Mercedes Burns
Assistant Professor
Phone |
410-455-2147
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burnsm@umbc.edu | |
Education |
Ph D, University of Maryland, College Park (2014)
BA, Macalester College (2006)
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Website | http://burnslab.umbc.edu |
About
B.A. Biology, Macalester College (St. Paul); Ph.D. in Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, & Systematics from University of Maryland, College Park
Research Interests
Evolutionary ecology of reproductive traits and behaviors, sexual conflict, reproductive polymorphism, arthropod biology
Intellectual Contributions
(2021) Genomic determination of reproductive mode in facultatively parthenogenetic harvestmen Journal of Heredity
(2020) Spermathecal variation in temperate Opiliones Integrative and Comparative Biology
(2020) It takes two to tango: including a female perspective in reproductive biology Integrative and Comparative Biology
(2018) Comparison of nuptial gift chemistry reveals convergent evolution correlated with antagonism in mating system Ecology & Evolution
(2017) Population genomics and geographical parthenogenesis in Japanese harvestmen (Opiliones, Sclerosomatidae) Ecology & Evolution
Presentations
Seminar Reproductive Diversity and Sexual Conflict: Opilionid Mating from the Female Perspective Penn State State College, PA (Mar 6, 2020)
Seminar Reproductive Diversity and Sexual Conflict: Opilionid Mating from the Female Perspective UC Davis Davis, CA (Feb 19, 2020)
SICB 2020 Oral Presentation Reproductive Diversity and Sexual Conflict: Opilionid Mating from the Female Perspective SICB Austin, TX (Jan 5, 2020)