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Dr. Daniel Fairbanks

Email: Daniel.Fairbanks@uvu.edu
Office: BA 110c
Phone: 801-863-6440
Mail Stop: 224

Biography

Dr. Daniel J. Fairbanks is Professor of Biology and University Research Officer at Utah Valley University. He previously was Dean of the College of Science and Interim Dean of the College of Technology and Computing at UVU. Prior to joining UVU, he was at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst where he was Professor and Head of the Department of Plant Soil and Insect Sciences. Prior to that time he was at Brigham Young University where he was Dean of Undergraduate Education, Associate Dean of Biology and Agriculture, Director of the Honors Program, and Professor of Plant and Wildlife Sciences. He is a geneticist specializing in evolutionary genetics, the history of genetics, plant genetics and breeding, and international scientific development. He is author or co-author of six scholarly books and more than sixty scientific journal articles on genetics, human evolutionary genetics, the history of genetics, plant genetics and breeding, and science education. He is recognized as one of the foremost scholars on Gregor Mendel, the founder of genetics, and is author of a recent biography of Mendel. Dr. Fairbanks is an accomplished artist, with sculpture, paintings, and drawings in museum, public, and private collections in the United States, Latin America, and Europe. He has received numerous awards, among them the Mendel Memorial Medal in recognition of his scholarly and artistic contributions highlighting Gregor Mendel, the Trustees Award of Excellence at UVU, the Karl G. Maeser Professorship of General Education, the Karl G. Maeser Excellence in Teaching Award, and the Alcuin Award for General Education Teaching at BYU.

Education

Ph D, University of Arizona, 1988

Major: Agronomy and Plant Genetics

MS, University of Minnesota, 1985

Major: Plant Breeding

BS, Bringham Young University, 1982

Major: Double major_ Portuguese/Agronomy

Teaching

BIOL 4500

Principles of Evolution WE, Spring 2023

Presentations

Fairbanks, Daniel J, Gregor Mendel at his Bicentennial_ HIghlights of his Life and Legacy, "Gregor Mendel at his Bicentennial_ HIghlights of his Life and Legacy", Lumen Christi Institute, Morris Fishbein Center for the History of Science and Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. (November 16, 2022)

Fairbanks, Daniel J, Mendel Days 2022, "Gregor Mendel's Reception in the World", Mendel Museum of Masaryk University, Augustinian Abbey of St. Thomas, Brno, Czech Republic. (November 2, 2022)

Fairbanks, Daniel J, A Tribute to Gregor Johann Mendel on his Birth Bicentennial_ Mendel Genetics Conference, "Gregor Mendel at his Bicentennial_ Highlights of the Life and Legacy of a Scientific Genius", Augustinian Abbey in Brno, Masaryk University, Mendel University, Moravian Museum, Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Brno, Czech Republic. (July 20, 2022)

Fairbanks, Daniel , Joint Mathematics Meetings, "Gregor Mendel and Combinatorial Mathematics at the DNA Level", American Mathematical Society and Mathematical Association of America, Online. (January 6, 2021)

Fairbanks, Daniel , International Mendel Forum, "Mendel and Darwin_ Untangling a Persistent Enigma", Gregor Mendel Gesellschaft Wien, Vienna, Austria. (March 6, 2020)

Palais, Bob (Presenter & Author), Fairbanks, Daniel (Presenter & Author), Joint Mathematics Meetings, "How good is the chi-squared goodness-of fit test? Revisiting a controversy from the birth of modern statistics and genetics", American Mathematical Society and Mathematical Association of America, Denver, Colorado. (January 18, 2020)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Fairbanks, Daniel J, (2022) "Gregor Mendel_ His Life and Legacy" . Guilford, CT: Prometheus Books/Globe Pequot/Rowman and Littlefield. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781633888395/Gregor-Mendel-His-Life-and-Legacy

