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BURTON, RONALD

Professor of Marine Biology/

Director of MBRD/ Head, Biology Section

Degrees:

• M.S., Stanford University
• B.S., Stanford University
• Ph.D., Stanford University

Research Interests:

• Population genetics of marine organisms
• Evolutionary biology and molecular ecology
• Molecular adaptations to environmental stress

Courses:

• BGGN271: Adv Experimental Methods/Bio
• BGGN500: Apprentice Teaching
• BIEB132: Introduction to Marine Biology
• BISP195: Intro to Teaching in Biology
• BISP199: Independent Study
• BISP199: Individual Research for Ugrads
• ESYS101: Environmental Biology
• ESYS101: The Living Earth
• ESYS190A: Envir Sys/Senior Project
• ESYS199: Independent Study
• SIO278: Seminar in Ocean Biosciences
• SIO289: Intro/Quant Marine Ecol & Evol
• SIO296: Special Topics/Marine Biology
• SIO297: Marine Biology Seminar
• SIO299: Research

Honors and Awards:

• Mentor Recognition Award, UCSD, 2008
• Vice Presidental Symposium, American Society of Naturalists, 2005
• Presidential Lecture, Florida International University, 2003
• Outstanding Educator (Teaching Award), Mortar Board National Honor Society, University of Houston, 1989-1990
• Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford University, 1976

Mentoring:

• Malek, Tiffany (Post Doc; 2008-)
• Benham, Celeste (Masters; 2007-2009)
• Bonin, Carolina (Graduate; 2007-)
• Boucher, Theresa (Graduate; 2007-)
• Mayali, Xavier (Post Doc; 2007-2008)
• Harrison, J. Scott (Post Doc; 2003-2006)
• Ellison, Chris (Graduate; 2002-2008)
• Gruenthal, Kristen (Graduate; 2002-2007)
• Dufrense, France (Post Doc; 2000-2000)
• Flowers, Jonathan (Graduate; 1999-2005)
• Willett, Chris (Post Doc; 1999-2002)
• Lee, Carol (Post Doc; 1998-2000)
• Metz, Ed (Post Doc; 1998-1998)
• Hamm, David (Masters; 1997-1999)
• Rawson, Paul (Post Doc; 1996-1998)
• Guay, David (Masters; 1995-1997)
• Moberg, Phillip (Masters; 1995-1998)
• Edmands, Suzanne (Post Doc; 1994-1996)
• Ganz, Holly (Masters; 1993-1994)

1998. Burton, R.S. Intraspecific phylogeography across the Point Conception biogeographic boundary. Evolution 52:734-745.

1999. Burton, R.S., P.D. Rawson and S. Edmands. Genetic architecture of physiological phenotypes: empirical evidence for coadapted gene complexes. Amer. Zool. 39:451-462.

1999. Edmands, S. and R.S. Burton. Cytochrome-c oxidase activity in interpopulation hybrids of a marine copepod: a test for nuclear-cytoplasmic coadaptation. Evolution 53:1972-1978.

2000. Moberg, P.E. and R.S. Burton. Genetic heterogeneity among recruit and adult red sea urchins, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus. Mar. Biol. 136:773-784.

2000. Rawson, P.D., D.A. Brazeau, and R.S. Burton. Isolation and characterization of cytochrome c from the marine copepod Tigriopus californicus. Gene 248:15-22.

2000. Burton, R.S. and M.J. Tegner. Enhancement of red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) stocks at San Miguel Island: Reassessing a success story. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 202:303-308.

2000. Hamm, D.E. and R.S. Burton. Population genetics of black abalone, Haliotis cracherodii, along the central California coast. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 254:235-247.

2001. Willett, C.S. and R.S. Burton. Viability of cytochrome c genotypes depends on cytoplasmic backgrounds in Tigriopus californicus. Evolution 55:1592-1599.

2001. Blier, P.U., F. Dufresne, and R.S. Burton. Natural selection and the evolution of mtDNA-encoded peptides: evidence for intergenomic coadaptation. Trends in Genetics 17:600-606.

2002. Flowers, J.M., S.C. Schroeter, and R.S. Burton. The recruitment sweepstakes has many winners: genetic evidence from purple sea urchins. Evolution 56:1445-1453.

2002. Hellberg, M.E., R.S. Burton, J.E. Neigel, and S.R. Palumbi. Genetic assessment of connectivity among marine populations. Bull. Mar. Sci. 70(1) Suppl:273-290.

2002. Rawson, P.D. and R.S. Burton. Functional coadaptation between cytochrome c and cytochrome c oxidase within allopatric populations of a marine copepod. Proc Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 99:12955-12958.

2003. Willett, C.S. and R.S. Burton. Environmental influences on epistatic interactions: viabilities of cytochrome c genotypes in interpopulation crosses. Evolution 57:2286-2292.

2004. Willett, C.S. and R.S. Burton. Evolution of interacting proteins in the mitochondrial electron transport system in a marine copepod. Molec. Biol. Evol. 21:443-453.

2005. Burton, R.S., E. C. Metz, J. M. Flowers, and C. S. Willett . Unusual structure of ribosomal DNA in the copepod Tigriopus californicus: intergenic spacer sequences lack internal sub-repeats. Gene 344:105-113.

2005. Ellison, C.K. and R.S. Burton. Application of bead array technology to community dynamics of marine phytoplankton. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Series 288:75-85.

2005. Gruenthal, K.M. and R.S. Burton. Genetic diversity and species identification in the endangered white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni). Conservation Genetics 6:929-939.

2006. Burton, R.S., C.K. Ellison and J.S. Harrison. The sorry state of F2 hybrids: consequences of rapid mitochondrial DNA evolution in allopatric populations. The American Naturalist 168:S14-S24.

2006. Ellison, C.K. and R.S. Burton. Disruption of mitochondrial function in interpopulation hybrids of Tigriopus californicus. Evolution 60:1382-1391.

2006. Flowers, J.M., and R.S. Burton. Ribosomal RNA gene silencing in inter-population hybrids of Tigriopus californicus: nucleolar dominance in the absence of inter-genic spacer repeats. Genetics 173:1479-1486.

2006. Rawson, P.D. and R.S. Burton. Molecular adaptation at the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 2 gene among divergent populations of the intertidal copepod, Tigriopus californicus. J. Molec. Evol. 62:753-764.

2006. Harrison, J.S. and R.S. Burton. Tracing coadapted gene complexes to single amino acid substitutions. Molec. Biol. Evol. 23:559-564.

2007. Burton, R.S., R.J. Byrne and P.D. Rawson. Three divergent mitochondrial genomes from California populations of the copepod Tigriopus californicus. Gene 403:53-59.

2007. Gruenthal, K.M., L.K. Acheson and R.S. Burton. Genetic structure of natural populations of the California red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) using multiple genetic markers. Mar. Biol. 152:1237-1248.

2008. Ellison, C.K. and R.S. Burton. Interpopulation hybrid breakdown maps to the mitochondrial genome. Evolution 62:631-638.

2008. Ellison, C.K. and R.S. Burton. Genotype-dependent variation of mitochondrial transcriptional profiles in interpopulation hybrids. Proc Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 105: 15831-15836.