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Benjamin M. Fitzpatrick

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Research Interests

Population Genetics, Conservation Biology, Vertebrate Biology

My major interests are in the genetics and biogeography of speciation, symbiosis, and invasion biology. I encourage graduate students to develop their own research questions, which may involve my primary study organisms (salamanders) or not.

Educations

  • 2004- Ph.D., University of California, Davis

Selected Publications

  • Fitzpatrick, B.M., J.A. Fordyce, M. Neimiller, & R.G. Reynolds. What can DNA tell us about biological invasions? Biological Invasions. In Press. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0064-1
  • Fitzpatrick, B. M., J. R. Johnson, D. K. Kump, J. J. Smith, S. R. Voss, and H. B. Shaffer. 2010. Rapid spread of invasive genes into a threatened native species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 107:3606-3610.
  • Genung, M. A., F. Ubeda, B. M. Fitzpatrick, J. A. Schweitzer, C. C. Pregitzer, E. Felker-Quinn, and J. K. Bailey. 2010. Genetic variation and community change - selection, evolution, and feedbacks. Functional Ecology 25:408-419. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01797.x
  • Ryan, M. E., J. R. Johnson, and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2009. Ecological consequencies of introduced genes: Introduced tiger salamander genotypes impact native amphibians. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 106:11166-11171.
  • Fitzpatrick, B. M., J. A. Fordyce, and S. Gavrilets. 2009. Pattern, process and geographic modes of speciation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22:2342-2347.
Benjamin M. Fitzpatrick

Contact Information

Benjamin M. Fitzpatrick
Assistant Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
569 Dabney Hall
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-1610

Phone: (865) 974-9734
Fax: (865) 974-3067
Email: benfitz@utk.edu