Fairbanks, Daniel J, (2022) "Demystifying the mythical Mendel_ a biographical review" (vol. 129). United Kingdom: Heredity. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41437-022-00526-0

Fairbanks, Daniel , (2021) "Genetic and Phenotypic Odyssey_ Voyage of the Grain Amaranths from the Americas to the Old World" (vol. The Amaranth Genome). Berlin: Compendium of Plant Genomes/Springer . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72365-1_3

Fairbanks, Daniel , (2020) "Mendel and Darwin_ untangling a persistent enigma." (Issue: 2, vol. 124). United Kingdom: Heredity. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41437-019-0289-9

Fairbanks, Daniel , Abbott, Scott , (2019) "Alexander Makowsky’s January 1865 lecture “On Darwin’s theory of organic creation”: an English translation with commentary" (vol. 55). Folia Mendeliana. http://www.mzm.cz/fileadmin/user_upload/publikace/casopisy/2018_2019_2020_FM/FolMendel-2019-1-web.pdf

Teaching Excellence Award

William C. Brown Communications

Awarded for excellence in science teaching

Alcuin Award for General Education Teaching

Brigham Young University

In recognition of excellence in general education teaching

Fairbanks, Daniel , International Mendel Forum, "Darwin's Influence on Mendel", , The Genetics Society and the Moravian Museum, London, England. (March 8, 2019)

Fairbanks, Daniel , International Mendel Forum, "The Might of Destiny_ Gregor Mendel's Powerful Yet Controversial Legacy", , Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic. (March 8, 2017)

Fairbanks, Daniel (Presenter & Author), Ogden, Heath (Author Only), Fairbanks, Aaron D, Parker, Glendon J, Maughan, Peter J, American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting, "NANOGP8: Evolution of a human-specific cancer-promoting retrogene", , American Society of Human Genetics, Boston, Massachusetts. (November, 2013)

Fairbanks, Daniel , Array, Array , Array, "Imagining Lincoln_ Beyond the Myth", , Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California. (October, 2013)

Fairbanks, Daniel , Array, "Bringing Ancient People Back to Life", , Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts, USA. (August, 2013)

Fairbanks, Daniel (Presenter & Author), Klaus, Haagen (Presenter & Author), La Sacerdotisa de Chornancap, "La Sacerdotisa de Chornancap_ Reconstrucción Forense", , Museo Arqueológico Nacional Hans Bruning, Lambayeque, Peru. (December, 2012)

Abbott, Scott , Fairbanks, Daniel , (2016) "Experiments on Plant Hybrids by Gregor Mendel." (Issue: 2, vol. 204). USA: Genetics. https://www.genetics.org/content/204/2/407

Parker, G J, Leppert, T , Anex, D S, Hilmer, J K, Matsunami, N , Baird, L , Stevens, J , Parsawar, K , Durbin-Johnson, B P, Rocke, D M, Nelson, C , Fairbanks, Daniel , Wilson, A S, Rice, R H, Woodward, Scott , Bothner, B , Hart, B R, Leppert, M , (2016) "Demonstration of Protein-Based Human Identification Using the Hair Shaft Proteome." (Issue: 9, vol. 11). PloS One. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0160653

Clouse, J W, Adhikary, D , Page, J T, Ramaraj, T , Deyholos, M K, Udall, J A, Fairbanks, Daniel , Jellen, E N, Maughan, P J, (2016) "The Amaranth Genome_ Genome, Transcriptome, and Physical Map Assembly." (Issue: 1, vol. 9). The Plant Genome. https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3835/plantgenome2015.07.0062

Fairbanks, Daniel , (2015) "The conclusion of the Mendel-Fisher controversy" (Issue: 2, vol. 51). Brno: Folia Mendeliana.

Raney, J.A. , Reynolds, D.J. , Elzinga, D.B. , Page, J. , Udall, J.A. , Jellen, E.N. , Bonifacio, A. , Fairbanks, Daniel , Maughan, P.J. , (2014) "Transcriptome analysis of drought induced stress in Chenopodium quinoa" (vol. 5). American Journal of Plant Sciences.

