he began a project to obtain wild type Neurospora at tropical and subtropical sites throughout the world. Perkins and his associates surveyed and collected more than 5,000 specimens of Neurospora and other fungi growing in the wild. Later, he initiated work on what would eventually become a worldwide resource for geneticists, The Neurospora Compendium: Chromosomal Loci. Published most recently in 2001, it serves as a reference for mutations and their loci in the Neurospora genome. References The Perkins Lab — Neurospora genetics and biology David D. Perkins, Alan Radford, Matthew S. Sachs. The Neurospora Compendium: Chromosomal Loci. Academic Press: 1st edition (January 15, 2001). . Rowland H. Davis: Neurospora. Contributions of a Model Organism. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000. . External links 1919 births 2007 deaths American geneticists Stanford University faculty Stanford University Department of Biology faculty Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Genetics (journal) editors