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Tan, Milton

Assistant Research Scientist, Biodiversity Genomics

Address and Contact Information

607 E Peabody Dr
Room 380
 
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Education

2016. Auburn University, Ph.D, Biological Sciences. 
2009. University of Delaware, B.S., Biological Sciences with Concentration in Ecology and Organismal Biology, Honors Degree With Distinction. Minors in Marine Studies, Business Administration.

Research Biography

Professional Affiliations

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

Society of Systematic Biologists

Honors and Awards

2017. Society of Systematic Biologists Ernst Mayr Student Award Symposium Finalist at Evolution 2017.

2013. American Society of Ichthyologists & Herpetologists Stoye Award for Best Student Oral Presentation in General Ichthyology at Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists & Herpetologists.

2011. Neotropical Ichthyological Association Best Student Poster Award winner at Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.

Selected Publications

2024. Roberto V Cucalón, Joel B Corush, Matthew L Niemiller, Amanda N Curtis, Pamela B Hart, Bernard R Kuhajda, Matthew R Thomas, Brian Metzke, Mark A Davis, Milton Tan. Population Genomics and Mitochondrial DNA Reveal Cryptic Diversity in North American Spring Cavefishes (Amblyopsidae, Forbesichthys). Conservation Genetics 25: 1283-1301. doi: 10.1007/s10592-024-01640-8

2024. Jemimi Elsherbini, Alexis J Alvey, Corinthia R Black, Ling-Ling S Menez, Milton Tan. Dynamic adaptive evolution and evolutionary modularity and integration in catfishes of the superfamily Doradoidea. Ichthyology & Herpetology 112 (4): 552-566. doi: 10.1643/i2024036

2021. Milton Tan, Anthony K. Redmond, Helen Dooley, Ryo Nozu, Keiichi Sato, Shigehiro Kuraku, Sergey Koren, Adam M. Phillippy, Alistair D.M. Dove, Timothy D. Read. The whale shark genome reveals patterns of vertebrate gene family evolution. eLife 10:e65394. doi: 10.7554/eLife.65394.

2018. Milton Tan, Jonathan W Armbruster. Phylogenetic classification of extant genera of fishes of the order Cypriniformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi). Zootaxa 4476(1): 006–039. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4476.1.4

2016. Carla C Stout, Milton Tan (co-first author), Alan R Lemmon, Emily M Lemmon, Jonathan W Armbruster. Resolving Cypriniformes relationships using an Anchored Hybrid Enrichment approach. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16: 244. doi: 10.1186/s12862-016-0819-5

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