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William G. Wright
Associate Professor
 Department of Biological Sciences
Chapman University
One University Drive
Orange, CA 92866
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BIOL 204 |
From Molecules to Cells: Evolution of Life on Earth |
| BIOL 205 |
Evolution & Diversity of Multicellular Organisms |
| BIOL 250 |
Biostatistics |
| BIOL 384 |
Directed Research |
| BIOL 440 |
Marine Biology |
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| Research |
- Evolution of mechanisms of learning in marine mollusks
- Intertidal Ecology
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| Funding |
- National Science Foundation (2007-2010)
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| Degrees |
- University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Ph.D. Oceanography
- University of California Santa Cruz, B.A. Biology
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| Memberships |
- Society for Neuroscience
- Society for Integrated and Comparative Biology
- Western Society of Naturalists
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| Representative Publications |
- Wright, W.G. and J.W. Nybakken. 2007. Effect of wave action on movement in the owl limpet, Lottia gigantea. Bull. Mar. Sci. 81: 235-244.
- Jami, S.A., Wright, W.G., and D.L. Glanzman. 2007. Differential classical conditioning of the gill-withdrawal reflex in Aplysia recruits both NMDA receptor-dependent enhancement and NMDA receptor-dependent depression of the reflex. J. Neurosci. 2007 27: 3064-3068.
- Hoover, B.A., H. Nguyen, L. Thompson, and W.G. Wright. 2006. Associative memory in three aplysiids: Correlation with heterosynaptic modulation. Learn. Mem. 13: 820-826.
- Marinesco, S., K.L. Duran, and W.G. Wright. 2003. Evolution of learning in three aplysiid species: Differences in heterosynaptic plasticity contrast with conservation in serotonergic pathways. J. Physiology-London 550(1): 241-253.
- Wright, W.G. 2000. Evolution of mechanisms of sensitization: Experiments in a model lineage. Bioscience. 50: 883-894.
Note: Underlined authors are Chapman University students. |
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