LESLIE KNAPP
Professor
Anthropology
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research has primarily focused on major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes, which are critical for immune response. I study how MHC genes vary in humans and primates and how MHC diversity is generated and maintained via disease resistance, sexual selection, inbreeding avoidance and reproductive failure. I am also interested in other genetic polymorphisms such as dopamine receptor genes, which are believed to influence primate behavior.
GRANTS
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTCOLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE ECOLOGICAL BASIS OF HUNTING AND MEAT-SHARING IN FEMALE SAVANNA CHIMPANZEES15 Aug 2020 - 30 Sep 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTCOLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE ECOLOGICAL BASIS OF HUNTING AND MEAT-SHARING IN FEMALE SAVANNA CHIMPANZEES15 Aug 2020 - 30 Sep 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTAre emerging infectious disease determinant of socially structured population evolution: The case of Ebola-Gorilla systemThe French National Research Agency1 Jan 2012 - 4 Jan 2018