Leslie Lyons, University of Missouri-Columbia (IMAGE)

University of Missouri-Columbia

Leslie Lyons, University of Missouri-Columbia

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Leslie Lyons, the Gilbreath-McLorn Endowed Professor of Comparative Medicine at MU, is using whole genome sequencing through the 99 Lives Cat Genome Sequencing Consortium to identify genetic variants that cause rare diseases, such as progressive retinal atrophy and Niemann-Pick type 1.

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MU College of Veterinary Medicine

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