. M. O’Malley).
• The genetic mapping of quantitative trait loci underlying complex genotype-phenotype relationships in forest trees, Silvae Genetica (1999), Vol 48, 133-146 (with H. F. Han).
• An integrated genetic map of Populus based on amplified fragment length polymorphisms, Theoretical and Applied Genetics (2000), Vol 100, 1249-1256 (with R. L., Y. F. Han, J. J. Hu, L. Li, M. L. Li and Z-B. Zeng).
• A quantitative genetic model for analyzing interspecific differences in outcrossing species, Biometrics (2000), Vol 56, to appear (with B. Li).
• Molecular genetics and developmental physiology: Implications for designing better forest crops, Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences (2000), Vol 12, to appear (with X. Hu and Y. Fan).
• A maximum likelihood-based approach to mining major genes affecting a quantitative character, Biometrics (2000), accepted with revisions (with B. Li).

• B.S. (1984) Nanjing Forestry University, China, Forest Biology
• M.A. (1987) Nanjing Forestry University, China, Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding
• Ph.D. (1995) University of Washington, Seattle, Plant Quantitative Genetics

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