	Donald Levin Professor, Section of Integrative Biology, Associate Editor, Evolutionary Ecology
	Education \| Research Interests \| Instruction \| Awards \| Publications
Video: PC \| Mac E-mail: dlevin@uts.cc.utexas.edu Office: BIO 204 (512) 471-4685 Fax: (512) 232-9529	Education B.S., 1960, University of Illinois M.S., 1962, University of Illinois Ph.D., 1964, University of Illinois Research Interests Dr. Levin's research is currently focused on the function and dynamics of the breeding system in annual species of Phlox. This entails analyses of gene flow via pollen within and among populations, documentation of the number and frequency of self-incompatibility genes within populations, the nature of pollen-pistil incompatibility, the level of competition among pollen tubes in open-pollinated pistils, and the response of populations to selection for greater levels of self-compatibility. His lab is also concerned with documenting the fitness liability of white-flowered variants through demographic studies of white- and red-flowered plants in natural Phlox habitats. Instruction Fall 2001: BIO 301M - Ecology, Evolution, and Society BIO 304 - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Awards/Honors Charles Lamb Award, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1983 Guggenheim Fellow, 1975-1976 Publications Kelly, M.G., and D.A. Levin. 2000. Direction selection on initial flowering date in Phlox drummondii (Polemoniaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 87: 382-391. Levin, D.A. 2000. The Origin, expansion, and demise of plant species. Oxford University Press, New York. Ferguson, C.J., D.A. Levin, and R.K. Jansen. 1999. Natural hybridization between an outcrossing and selfing Phlox: the maternal species of F1 hybrids. 1998. Genetic and phenotypic correlations in plants: a botanical test of Cheverud's conjecture. Heredity 80: 310-319. Kelly, M., and D.A. Levin. 1997. Fitness consequences of emergence date in Phlox drummondii. J. Ecol. 85: 755-766. Plitmann, U., and D.A. Levin. 1996. Microgametophytes in flowers with and without fruits in Phlox drummondii (Polemoniaceae). Plant Syst. Evol. 201: 211-221. Levin, D.A., J. Francisco-Ortega, and R.K. Jansen. 1966. Hybridization and the extinction of rare species. Conservation Biology 10: 10-16. Levin, D.A. 1996. The evolutionary significance of pseud-self-fertility. Amer. Natur. 148: 321-332. Bixby, P., and D.A. Levin. 1995. Response to selection on autogamy in Phlox. Evolution 50: 892-899. Levin, D.A., and E. Brack. 1995. Natural selection against white petals in Phlox. Evolution 49: 1017-1022.

Donald Levin

Professor, Section of Integrative Biology,
Associate Editor, Evolutionary Ecology

Education | Research Interests | Instruction | Awards | Publications

Video: PC | Mac

E-mail:
dlevin@uts.cc.utexas.edu
Office:
BIO 204
(512) 471-4685
Fax:
(512) 232-9529

Education

B.S., 1960, University of Illinois
M.S., 1962, University of Illinois
Ph.D., 1964, University of Illinois

Research Interests

Dr. Levin's research is currently focused on the function and dynamics of the breeding system in annual species of Phlox. This entails analyses of gene flow via pollen within and among populations, documentation of the number and frequency of self-incompatibility genes within populations, the nature of pollen-pistil incompatibility, the level of competition among pollen tubes in open-pollinated pistils, and the response of populations to selection for greater levels of self-compatibility. His lab is also concerned with documenting the fitness liability of white-flowered variants through demographic studies of white- and red-flowered plants in natural Phlox habitats.

Instruction

Fall 2001:

BIO 301M - Ecology, Evolution, and Society
BIO 304 - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Awards/Honors

Charles Lamb Award, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1983
Guggenheim Fellow, 1975-1976

Publications

Kelly, M.G., and D.A. Levin. 2000. Direction selection on initial flowering date in Phlox drummondii (Polemoniaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 87: 382-391.
Levin, D.A. 2000. The Origin, expansion, and demise of plant species. Oxford University Press, New York.
Ferguson, C.J., D.A. Levin, and R.K. Jansen. 1999. Natural hybridization between an outcrossing and selfing Phlox: the maternal species of F1 hybrids. 1998. Genetic and phenotypic correlations in plants: a botanical test of Cheverud's conjecture. Heredity 80: 310-319.
Kelly, M., and D.A. Levin. 1997. Fitness consequences of emergence date in Phlox drummondii. J. Ecol. 85: 755-766.
Plitmann, U., and D.A. Levin. 1996. Microgametophytes in flowers with and without fruits in Phlox drummondii (Polemoniaceae). Plant Syst. Evol. 201: 211-221.
Levin, D.A., J. Francisco-Ortega, and R.K. Jansen. 1966. Hybridization and the extinction of rare species. Conservation Biology 10: 10-16.
Levin, D.A. 1996. The evolutionary significance of pseud-self-fertility. Amer. Natur. 148: 321-332.
Bixby, P., and D.A. Levin. 1995. Response to selection on autogamy in Phlox. Evolution 50: 892-899.
Levin, D.A., and E. Brack. 1995. Natural selection against white petals in Phlox. Evolution 49: 1017-1022.