Jeff Mitton at Osprey Reef in the Coral Sea

 

 

Research Interests

My primary research interests focus on the evolutionary forces that influence genetic variation within and among populations. DNA sequences of mitochondrial, chloroplast, and nuclear genes, and electrophoretic variation of proteins are used to characterize variation in populations of plants and animals. Phylogeographic studies are used to describe patterns of variation and to make historical inferences about glacial refugia and routes of migration.

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Graduate Students

Steven Chischilly (under construction)

Catherine Driscoll (under construction)

Se Jin Song (under construction)

Scott Ferrenberg (under construction)

 

Columns in the Boulder Daily Camera

 

Mutualism Between Birds And Pines (Mutualism, May 28, 2000) (Photo of limber pine, Clark's nutcracker)

Uniquely Radiant Western Tanagers, (Western Tanager May 29, 2009) (Photo of western tanager)

Parasite Drives Host To Attempt Suicide (Horsehair Worms, October 2, 2009) (Photos of slot canyon and horsehair worms)

Spadefoot Toad Adapts to Desert's Aridity (Spadefoot Toad, October 16, 2009) (Photos of slot canyon and spadefoot toad larva)

Pika Race Against Winter Year Round (Pika, September 22, 2002) (Photo of a pika)

The Ribbon Forest on Buffalo Pass (Ribbon Forest, April 9, 2000) (Photos of ribbon forest)

Poisonous Perfumes (Ponderosa Pine, July 7, 2000) (Photos of ponderosa pines)

Immense and Ancient Quaking Aspen (Quaking Aspen, September 10, 2000) (Photos of Pando, world's largest living organism)

The World of the Burying Beetles (Burying Beetles, December 3, 2004) (Photos of burying beetles)

A New Species Amid Ancient Fossils (twinpod, May 13, 2005) (Photos of Bell's twinpod)

History Buried in the Cliffs ( pawnee, May 27, 2005) (Photos of fossil teeth)

Tents of Silk (silk, June 10, 2005) (Photos of tent caterpillars)

Chemical ecology of lupines (lupines) (Photos of lupines)

Thyme is of the essence (thyme, July 21, 2005) (Photos of thyme)

If These Rocks Could Talk... (Flatirons, December 9, 2005) (Photos of the Fountain Formation, and the Boulder Flatirons)

Microbes a Mile Down (DUSEL, September 9, 2005) (Photos of biologists sampling)

Spiral Trees on Windy Ridges (Spiral Grain, September 23, 2005) (Photos of limber pine with spiral grain)

Spider Crossing (Tarantula, December 23, 2005) (Photos of a Texas brown tarantula) hotos of a Texas brown tarantula)

Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite (Cliff Swallow, November 24, 2005) (Photos of cliff swallow nests and chicks)

An Offensive Chemical Defense (Wild Bergamot, August 11, 2006) (Tortoise beetles and fecal shields)

Imitation Isn't Always Flattery (Swallowtail)

 

Female Calliope Hummingbird