Wiiliam T. Starmer . Professor Evolutionary ecology; ecological genetics; community ecology, microbial systematics; molecular evolution wstarmer@syr.edu Office: 020 Lyman Hall Phone: 315-443-2154 / fax: 315-443-21576 Education: • Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1972 • Postdoc, University of California 1976-1977 • Postdoc, University of Arizona, 1973-1976 Courses: • Biology 401 Undergraduate Seminar in Biology • Biology 421 Undergraduate Seminar in Biology • Biology 431/631: Population Genetics • Biology 454: Evolution • Biology 795: Speciation Interdisciplinary Programs: Environmental Science Program at SU

RESEARCH

Starmer Lab at Syracuse University: http://biology.syr.edu/starmerresearch.html

Funding: National Science Foundation; Speciation in cactus-specific yeasts

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Anderson, M., M.A. Lachance and W.T. Starmer. 2004.The relationship of phylogeny to community structure: the cactus yeast community. The American Naturalist 164: 709-721.

Polak M., W.T. Starmer and L.L. Wolf. 2004. Sexual selection for size and symmetry in a diversifying secondary sexual character in Drosophila bipectinata Duda (Diptera:Drosophilidae). Evolution 58: 597-607.

Starmer, W.T., R.A. Schmedicke and M.A. Lachance. 2003. The origin of the cactus-yeast community. FEMS Yeast Research 3: 441-448.

Pintar, J. and W.T. Starmer. 2003. The costs and benefits of killer toxin production by the yeast Pichia kluyveri. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 83: 89-98.

Starmer, W.T., M. Patten and M. Polak. 2002. The statistics of detecting positional fluctuating asymmetry. Bio. J. of Linn. Soc. 77: 491-498.