Research Interests
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, population
genetics, and bioinformatics.
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.