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Stephen Wooding, Ph.D

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Prof. Stephen Wooding
Associate Professor, Anthropology & Heritage Studies, School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts

Professor Wooding is an evolutionary biologist investigating patterns of human genetic diversity, with a focus on genes controlling bitter taste perception. He is also conducting field studies of bitterness and toxicity in yuca, a noxious crop domesticated by indigenous Amazonian peoples