Rebecca T. Kimball

Professor, Department of Biology, 223 Bartram Hall, P.O. Box 118525, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-8525, USA

Biography

She is an evolutionary biologist, and my research incorporates molecular techniques and field research to examine evolutionary patterns and processes. There are three main foci in my research program: 1) phylogenetics and the use of phylogenies for comparative studies; 2) microevolutionary processes like the evolution of mating systems and sexual selection; and 3) linking changes in the genome with changes at the organismal level in an explicit evolutionary framework to elucidate the proximate and ultimate causes of these changes.

Research Interest

Research has focused in two main areas. The first area is molecular phylogenetics and population genetics, primarily in birds and plants. The second area is behavioral ecology, where I am interested in mating systems, sexual selection and the evolution and proximate control of secondary sexual characters of birds.