Maughan, P.J. , Smith, S.M. , Rojas-Beltrán, J.A. , Elzinga, D. , Raney, J.A. , Jellen, E.N. , Bonifacio, A. , Udall, J.A. , Fairbanks, Daniel , (2012) "Single nucleotide polymorphisms identification, characterization, and linkage mapping in quinoa" (vol. 5). The Plant Genome.

Fairbanks, Daniel , Fairbanks, Aaron D., Ogden, Heath , Parker, Glendon , Maughan, Peter J., (2012) "NANOGP8: Evolution of a Human-Specific Retro-Oncogene" (Issue: 11, vol. 2). G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. https://www.g3journal.org/content/2/11/1447

Kolano, B. , Gardunia, B.W. , Michalska, M. , Bonifacio, A. , Fairbanks, Daniel , Maughan, P.J. , Coleman, C.E. , Stevens, M.R. , Jellen, E.N. , Maluszynska, J. , (2011) "Chromosomal localization of two novel repetitive sequences isolated from the Chenopodium quinoa Willd. genome" (vol. 54). Genome.

Maughan, P.J. , Smith, S.M. , Fairbanks, Daniel , Jellen, E.N. , (2011) "Development, characterization and linkage mapping of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the grain Amaranths (Amaranthus sp.)" (vol. 4). The Plant Genome.

Fairbanks, Daniel , (2010) "Relics of Eden : The Powerful Evidence of Evolution in Human DNA, Revised Paperback Edition" . Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. www.prometheusbooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cpath=37_62&products_id=1956

Westerlund, J F, Fairbanks, Daniel , (2010) "Gregor Mendel's classic paper and the nature of science in genetics courses." (Issue: 6, vol. 147). Hereditas.

Fairbanks, Daniel , (2009) "Evolution of Nuclear Receptor Pseudogenes." . London, England: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd..

Johnson, J.B. , Adair, M. , Adams, B.J. , Fairbanks, Daniel , Itamura, V. , Jeffery, D.E. , Merrell, D. , Ritter, S.M. , Tolman, R.R. , (2009) "Evolution Education in Utah_ A State Office of Education- University Partnership Focuses on Why Evolution Matters" (vol. 2). Evolution: Education and Outreach.

Fairbanks, Daniel , (2009) "Evolutionary Biology" . Pasadena, California : Encyclopedia of Genetics, Revised Edition. In B.D. (ed), Salem Press.

Fairbanks, Daniel , (2009) "Timeline of Genetics" . Pasadena, California: Encyclopedia of Genitics, Revised Edition. Salem Press.

Maughan, P J, Turner, T B, Coleman, C E, Elzinga, D B, Jellen, E N, Morales, J A, Udall, J A, Fairbanks, Daniel , Bonifacio, A , (2009) "Characterization of Salt Overly Sensitive 1 (SOS1) gene homoeologs in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.)." (Issue: 7, vol. 52). Genome.

Franklin, Allan , Edwards, A. W.F., Fairbanks, Daniel J., Hartl, Daniel L., Seidenfeld, Teddy , (2008) "Ending the Mendel-Fisher Controversy. " . Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press.

Balzotti, M.R.B. , Thornton, J.N. , Maughan, P.J. , McClellan, D.A. , Stevens, M.R. , Jellen, E.N. , Fairbanks, D.J. , Coleman, C.E. , (2008) "Expression and evolutionary relationships of the Chenopodium quinoa 11S seed storage protein gene" (vol. 169). International Journal of Plant Sciences.

Jarvis, D E, Kopp, Olga , Jellen, E N, Mallory, M A, Pattee, J , Bonifacio, A , Coleman, C E, Stevens, M R, Fairbanks, Daniel , Maughan, P J, (2008) "Simple sequence repeat marker development and genetic mapping in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.)." (Issue: 1, vol. 87). Journal of genetics.

