Laurence D. MuellerProfessor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
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Research Interests |
Theoretical and empirical studies of density-dependent natural selection, population stability and dynamics, DNA typing in forensic science | |
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Academic Distinctions | Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science | |
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Research Abstract |
My recent research has focused on the evolution of demography. With my colleague, Michael Rose, we have used both theoretical and experimental research to study late-life mortality and fecundity plateaus. We believe that evolution provides an explanation for why aging stops in late-life as well as why we age in the first place. | |
| Publications | Mueller, L.D., P. Shahrestani, and C.L. Rauser. 2009. Predicting death in female Drosophila. Experimental Gerontology 44:766-772. | |
| Mueller, L.D. 2008. Can simple population genetic models reconcile partial match frequencies observed in large forensic databases? Journal of Genetics 87:101-108. | ||
| Rose, M.R. and L.D. Mueller, 2006. Evolution and Ecology of the Organism. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. | ||
| Mueller, L. D. and A. Joshi, 2000. Stability in Model Populations. Monographs in Population Biology No. 31, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J. | ||
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Mueller, L.D. 1997. Theoretical and empirical examination of density-dependent selection. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 28: 269-288. |
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Mueller, L. D. and M. R. Rose. 1996. Evolutionary theory predicts late-life mortality plateaus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 93:15249-15253. |
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| Mueller, L. D., P. Z. Guo and F. J. Ayala. 1991. Density-dependent natural selection and trade-offs in life history traits. Science 253: 433-435. | ||
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Professional Societies |
Society for the Study of Evolution AAAS |
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| Link to this profile | http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=2704 | |
| Last updated | 06/01/2010 | |