B.S. in Entomology, 1996, from UW-Madison

Research Interests:

My interests are rooted in coevolutionary patterns and processes

Current Research:

I study the interactions between Drosophila simulans and their bacterial parasites, Wolbachia sp. Wolbachia manipulate host reproduction, which may be responsible for significant genetic subdivision among D. simulans populations. I am testing the fitness effects that different strains of Wolbachia impose and investigating how this interaction relates to the biogeography of host and bacteria.

Publications:

Dean, M.D. and Ballard, J.W.O. In review. High incidence of heteroplasmy may indicate the origin of minor strand replication in Drosophila simulans.

James, A. C., Dean, M. D., McMahon, M. E., and Ballard, J. W. O. In review. Implications for a Wolbachia strain concept inferred from a Drosophila simulans population polytypic for infection.

Dean, M.D. and Ballard, J.W.O. In press. Factors affectingmitochondrial DNA quality from museum preserved Drosophila simulans. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata.

Dean, M.D., James, A.C., McMahon, M.E., and Ballard, J.W.O. 2000. Population movement of the Wolbachia/mtDNA complex. Wolbachia 2000, First Annual Meeting, Crete, Greece (oral presentation).

Dean, M. D., Patterson, B. D., and Wenzel, R. L. 2000. Wing morphology and host fidelity in bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae). Society for the Study of Evolution, Annual Meeting, Bloomington, Indiana (oral presentation).

Dean, M. D. 1999. Ecology and evolution of a bat fly (Diptera: Streblidae) ectoparasite. Entomological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada (poster presentation).

Current Position:

http://eebweb.arizona.edu/nachman/people_mattd.htm