Christensen, S.A. , Pratt, D.B. , Nelson, P.T. , Stevens, M.R. , Jellen, E.N. , Coleman, C.E. , Fairbanks, D.J. , Bonifacio, A. , Maughan, P.J. , (2007) "Assessment of genetic diversity in the USDA and CIP-FAO international nursery collections of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) using microsatellite markers" (vol. 5). Plant Genetic Resources.

Maughan, P.J. , Bonifacio, A. , Coleman, C.E. , Jellen, E.N. , Stevens, M.R. , Fairbanks, D.J. , (2007) "Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa), chapter in Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Plants" (vol. 3). Berlin: Springer Verlag.

Fairbanks, Daniel , (2007) "Relics of Eden_ The Powerful Evidence of Evolution in Human DNA." . Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. www.prometheusbooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cpath=37+62&products_id=1754

Fairbanks, Daniel , Schaalje, G B, (2007) "The tetrad-pollen model fails to explain the bias in Mendel's pea (Pisum sativum) experiments." (Issue: 4, vol. 177). Genetics.

Hartl, D L, Fairbanks, Daniel , (2007) "Mud sticks_ on the alleged falsification of Mendel's data." (Issue: 3, vol. 175). Genetics.

Ramakrishnan, A.P. , Meyer, S.E. , Fairbanks, Daniel , Coleman, C.E. , (2006) "Ecological significance of microsatellite variation in western North American populations of Bromus tectorum" (vol. 21). Plant Species Biology.

Maughan, P J, Kolano, B A, Maluszynska, J , Coles, N D, Bonifacio, A , Rojas, J , Coleman, C E, Stevens, M R, Fairbanks, Daniel , Parkinson, S E, Jellen, E N, (2006) "Molecular and cytological characterization of ribosomal RNA genes in Chenopodium quinoa and Chenopodium berlandieri." (Issue: 7, vol. 49). Genome.

Stevens, M R, Coleman, C E, Parkinson, S E, Maughan, P J, Zhang, H B, Balzotti, M R, Kooyman, D L, Arumuganathan, K , Bonifacio, A , Fairbanks, Daniel , Jellen, E N, Stevens, J J, (2006) "Construction of a quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) BAC library and its use in identifying genes encoding seed storage proteins." (Issue: 8, vol. 112). TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik.

Fairbanks, Daniel , Maughan, P J, (2006) "Evolution of the NANOG pseudogene family in the human and chimpanzee genomes." (vol. 6). BMC evolutionary biology.

Mason, S.L. , Stevens, M.R. , Jellen, E.N. , Bonifacio, A. , Fairbanks, Daniel , Coleman, C.E. , McCarty, R.R. , Rasmussen, A.G. , Maughan, P.J. , (2005) "Development and use of microsatellite markers for germplasm characterization in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.)" (vol. 45). Crop Science.

Meyer, S.E. , Nelson, K.L. , Clement , S. , Waters, J. , Stevens, M.R. , Fairbanks, Daniel , (2005) "Genetic variation in Ustilago bullata_ molecular genetic markers and virulence on Bromus tectorum host lines" (vol. 166). International Journal of Plant Sciences.

Fairbanks, Daniel , Ramakrishnan, A.P. , Meyers, S.E. , Waters, J. , Stevens, M.R. , Coleman, C.E. , (2004) "Correlation between molecular markers and adaptively significant genetic variation in Bromus tectorum (Poaceae), an inbreeding annual grass" (vol. 91). American Journal of Botany.

Coles, N.D. , Coleman, C.E. , Christensen, S.A. , Jellen, E.N. , Stevens, M.R. , Conifacio, A. , Rojas-Beltran, J.A. , Fairbanks, D.J. , Maughan, P.J. , (2004) "Development and use of an expressed sequenced tag library in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) for the discovery of single nucleotide polymorphisms" (vol. 168). Plant Science .

