	Mark Kirkpatrick T.S. Painter Centennial Professor, Section of Integrative Biology, see also the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
	Education \| Research Interests \| Students & Postocs \| Instruction \| Awards \| Publications
Video: PC \| Mac E-mail: kirkp@mail.utexas.edu Office: PAT 652 (512) 471-5996 Lab: PAT 648 (512) 471-3760 Fax: (512) 471-3878	Education B.A., Magna cum Laude with highest honors, Biology, Harvard University, 1978 Ph.D., Zoology, University of Washington, 1983 Research Interests Research in Dr. Kirkpatrick's lab covers a broad range of topics in evolutionary biology. His own work focuses mainly on evolutionary theory. A major research interest is sexual selection. He and his collaborators are currently investigating the role that sexual selection plays in speciation. Other areas of interest include the evolution of plasticity, growth, and shape; evolution of the haploid-diploid life cycle; maternal inheritance; and the evolution of a species' range. Students and postdocs in the lab are encouraged to develop independent research projects. While some have worked on topics related to Dr. Kirkpatrick's research, like sexual selection, others have taken up very different directions. To give you some idea of the scope, projects have included experimental studies of phenotypic plasticity in frog development, models of the evolution of the haploid-diploid alternation of generations, convergent evolution in New Guinea skinks, and models of how local adaptation is affected by gene flow. Although the topics are very different, the emphasis is on general questions (rather than species-specific ones) and quantitative approaches (either statistical or theoretical). Students and Postdocs Currently in the Kirkpatrick Lab Thomas Bataillon, postdoc - population genetics, quantitative genetics, deleterious mutations Laura Higgins, student - sexual selection and speciation in crickets Sarah Joseph, student - behavioral evolution Alan Lemmon, student - evolutionary modeling Scott Nuismer, postdoc - models and experiments on coevolution Bradley Wagstaff, student - speciation and evolution of accesory gland proteins in Drosophila More information - see selected student publications. Instruction Fall 2001: BIO 370 - Evolution BIO 385K - Evolution ZOO 382 - Population Genetics Awards/Honors American Society of Naturalists President's Award, 1998 Poste Rouge Fellow, National Center for Scientific Research (Montpellier, France), 1997-1998 Guggenheim Fellow, 1997-1998 Presidential Young Investigator, National Science Foundation, 1987-1992 Young Investigators Award, American Society of Naturalists, 1986 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1978-1982 Publications 1997a. Kirkpatrick, M., and N.H. Barton. Evolution of mating preferences for male genetic quality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 94: 1282-1286. 1997b. García-Ramos, G., and M. Kirkpatrick. Genetic models of rapid evolutionary divergence in peripheral populations. Evolution 51: 21-28. 1997c. Kirkpatrick, M., and N.H. Barton. Evolution of a species’ range. American Naturalist 150: 1-23. 1997e. Servedio, M.R., and M. Kirkpatrick. The effects of gene flow on reinforcement. Evolution 51: 1764-1772. 1998. Kirkpatrick, M., and M. Servedio. The reinforcement of mating preferences on an island. Genetics 151: 865-884. 1999. Kirkpatrick, M., and T. Bataillon. Artificial selection on phenotypically plastic traits. Genetical Research 74: 265-270. 2000b. Bataillon, T., and M. Kirkpatrick. Inbreeding depression due to mildly deleterious mutations in finite populations: size does matter. Genetical Research 75: 75-82. 2000c. Kirkpatrick, M. Reinforcement and divergence under assortative mating. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 267: 1649-1655. 2000d. Kirkpatrick, M. Fish found in flagrante delicto. (News & Views commentary) Nature 408: 298-299. 2000e. Hall, D.W., M. Kirkpatrick, and B. West. Runaway sexual selection when female preferences are directly selected. Evolution 54: 1862-1869. 2001a. Kirkpatrick, M. Reinforcement during ecological speciation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 268: 1259-1263. 2001b. Kirkpatrick, M., and V. Ravigné. Speciation by natural and sexual selection. American Naturalist (in press). More information - see a full publication list; see also the articles "The Barton Springs Salamander" and "Salamander Trapped in a Collision between Science and Politics."

