Peter Dunn
Professor
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Peter Dunn is working as Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee USA. He has completed his Postdoctoral Fellow from the Louisiana State University,The Australian National University, Queen’s University, PhD from University of Alberta, MS from Colorado State University and BS from University of Maine. He honored with National Science Foundation, Population Biology Program, Australian Research Council. Linkage Grant and National Science Foundation, Animal Behavior Program, RET supplement. he served as an Editor for Animal Behaviour.
Research Interest
Dr. Peter Dunn focused on the behavior, evolution and conservation of birds, evolution and ecology of mating systems, life history strategies and the population genetics of threatened species. Current studies focus on:sexual selection and extra-pair mating in tree swallows and common yellowthroats, the evolution of sexual dimorphism in birds, conservation genetics of prairie-chickens and the effects of climate change on breeding in birds.
Publications
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Bateson ZW, Whittingham LA, Johnson JA, Dunn PO. Contrasting patterns of selection and drift between two categories of immune genes in prairieâ€chickens. Molecular ecology. 2015 Dec 1;24(24):6095-106.
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Minias P, Whittingham LA, Dunn PO. Coloniality and migration are related to selection on MHC genes in birds. Evolution. 2017 Feb 1;71(2):432-41.
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Henschen AE, Whittingham LA, Dunn PO. The relationship between blood parasites and ornamentation depends on the level of analysis in the common yellowthroat. Journal of Avian Biology. 2017 Jun 1.