Westerlund, J.F. , Fairbanks, D.J. , (2004) "Gregor Mendel and “Myth-Conceptions”" (vol. 88). Science Education.

Maughan, P J, Bonifacio, A , Jellen, E N, Stevens, M R, Coleman, C E, Ricks, M , Mason, S L, Jarvis, D E, Gardunia, B W, Fairbanks, Daniel , (2004) "A genetic linkage map of quinoa ( Chenopodium quinoa) based on AFLP, RAPD, and SSR markers." (Issue: 6, vol. 109). TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik.

Ramakrishnan, A P, Meyer, S E, Waters, J , Stevens, M R, Coleman, C E, Fairbanks, Daniel , (2004) "Correlation between molecular markers and adaptively significant genetic variation in Bromus tectorum (Poaceae), an inbreedingannual grass." (Issue: 6, vol. 91). American journal of botany.

Wright, K.H. , Pike, O.A. , Fairbanks, Daniel , Huber, C.S. , (2002) "Composition of Atriplex hortensis, sweet and bitter Chenopodium quinoa seeds" (vol. 67). Journal of Food Science.

Wrights, K.H. , Huber, K.C. , Fairbanks, D.J. , Huber, C.S. , (2002) "Isolation and characterization of Atriplex hortensis and sweet Chenopodium quinoa starches" (vol. 79). Cereal Chemistry.

Ramakrishnan, A.P. , Coleman, C.E. , Meyer, S.E. , Fairbanks, Daniel , (2002) "Microsatellite markers for Bromus tectorum" (vol. 2). Molecular Ecology Notes. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00131.x

Ruas, C.F. , Ruas, P.M. , Stutz, H.C. , Fairbanks, Daniel , (2001) "Cytogenetic studies in the genus Atriplex (Chenopodiaceae)" (vol. 54). Caryologia.

Fairbanks, Daniel , Rytting, B. , (2001) "Mendelian Controversies_ A Botanical and Historical Review" (vol. 88). American Journal of Botany. https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2307/2657027

McArthur, E.D. , Fairbanks, Daniel , (2001) "Shrubland Ecosystem Genetics and Biodiveristy. " . RMRS-P-21. USDA-FS-RMRS..

Fairbanks, Daniel , (2000) "Development of genetic resistance to iron-deficiency chlorosis in soybean" (vol. 23). Journal of Plant Nutrition.

Ruas, R.M. , Bonifacio, A. , Ruas, C.F. , Fairbanks, Daniel , Anderson, W.R. , (1999) "Genetic relationshjips among 19 accessions of six species of Chenopodium L. by random amplified polymorphic DVA fragments (RAPD)" (vol. 105). Euphytica.

Fairbanks, Daniel , Anderson, W.R. , (1999) "Genetics: The Continuity of Life " . Pacific Grove, CA: Wadsworth and Brooks/Cole Publishing Companies.

Ruas, C.F. , Fairbanks, Daniel , Andersen, W.R. , Evans, R.P. , Stutz, H.C. , Ruas, P.M. , (1998) "Male-specific DNA in Atriplex garrettii" (vol. 85). American Journal of Botany.

Fairbanks, Daniel , Mudge, J. , Anderson, W.R. , Keher, R.L. , (1996) "A RAPD genetic map in Saccharum officinarum" (vol. 36). Crop Science.

Fairbanks, Daniel , Cook, K.A. , Jolley, V.D. , Robinson, L.R. , (1996) "Identification of iron reductase isozymes in soybeans." (vol. 19). Journal Plant Nutrition.

