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Kevin P. Johnson
Assistant
Research Scientist
607 East Peabody Drive
Champaign, IL 61820-6970
(217) 244-9267
kjohnson@inhs.uiuc.edu
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Fields of Interest |
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Avian
and Insect Systematics, Host-parasite Coevolution, Island Biogeography,
Population Genetics, and Behavioral Ecology |
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| General
Research Interests |
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Host
parasite systems provide an opportunity to study the interface
between microevolutionary processes and macroevolutionary patterns.
The goals of my current research center around recovering the
coevolutionary history of birds and their ectoparasitic lice.
The degree of cospeciation varies across different groups of
lice. By understanding how ecological differences between groups
might cause differences in coevolutionary history, considerable
progress can be made towards predicting macroevolutionary patterns
from microevolutionary process. |
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Selected
publications |
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Johnson,
K. P., B. L. Williams, D. M. Drown, R. J. Adams, and D. H.
Clayton. 2002. The population genetics of host specificity:
Genetic differentiation in dove lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera).
Molecular Ecology 11:25-38.
Johnson, K. P., D. M. Drown, D. H. Clayton. 2001. A data based
parsimony method of cophylogenetic analysis. Zoologica
Scripta 30:79-87.
Johnson, K. P. 2001. Taxon sampling and the phylogenetic position
of Passeriformes: Evidence from 916 avian cytochrome b
sequences. Systematic Biology 50: 128-136.
Johnson, K. P. and J. Seger. 2001. Elevated rates of nonsynonymous
substitutions in island birds. Molecular Biology and Evolution
18:874-881.
Johnson, K. P., F. R. Adler, and J. L. Cherry. 2000. Genetic
and phylogenetic consequences of island biogeography. Evolution
54:387-396.
Johnson, K. P., F. McKinney, and M. D. Sorenson. 1999. Phylogenetic
constraint on male parental care in the dabbling ducks. Proceedings
of the Royal Society of London B 266:759-763.
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Professional
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Department
of Animal Biology, Department of Entomology, and Program in
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Illinois
Field
Museum of Natural History: Birds
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Professional
society
involvement
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Program
Chair Society of Systematic Biologists |
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