Mark Kirkpatrick

T.S. Painter Centennial Professor, Section of Integrative Biology,
see also the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Video: PC | Mac

E-mail:
kirkp@mail.utexas.edu
Office:
PAT 652
(512) 471-5996
Lab:
PAT 648
(512) 471-3760
Fax:
(512) 471-3878

Education

B.A., Magna cum Laude with highest honors, Biology, Harvard University, 1978
Ph.D., Zoology, University of Washington, 1983

Research Interests

Research in Dr. Kirkpatrick's lab covers a broad range of topics in evolutionary biology. His own work focuses mainly on evolutionary theory. A major research interest is sexual selection. He and his collaborators are currently investigating the role that sexual selection plays in speciation. Other areas of interest include the evolution of plasticity, growth, and shape; evolution of the haploid-diploid life cycle; maternal inheritance; and the evolution of a species' range.

Students and postdocs in the lab are encouraged to develop independent research projects. While some have worked on topics related to Dr. Kirkpatrick's research, like sexual selection, others have taken up very different directions. To give you some idea of the scope, projects have included experimental studies of phenotypic plasticity in frog development, models of the evolution of the haploid-diploid alternation of generations, convergent evolution in New Guinea skinks, and models of how local adaptation is affected by gene flow. Although the topics are very different, the emphasis is on general questions (rather than species-specific ones) and quantitative approaches (either statistical or theoretical).

Students and Postdocs Currently in the Kirkpatrick Lab

Thomas Bataillon, postdoc - population genetics, quantitative genetics, deleterious mutations
Laura Higgins, student - sexual selection and speciation in crickets
Sarah Joseph, student - behavioral evolution
Alan Lemmon, student - evolutionary modeling
Scott Nuismer, postdoc - models and experiments on coevolution
Bradley Wagstaff, student - speciation and evolution of accesory gland proteins in Drosophila

More information - see selected student publications.

Instruction

Fall 2001:

BIO 370 - Evolution
BIO 385K - Evolution
ZOO 382 - Population Genetics

Awards/Honors

American Society of Naturalists President's Award, 1998
Poste Rouge Fellow, National Center for Scientific Research (Montpellier, France), 1997-1998
Guggenheim Fellow, 1997-1998
Presidential Young Investigator, National Science Foundation, 1987-1992
Young Investigators Award, American Society of Naturalists, 1986
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1978-1982

Publications

1997a. Kirkpatrick, M., and N.H. Barton. Evolution of mating preferences for male genetic quality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 94: 1282-1286.
1997b. García-Ramos, G., and M. Kirkpatrick. Genetic models of rapid evolutionary divergence in peripheral populations. Evolution 51: 21-28.
1997c. Kirkpatrick, M., and N.H. Barton. Evolution of a species’ range. American Naturalist 150: 1-23.
1997e. Servedio, M.R., and M. Kirkpatrick. The effects of gene flow on reinforcement. Evolution 51: 1764-1772.
1998. Kirkpatrick, M., and M. Servedio. The reinforcement of mating preferences on an island. Genetics 151: 865-884.
1999. Kirkpatrick, M., and T. Bataillon. Artificial selection on phenotypically plastic traits. Genetical Research 74: 265-270.
2000b. Bataillon, T., and M. Kirkpatrick. Inbreeding depression due to mildly deleterious mutations in finite populations: size does matter. Genetical Research 75: 75-82.
2000c. Kirkpatrick, M. Reinforcement and divergence under assortative mating. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 267: 1649-1655.
2000d. Kirkpatrick, M. Fish found in flagrante delicto. (News & Views commentary) Nature 408: 298-299.
2000e. Hall, D.W., M. Kirkpatrick, and B. West. Runaway sexual selection when female preferences are directly selected. Evolution 54: 1862-1869.
2001a. Kirkpatrick, M. Reinforcement during ecological speciation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 268: 1259-1263.
2001b. Kirkpatrick, M., and V. Ravigné. Speciation by natural and sexual selection. American Naturalist (in press).

More information - see a full publication list; see also the articles "The Barton Springs Salamander" and "Salamander Trapped in a Collision between Science and Politics."