Dr. Rachel Ben-Shlomo
Senior Lecturer
Contact:
Department of
Biology, University of Haifa - Oranim, Tivon 36006, Israel
Tel: (972) 4 9838921
Fax:
(972) 4 9539608
E-mail:
ekly@research.haifa.ac.il
| B.Sc. | 1973-1976 | Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel | Biology |
| M.Sc | 1976-1980 | Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel | Genetics |
| Ph.D. | 1990-1996 | Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel | Genetics |
Molecular Chronobiology
Population Genetics
Molecular Ecology
Name of Course |
Type of Course |
Degree |
General Genetics |
Lecture, Laboratory and Exercise |
B.Sc |
Population Genetics |
Lecture |
B.Sc |
Molecular Ecology |
Workshop |
B.Sc |
Human Genetics |
Lecture |
B.Sc |
Population Genetics |
Lecture |
M.Sc |
Biological Clocks |
Lecture |
M.Sc |
Molecular Ecology |
Lecture |
M.Ed |
Completed Theses:
Name of Student |
Title of Thesis |
Degree |
Abed Elsalam Zubidat |
The thermoregulatory and endocrine responses to light interference of short day acclimated social voles Microtus socialis |
M.Sc |
Hadar Gold (With A. Haim) |
Light and odor entrainment of the golden spiny mouse Acomys russatus |
M.Sc |
Sarit Avrani (with M. Inbar) |
Genetic variability of the tree Pistacia atlantica and of its gall forming aphid Slavum wertheimae along geographical gradient |
M.Sc |
Elad Peled (with U. Shanas) |
How do small populations sustain their diversity under developmental stress |
M.Sc |
| Yuval Eitan (with G. Neeman) | The effect of fire on the genetic structure of post-fire pine population | Post Doctoral fellow |
Current Graduate Students:
Name of Student |
Title of Thesis |
Degree |
Ana Gershberg |
The effect of fire on the genetic structure of post-fire pine population |
M.Sc |
Hagai Tzohari (with G. Neeman and A. Dafni) |
Genetic variability of Anemone coronaria |
M.Sc |
Lee Shaish (with B. Rinkevich |
Restoration of Indo Pacific coral reef: employment of ecological and genetic concepts |
Ph.D. |
Ofer Steiniz (with G. Neeman) |
The effect of fire on the genetic structure of post-fire pine population |
Post Doctoral fellow |
Advising Graduate Students:
Name of Student |
Title of Thesis |
Degree |
Sagi Nahum |
Phenotypic plasticity and genetic variability in Pistacia lentiscus L. |
M.Sc |
Oren Rosner |
Genetic variability of the soft-shelled turtle Trionyx triunguis in Israel |
M.Sc |
Articles in Refereed Journals:
1. Nevo, E., B. Lavie and R. Ben-Shlomo (1983). Selection of allelic isozyme polymorphisms in marine organisms: Pattern, theory and application. Isozymes Current Topics in Biological and Medical Research, 10: 69-92.
