Jane Kenney-Hunt
Assistant Professor of Biology
Neils Science Center, Room 304
219.464.5636
Jane.kenneyhunt@valpo.edu
Education
Ph.D. – Washington University in St. Louis
B.S. – Alma College
Research Interests
Jane Kenney-Hunt’s research background is in quantitative and evolutionary genetics, focusing on the genetic architecture of complex traits, including pleiotropic patterns, dominance, sex effects, and gene-by-environment interactions.
Selected Contributions
- Silva MJ, Eekhoff JD, Patel T, Kenney‐Hunt JP, Brodt MD, Steger‐May K, Scheller EL, Cheverud JM. 2019. Effects of high‐fat diet and body mass on bone morphology and mechanical properties in 1100 Advanced Intercross mice. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 34: 711-725.
- Kenney-Hunt J, Lewandowski A, Glenn TC, Glenn JL, Tsyusko OV, O’Neill RJ, Brown J, Ramsdell CM, Nguyen Q, Phan T, Shorter KS, Dewey MJ, Szalai G, Vrana PB, Felder MR. 2014. A genetic map of Peromyscus with chromosomal assignment of linkage groups. Mammalian Genome 25: 160-179.
- Minkina O, Cheverud JM, Fawcett G, Semenkovich CF, Kenney-Hunt JP. 2012. Quantitative trait loci affecting liver fat content in mice. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 2: 1019-1025.
- Kenney-Hunt JP, Wang B, Norgard EA, Fawcett G, Falk D, Pletscher LS, Jarvis JP, Roseman C, Wolf JB, Cheverud JM. 2008. Pleiotropic patterns of quantitative trait loci for seventy murine skeletal traits. Genetics 178:2275-2288.
- Wagner GP, Kenney-Hunt JP, Pavličev M, Peck JR, Waxman D, Cheverud JM. 2008. Pleiotropic scaling of gene effects and the “cost of complexity.”; Nature 452:470-473.
- Kenney-Hunt JP, Vaughn TT, Pletscher LS, Peripato A, Routman E, Cothran K, Durand D, Norgard EA, Perel C, Cheverud JM. 2006. Quantitative trait loci for body size components in mice. Mammalian Genome 17:526-537.