COSAM » COSAM Faculty » Biological Sciences » Hill, Geoff E.
Biological Sciences
Professor and Curator of Birds
Office: 302 Funchess Hall
Address:
331 Funchess Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
Phone: (334) 844-9269
Fax: (334) 844-9234
E-Mail: hillgee@auburn.edu
My research focuses on how the interactions of mitochondrial and nuclear genes shape the evolution of eukaryotes. I am particularly interested in the role of mitonuclear interactions in the processes of sexual selection and speciation. For many years, carotenoid coloration has been a focused interest in my lab group, and we are currently studying the connections between the female mate choice, carotenoid metabolism, cellular respiration, and mitonuclear compatibility.
I teach Ornithology every spring and alternate teaching a graduate seminar on Mitonuclear Ecology and Sexual Selection.
- Hill, G. E. and Johnson, J. D. 2013. The mitonuclear compatibility hypothesis of sexual selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 280 1768; doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.1314 1471-2954.
- Hill, G. E. 2015. Mitonuclear Ecology. Molecular Biology and Evolution. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msv104
- Hill, G. E. 2011. Condition-dependent traits as signals of the functionality of vital cellular processes. Ecology Letters 14: 625-634.
- Hill, G. E. 2014. Cellular Respiration: The Nexus of Stress, Condition, and Ornamentation. Integrative and Comparative Biology 54: 645-657.
- Hill, G. E. and J. D. Johnson. 2012. The Vitamin A-Redox Hypothesis: A biochemical basis for honest signaling via carotenoid pigmentation. American Naturalist 180(5): E127-50.
- Hill, G. E. 1991. Plumage coloration is a sexually selected indicator of male quality. Nature. 350:337-339.
- Hill, G. E. 1994. Trait elaboration via adaptive mate choice: sexual conflict in the evolution of signals of male quality. Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 6: 351-370.
- Hill, G. E. 1990. Female house finches prefer colorful males: sexual selection for a condition-dependent trait. Animal Behaviour 40:563-572.
- Hill, G. E. 1996. Redness as a measure of the production cost of ornamental coloration. Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 8:157-175.
- Hill, G. E. and. McGraw, K. J. 2004. Correlated changes in male plumage coloration and female mate choice in cardueline finches. Animal Behaviour 67:27-35.
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