Amy M. McMillan
Amy M. McMillan
Associate Professor
(716) 878-3756
Campus Address: Science And Math Complex 316
mcmillam@buffalostate.edu
Research Interests:
Population and conservation genetics, impacts of anthropogenic stressors and disease on populations.
Current Research Projects:
- Population genetics of Common Loons (Gavia immer) in North America - impact of Type E botulism on loon populations, connecting breeding and wintering populations, overall population genetic structure of loons, effects of mercury on loon populations.
- Population genetics of Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in New York and Maine - determining genetic diversity of Bald Eagles, using genetic methods to explore nest use and nest fidelity.
- Conservation genetics of the Allegheny hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) in New York State - genetic relationship of New York State hellbenders, genetic diversity and structure of Allegheny hellbender populations.
- Conservation genetics of the spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata) in New York State - relationship of spotted turtles in western NY to eastern NY and western Pennsylvania, genetic diversity of spotted turtles, using genetic methods to determine hybridization.
- Evolutionary genetics of Daphnia - clonal diversity changes over seasons.
Courses Taught:
BSC 101- Foundation of Inquiry
BIO 100 - Principles of Biology
BIO 213 - Introduction to Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
BIO 303 - Genetics
BIO 350 - Genes in Populations
BIO 389 - Biology, Values and Society
BIO 405 - Evolution
BIO 612 - Conservation Biology
BIO 672 - Forensic Molecular Biology
Recent Publications:
Foster. R.L., A.M. McMillan, and K.J. Roblee. 2009. Population status of hellbender salamanders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) in the Allegheny River Drainage of New York State. Journal of Herpetology 43(4):579-588.
Foster, R.L., A.M. McMillan, A.R. Breisch, K. Roblee, and D. Schranz. 2008. Analysis and comparison of three capture methods for the eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis). Herpetological Review 39(2):181-186.
McMillan, A.M., M. Bagley, S. Jackson, and D. Nacci. 2006. Genetic diversity and structure of an estuarine fish (Fundulus heteroclitus) indigenous to a highly contaminated urban harbor. Ecotoxicology 15(6):538-548.
McMillan, A.M., M.J. Bagley, and D.C. Evers. 2004. Characterization of seven polymorphic microsatellite loci in the Common Loon (Gavia immer). Molecular Ecology Notes 4(2): 297-299.
McMillan, A.M. 1999. Population genetics of the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). In: Byers, G. W., R. H. Hagen, and R. W. Brooks (eds.), Entomological Contributions in Memory of Byron A. Alexander. University of Kansas Natural History Museum Special Publication 24. Pp. 201-205.
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