Ruas, P.M. , Ruas, C.F. , Fairbanks, Daniel , Andersen, W.R. , Cabral, J.R.S. , (1995) "Genetic relationships among four varieties of pineapple, Ananas comosus, relealed by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis" (vol. 18). Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Riede, C.R. , Fairbanks, Daniel , Andersen, W.R. , Kehrer, R.L. , Robinson, L.R. , (1994) "Enhancement of RAPD analysis by restriction endonuclease digestion of template DNA in wheat" (vol. 113). Plant Breeding.

Fairbanks, Daniel , Transue, D.K. , Robinson, L.R. , Andersen, W.R. , Ballon, J.E. , (1994) "Species identification by RAPD analysis of grain amaranth genetic resources" (vol. 34). Crop Science.

Fairbanks, Daniel , Waldrigues, A. , Ruas, C.F. , Ruas, P.M. , Maughan, P.J. , Robison, L.R. , Anderson, W.R. , Riede, C.R. , Pauley, C.S. , Caetano, L.G. , Arantes, O.M.N. , Fungaro, M.H.P , Vidotto, M.C. , Jankevicius, S.E. , (1993) "Efficient characterization of biological diversity using field DNA extraction and random amplified polymorphic DNA markers" (vol. 16). Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Stevens, W.B. , Jolley, V.D. , Hansen, N.C. , Fairbanks, Daniel , (1993) "Modified procedures for commercial adaptation of root iron reducing capacity as a screening technique" (vol. 16). Journal of Plant Nutrition.

Wood, S.G. , Lawson, L.D. , Fairbanks, Daniel , Robinson, L.R. , Anderson, W.R. , (1993) "Seed lipid content and fatty acid composition of three quinoa cultivars" (vol. 6). Journal of Food Composition and Analysis.

Fairbanks, Daniel , Xiong, S. , Park, R.L. , Andersen, W.R. , Evens, R.P. , (1992) "Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers for paternity identification in multiple-sired mink litters" (vol. 9). Norwegian Journal of Agricultural Sciences.

Jolley, V.D. , Fairbanks, Daniel , Stevens., W.B. , Terry, R.E. , Orf, J.H. , (1992) "Root iron-reduction capacity for genotypic evaluation of iron efficiency in soybean" (vol. 15). Journal of Plant Nutrition.

Fairbanks, Daniel , Burgener, K.W. , Robinson, L.R. , Andersen, W.R. , Ballon, E. , (1990) "Electrophoretic characterization of quinoa seed proteins" (vol. 104). Plant Breeding.

Fairbanks, Daniel , (1990) "Politics, science, and hunger_ An interdisciplinary approach to honors education in agriculture" (vol. 19). Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education .

Smith, S.E. , Fairbanks, Daniel , (1989) "Effects of pollination method on strain cross yield in lucerne" (vol. 102). Plant Breeding.

Smith, S.E. , Fairbanks, Daniel , (1989) "Registration of AZ-88MS and AZ-88NDC nondormant male-sterile and male-fertile maintainer alfalfa germplasms" (vol. 29). Crop Science.

Fairbanks, Daniel , Smith, S E, Brown, J K, (1988) "Inheritance of large mitochondrial RNA's in alfalfa." (Issue: 4, vol. 76). TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik.

Fairbanks, Daniel , Orf, J.H. , Inskeep, W.P. , Bloom, P.R. , (1987) "Evaluation of soybean genotypes for iron-deficiency chlorosis in potted calcareous soil" (vol. 27). Crop Science.

Fairbanks, Daniel , (1987) "Potatoes: Programs and Research for Developing Countries. D.H. Horton." (Issue: 3, vol. 21). Annals of Regional Science.

Farmer, J.L. , Fairbanks, Daniel , (1986) "Interaction of the bw and w loci in Drosophila melanogaster" (vol. 63). Drosophila Information Service.

Dr. Daniel Fairbanks

Biography

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BIOL 4500

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Awards

Trustees Award of Excellence

Mendel Memorial Medal

Karl G. Maeser General Education Professorship

Karl G. Maeser Excellence in Teaching Award

Teacher of the Year

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