See below for publications and presentations at meetings.  Link to research with undergraduates at Amherst College.

Publications (*indicates a student co-author)

Levin, R. A., G. Bernardello,  C. Whiting* and J. S. Miller. In Press, Taxon. A new generic circumscription in tribe Lycieae (Solanaceae).

Miller, J. S., A. Kamath*, J. Damashek*, and R.A. Levin. 2011. Out of America to Africa or Asia: Inference of dispersal histories using nuclear and plastid DNA and the S-RNase self-incompatibility locus. Molecular Biology and Evolution 28:793-801.

Stiefkens, L., M. Las Peñas, G. Bernardello, R. A. Levin, and J. S. Miller. 2010. Karyotypes and fluorescent chromosome banding patterns in southern African Lycium (Solanaceae). Caryologia, 63, in press.

Levin, R. A., A. P. Whelan*, and J. S. Miller. 2009. The utility of nuclear conserved ortholog set II (COSII) genomic regions for species-level phylogenetic inference in Lycium (Solanaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 53, 881-890.

Miller, J. S., A. Kamath*, and R. A. Levin. 2009. Do multiple tortoises equal a hare? The utility of nine noncoding plastid regions for species-level phylogenetics in tribe Lycieae (Solanaceae). Systematic Botany, 34, 796-804.

Levin, R. A., J. M. Blanton*, and J. S. Miller. 2009. Phylogenetic utility of nuclear NIA: A multi- locus comparison of nuclear and chloroplast sequence data for inference of relationships among American Lycieae (Solanaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 50, 608-617.

Miller, J. S., R. A. Levin, and N. M. Feliciano*. 2008. A tale of two continents: Baker’s rule and the maintenance of self-incompatibility in Lycium (Solanaceae). Evolution, 62, 1052-1065.

Levin, R. A., G. Bernardello, A. M. Venter, J. R. Shak*, and J. S. Miller. 2007. Evolutionary relationships in tribe Lycieae (Solanaceae). Acta Horticulturae, 745, 225-239.

Savage, A. E.* and J. S. Miller. 2006. Gametophytic self-incompatibility in Lycium parishii (Solanaceae): Allelic diversity, genealogical structure, and patterns of molecular evolution. Heredity, 96, 434-444.

Levin, R. A. and J. S. Miller. 2005. Relationships within tribe Lycieae (Solanaceae): paraphyly of Lycium and multiple origins of gender dimorphism. American Journal of Botany, 92, 2044-2053.

Yeung, K., J. S. Miller, A. E. Savage*, B. C. Husband, B. Igic, and J. R. Kohn. 2005. Association of ploidy and sexual system in Lycium californicum (Solanaceae). Evolution, 59, 2048-2055.

Presentations at national and international meetings (*indicates a student co-author)

J. S. Miller, A. Kamath*, J. Damashek*, and R. A. Levin. Out of Africa and into Asia: integrating phylogenetic and population genetic approaches in unraveling the dispersal of the plant genus Lycium. Society for the Study of Evolution, 12-16 June 2009, Moscow, ID.

R. A. Levin, J. Damashek*, and J. S. Miller. Out of America to Asia or Africa? Relationships among Old World Lycium (Solanaceae). Botanical Society of America, 25-29 July 2009, Snowbird, UT.

R. A. Levin, A. P. Whelan*, and J. S. Miller. The utility of nuclear conserved ortholog set II (COSII) genomic markers for species-level phylogenetics in Lycium (Solanaceae). Botanical Society of America, 26-30 July 2008, Vancouver, Canada.

J. S. Miller, A. Kamath*, and R. A. Levin. Comparison of nine chloroplast non-coding regions for phylogenetic inference at the infrageneric level. Botanical Society of America, 26-30 July 2008, Vancouver, Canada.

J. S. Miller, R. A. Levin, and N. M. Feliciano*. A tale of two continents: Baker’s rule and the maintenance of self-incompatibility in Lycium (Solanaceae) following long distance dispersal. Botanical Society of America, 7-11 July 2007, Chicago, IL.

J. S. Miller, M. Dhond*, N. M. Feliciano*, and G. Bernardello. Allelic diversity at a gametophytic self-incompatibility locus (S-RNase) in a South American species of Lycium (Solanaceae). Botanical Society of America, 7-11 July 2007, Chicago, IL.

N. M. Feliciano* and J. S. Miller. Highly similar S-RNase alleles among Lycium (Solanaceae) species. Botanical Society of America, 7-11 July 2007, Chicago, IL.

J. S. Miller and A. E. Savage*. Gametophytic self-incompatibility in Lycium parishii (Solanaceae): allelic diversity and molecular evolution of the S-RNase gene. Sixth International Solanaceae Conference, 23-27 July 2006, Madison, WI.

R. A. Levin and J. S. Miller. Molecular systematics of tribe Lycieae (Solanaceae). Botanical Society of America, 28 July-2 August 2006, Chico, CA.

J. R. Shak*, R. A. Levin, and J. S. Miller. Phylogenetic relationships of Old World Lycium (Solanaceae): Reticulate evolution in the African taxa. Botanical Society of America, 28 July-2 August 2006, Chico, CA.

J. S. Miller and A. E. Savage*. Gametophytic self-incompatibility in Lycium parishii (Solanaceae): allelic diversity and molecular evolution of the S-RNase gene. Botanical Society of America, 28 July-2 August 2006, Chico, CA.

J. R. Kohn, K. Yeung, B. Igic, A. E. Savage*, B. C. Husband, J. S. Miller. Ploidy, gender, and self- incompatibility in Lycium californicum (Solanaceae). Society for the Study of Evolution, 10–14 June 2005, Fairbanks, AK.

J. R. Kohn, B. Igic, K. Yeung, A. E. Savage*, J. S. Miller, and B. C. Husband. Frontiers in Sexual Plant Reproduction, 15-17 October 2004, Albany, NY.

A. E. Savage* and J. S. Miller. Molecular characterization of the S-locus in Lycium (Solanaceae). Society for the Study of Evolution, 26-30 June 2004, Fort Collins, CO.