About Peter Keightley
Peter Keightley was a geneticist and researcher.
Education Keightley was educated at the University of Edinburgh where he was awarded a PhD in 1989 for research on genetic variation supervised by William G. Hill.
Research Keightley leads a laboratory which works on evolutionary genetics and the evolutionary impact of new mutations on molecular genetic and quantitative trait variation and fitness. His research investigates genetic variation and adaptation through the analysis of nucleotide variation within natural populations and between different species.
Keightley's research has been funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
Awards and honours Keightley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2014. His nomination reads:
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