2. Nevo, E., R. Ben-Shlomo and B. Lavie (1984). Mercury selection of allozymes in marine organisms: Prediction and verification in nature. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 81: 1258-1259. (PDF)
3. Nevo, E., R. Ben-Shlomo, A. Beiles, J.U.M. Jarvis and G.C. Hickman (1987). Allozyme differentiation and systematic of the endemic subterranean mole rats of South Africa (Rodentia, Bathyergidae). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 15: 489-502. (PDF)
4. Ben-Shlomo, R., F. Figueroa, J. Klein and E. Nevo. (1988). Mhc class II DNA polymorphisms within and between chromosomal species of Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel. Genetics, 119: 141-149. (PDF)
5. Ben-Shlomo, R. and E. Nevo (1988). Isozyme polymorphism as monitoring of marine environments: The interactive effect of cadmium and mercury pollution on the shrimp, Palaemon elegans. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 19: 314-317. (PDF)
6. Nevo, E., R. Ben-Shlomo and N. Maeda (1989). Haptoglobin DNA polymorphism in subterranean mole rats of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel. Heredity, 62: 85-90. (PDF)
7. Ben-Shlomo, R., U. Motro and U. Ritte (1991). The influence of dispersal behaviour on population dynamics of the flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. Ecological Entomology, 16: 279-282. (PDF)
8. Nevo, E., R. Ben-Shlomo, A. Beiles, C. P. Hart and F. H. Ruddele (1992). Homeobox DNA polymorphism (RFLPs) in subterranean mammals of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel: patterns, correlates and evolutionary significance. The Journal of Experimental Zoology, 263: 430-441. (PDF)
9. Ben-Shlomo, R., H.-S. Shin and E. Nevo (1993). Period homologous sequence DNA polymorphisms of subterranean mole rats of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel. Heredity, 70: 111-121. (PDF)
10. Ben-Shlomo, R. and E. Nevo (1993). Myosin heavy chain DNA polymorphisms of subterranean mole rats of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel. Genetics Selection Evolution , 25: 211-227. (PDF)
11. Ben-Shlomo, R., U. Ritte and E. Nevo (1995). Activity pattern and rhythms in the subterranean mole rat superspecies Spalax ehrenbergi. Behavior Genetics, 25: 239-245.
12. Ben-Shlomo, R., U. Ritte and E. Nevo (1996). Circadian rhythm and the per-ACNGGN-repeat in the mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi. Behavior Genetics, 26: 177-184.
13. Ben-Shlomo, R., T. Fahima and E. Nevo (1996). Random amplified polymorphic DNA of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology, 42: 317-326.
14. Ben-Shlomo, R., E. Nevo, U. Ritte, S. Steinlechner and G. Klante (1996). 6-Sulphatoxymelatonin secretion in different locomotor activity types of the blind mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi. Journal of Pineal Research, 21: 243-250. (PDF)
15. Ben-Shlomo, R., J. Douek and B. Rinkevich (2001). Heterozygote deficiency and chimerism in remote populations of a colonial ascidian from New Zealand. Marine Ecology - Progress Series, 209: 109-117. (PDF)
16. Stoner, D.S., R. Ben-Shlomo, B. Rinkevich and I. Weisman (2002). Genetic Variability of Botryllus schlosseri invasions to the East and West Coasts of USA. Marine Ecology - Progress Series, 243: 93-100. (PDF)
17. Ben-Shlomo, R. and C.P. Kyriacou (2002). Circadian rhythm entrainment in flies and mammals. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, 37: 141-156. (PDF)
18. Ben-Shlomo, R., R. A. Akhtar B.H. Collins, D.J. Judah, R. Davies and C.P. Kyriacou (2005). Light pulse induced heme and iron associated transcripts in mouse brain – a microarray analysis. Chronobiology International, 22: 455-471. (PDF) (FIG)
19. Fuchs, Y., J. Douek, B. Rinkevich and R. Ben-Shlomo (2006). Gene diversity and mode of reproduction in brooded larvae of the coral Heteroxenia fuscescens. Journal of Heredity, 97:493-498. (PDF)
20. Ben-Shlomo, R., G. Paz and B. Rinkevich (2006). Post glacial period and recent invasions shape population genetics of botryllid ascidians along European Atlantic coasts. Ecosystems, 9:1118-1127. (PDF)
21. Ben-Shlomo, R., E. Neufeld D. Berger, S. Lenington and U. Ritte (2007). The dynamic of t-haplotypes in wild populations of the house mouse (Mus domesticus) in Israel. Mammalian Genome, 18:164-172. (PDF)
22. Elsalam Zubidat, A., R. Ben-Shlomo, and A. Haim (2007). Thermoregulatory and Endocrine Responses to Acute Light Interferences on Short-Day Acclimated Social Vole (Microtus socialis). Chronobiology International, 24:269-288. (PDF)
23. Ben-Shlomo, R., U. Motro, G. Paz and B. Rinkevich (2008). Pattern of settlement and natural chimerism in the colonial urochordate Botryllus schlosseri. Genetica, 132:51–58. (PDF)
24. Nahum S., G. Ne'eman, M. Inbar and R. Ben-Shlomo (2008). Phenotypic Plasticity and Gene Diversity in Pistacia Lentiscus L. along Environmental Gradients in Israel. Tree Genetics & Genomes, 4:777–785. (PDF)
25. Ben-Shlomo, R. (2008). The Molecular Basis of Allorecognition in Ascidian. BioEssays, 30:1048-1051. (PDF)
26. Ben-Shlomo, R. and C.P. Kyriacou (2010). Light pulses administered during the circadian dark phase alter expression of cell cycle associated transcripts in mouse brain. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics, 197:65-70. (PDF)
27. Ben-Shlomo, R. and C.P. Kyriacou (2010). Chronodisruption alter expression of tumorigenesis associated transcripts in mouse brain. WSEAS Transactions on Biology and Biomedicine, 7:41-50.
