Douglas Duane Rhoads

Douglas Duane Rhoads is University Professor in Poultry Science and Director of the Cell and Molecular Biology Program at the University of Arkansas. His research investigates genetic determinants of metabolic diseases in poultry, including ascites and bacterial chondronecrosis leading to lameness.

Research methodologies: Genotyping, gene expression analysis, bioinformatics, and bacterial genomics. Previous work spanned yeast, bears, rice, and scorpion genetics.