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- Name
- Devin Drown
Fellow Bio
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2007
Biology
Washington State University
Graduate Studies, University of Utah, 1997-2000
BA in Biology, Grinnell College, 1996
My dissertation research aims to bridge the gap between studies examining macroevolutionary patterns and microevolutionary processes of coevolution. I wish to understand how host use specialization can ultimately lead to parasite diversification. My research focuses on coevolutionary interactions, particularly host-parasite interactions. I am interested in the effect of dispersal (or migration) on coevolutionary interactions. See my main academic webpage at http://www.wsu.edu/~drown
My thesis research is divided into two main areas: empirical work and theory work. For my empirical work, I am investigating the interaction of Potamopyrgus antipodarum (New Zealand Mud Snails) and a commonly infecting trematode worm (Microphallus sp.). I have designed local adaptation experiments to test the scale of interactions based on previously collected molecular data. I am using this system to explore how local patterns of adaptation may scale up from populations to species. For my theory work, I have focused on host-parasite interactions and am interested in how this type of interaction can shape the migration rate of one player in the interaction. I have been using a using a variety of techniques (numerical simulations, analytical solutions and QLE approximations) to understand the evolution of migration in an antagonistic interaction.
PUBLICATIONS
Gomulkiewicz R, Drown DM, Dybdahl MF, Godsoe W, Nuismer SL, Pepin KM, Ridenhour BJ, Smith CI, and Yoder JB. 2007. Do’s and Don’ts of testing the geographic mosaic theory of coeveolution. Herdity 98: 249-258.
Meekan MG, Vigliola L, Doherty PJ, Drown DM, Jones E, and Barber PH. 2007. Genetic identity determines risk of post-settlement mortality in a coral reef fish. Ecology 88: 1263–1277.
Gomulkiewicz R, Drown DM, Dybdahl MF, Godsoe W, Nuismer SL, Pepin KM, Ridenhour BJ, Smith CI, and Yoder JB. 2007. Do’s and Don’ts of testing the geographic mosaic theory of coeveolution. Herdity 98: 249-258.
Meekan MG, Vigliola L, Doherty PJ, Drown DM, Jones E, and Barber PH. 2007. Genetic identity determines risk of post-settlement mortality in a coral reef fish. Ecology 88: 1263–1277.
Alfaro, J. W. L., G. Gutierrez-Espeleta, L. E. Olson, V. Ross, S. Neitzel, K. Sukraw, D. M. Drown, and M. E. Alfaro. 2007. Patterns of mtDNA genetic diversity in capuchin monkeys at regional and local scales. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.:161-161.
Moyer BR., Drown DM, and Clayton DH. 2002. Low humidity reduces ectoparasite pressure: implications for host life history evolution. Oikos 97: 223-228.
Johnson KP, Williams BL, Drown DM, Adams RJ, and Clayton DH. 2002. The population genetics of host specificity: Genetic differentiation in dove lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera). Molecular Ecology 11:25-38.
Clayton DH and Drown DM. 2001. Critical evaluation of five methods for quantifying chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera). Journal of Parasitology 87: 1291-300.
Johnson KP, Drown DM, and Clayton DH. 2001. A data based parsimony method of cophylogenetic analysis. Zoologica Scripta 30: 79-87.
Drown DM and Brown JM. 1998. Molecular phylogeny of North American oak-gallying Cynipini (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) supports need for generic revision. Pp 241-246. The Biology of Gall-Inducing Arthropods (Csoka, G., W. J. Mattson, G. N. Stone, and P. W. Price eds). Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-199. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station.
Moyer BR., Drown DM, and Clayton DH. 2002. Low humidity reduces ectoparasite pressure: implications for host life history evolution. Oikos 97: 223-228.
Johnson KP, Williams BL, Drown DM, Adams RJ, and Clayton DH. 2002. The population genetics of host specificity: Genetic differentiation in dove lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera). Molecular Ecology 11:25-38.
Clayton DH and Drown DM. 2001. Critical evaluation of five methods for quantifying chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera). Journal of Parasitology 87: 1291-300.
Johnson KP, Drown DM, and Clayton DH. 2001. A data based parsimony method of cophylogenetic analysis. Zoologica Scripta 30: 79-87.
Drown DM and Brown JM. 1998. Molecular phylogeny of North American oak-gallying Cynipini (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) supports need for generic revision. Pp 241-246. The Biology of Gall-Inducing Arthropods (Csoka, G., W. J. Mattson, G. N. Stone, and P. W. Price eds). Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-199. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station.
GRANTS
2008 NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Local Adaptation and Diversification in Parasites. Washington State University ($12,000)
CONTRIBUTED POSTERS/PRESENTATIONS*
4/2008 EvoWIBO: Evolutionary biologists in the Pacific Northwest, Port Townsend, WA
7/2007 Evolutionary Genetics of Host-Parasite Relationships, Roscoff, France.
6/2006* Society for the Study of Evolution Annual Meeting:. SUNY, Stony Brook, NY.
11/2005* EcoLunch. Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
6/1998 Annual Meeting: Society for the Study of Evolution. UBC, Vancouver, BC.
8/1997* Symposium: Biology of gall-inducing arthropods. Matrafured, Hungary.
10/1996 Symposium: Phylogeny of Life. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
10/1996* PEW Undergrad Research Symposium. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
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