28. Nahum S., M. Inbar, G. Ne'eman and R. Ben-Shlomo (2010). Phylogeography and gene diversity of the aphid Aploneura lentisci in the Mediterranean basin. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, 58:121-129.
29. Ben-Shlomo R., E. Reem, J. Duoek and B. Rinkevich (2010). Population genetics of the invasive urochordate species Botryllus schlosseri from South American coasts. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 412:85-92.
30. Ben-Shlomo, R. and U. Shanas (2011). Genetic ecotoxicology of asbestos pollution in the house mouse Mus musculus domesticus. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Published Online 8.3.11. IF ISI 2009: 2.411.
31. Zohar R., I. Izhaki, A. Koplovich and R. Ben-Shlomo (2011). Phytomelatonin in the leaves and fruits of wild perennial plants. Phytochemistry Letters. In press, doi:10.1016/j.phytol.2011.04.002
Articles or Chapters in Scientific Books:
1. Nevo, E., A. Beiles and R. Ben-Shlomo (1984). The evolutionary significance of genetic diversity: Ecological, demographic and life history correlates. In: Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, S. Levin (mang. ed.), Vol. 53: "Evolutionary Dynamics of Genetic Diversity", G.S. Mani (Ed.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 13-213.
2. Nevo, E., R. Ben-Shlomo, A. Beiles, Y. Ronin, S. Blum and J. Hillel (1996). Genomic adaptive strategies: DNA fingerprinting reveal ecological correlates and genetic parallelism to allozyme mitochondrial DNA and RAPDs diversities in the actively speciating blind mole rats in Israel. In: Gene Families: Structure, Function, Genetics and Evolution. R.S. Holmes and H.A. Lim (Eds.). World Scientific Publ., River Edge, New Jersey. Pp. 55-70.
3. Rinkevich, B., G. Paz, J. Douek and R. Ben-Shlomo (2001). Allorecognition and microsatellite allele polymorphism of Botryllus schlosseri from the Adriatic Sea. In: The Biology of Ascidians. H. Sawada, H. Yokosawa and C.C. Lambert (eds.). Pp. 426-435. Springer, Tokyo. (PDF)
Articles in Conference Proceedings:
1. Nevo, E., B. Lavie and R. Ben-Shlomo (1982). Can allozyme polymorphisms monitor marine environmental quality? In: The 6th Pollution Study Journal (VI Journess Etud. Pollutions). The Intl. Comm. for the Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranean Sea (C.I.E.S.M.), Cannes, pp. 801-805.
2. Nevo, E., B. Lavie and R. Ben-Shlomo (1988). Population genetic structure of marine organisms as detectors and monitors of marine pollution. UNEP/FAO: Toxicity, persistence and bioaccumulation of selected substances to marine organisms (Activity G). MAP Technical Reports Series No. 24. UNEP, Athens, 1988 pp. 37-49.
3. Ben-Shlomo, R. and C.P. Kyriacou (2010). Light pulse administered during the circadian dark phase alter expression of tumorigenesis associated transcripts in mouse brain. In: Recent Advances in Clinical Medicine (Anninos P, Rossi M, Pham TD, Falugi C, Bussing A, Koukkou M. Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Oncology (ONCOLOGY'10), University of Cambridge, UK, February 23-25, 2010. Pp. 331-336. (PDF)