Michael M. Miyamoto

Ph.D.  University of
Southern California, 1982

311 Bartram
Box 118525
Gainesville, FL
32611-8525
Voice:(352) 392-3275
Fax: (352) 392-3704
miyamoto@zoology.ufl.edu

Research Interests

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, population genetics, and bioinformatics.

Students Currently Supervised

Tim Barko (PhD)
Analyzing fish vertebrae morphology for geometrical patterns of hox gene expression along the vertebral column and anteroposterior axis in adult specimens; metrics for analysis of serial homology and morphology in vertebrates; bioinformatics.

Tim Young (PhD)
http://zoology.ufl.edu/tsyoung/
Interested in vertebrate morphology and evolution. Specifically, Tim is studying the evolution and function of the mammalian vertebral column and pelvis.

Representative Publications

Baer, C.F., M.M. Miyamoto, and D.R. Denver. 2007. Causes and consequences of mutation rate variation. Nat. Rev. Genet., 8: 619-631.

Kitchen, A., M.M. Miyamoto, and C.M. Mulligan. 2007. Utility of DNA viruses for studying human host history: Case study of JC virus. Mol. Phylo. Evol., 41: in press.

Knudsen, B., and M.M. Miyamoto. 2007. Incorporating experimental design and error into coalescent/mutation models of population history. Genetics, 176: 2335-2342.

Mulligan, C.J., A. Kitchen, and M.M. Miyamoto. 2006. Comment on “Population size does not influence mitochondrial genetic diversity in animals.” Science 314:1390a.

Zhang, G.J., M.M. Miyamoto, and M.J. Cohn. 2006. Lamprey type II collagen and Sox9 genes reveal an ancient origin of the vertebrate collagenous skeleton. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103: 3180-3185.