What is the role of population genetics in the study of natural populations?

Professor, Forestry

My research interests center on population genetics, evolutionary biology, and ecological genetic basis of traits in the structure and function of natural populations; spatial statistics and space-time and migration models; studies of genetics using PCR-based and other genetic markers; distribution and function of genetic variation.

Selected Publications

Epperson, B.K. 1993. Recent advances in correlation studies of spatial patterns of genetic variation. Evolutionary Biology 27:95-155.

Epperson, B.K. 1993. Spatial and space-time correlations in systems of subpopulations with genetic drift and migration. Genetics 133:711-727.

Epperson, B.K. 1994. Spatial and space-time correlations in systems of subpopulations with stochastic migration. Theoretical Population Biology 46:160-197.

Epperson, B.K. 1995. Spatial structure of two-locus genotypes under isolation by distance. Genetics 140:365-375.

Epperson, B.K. 1995. Fine-scale spatial structure: Correlations for individual genotypes differ from those for local genotypes. Evolution 49:1022-1026.

Epperson, B.K. and T. Li. 1996. Measurement of genetic structure within populations using Moran's spatial autocorrelation statistics. Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci. USA. In Press.

Epperson, B.K. and E. Alvarez-Buylla. 1997. Spatial autocorrelation analysis of family structure in multiple life stages of Cecropia obtusifolia. Evolution 51:275-282.

Epperson, B.K. and T. Li. 1997. Gene dispersal and spatial genetic structure. Evolution 51:672-681.

Epperson, B.K. 1998. Spatial and space-time correlations in ecological models. Ecological Modelling. In press.