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Dr Martyn KennedyEmail martyn.kennedy@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 479 5940

Teaching

  • GENE 222 Genes, Chromosomes and Populations
  • MARI 302 Biology and Behaviour of Marine Vertebrates
  • ZOOL 410 Evolutionary Genetics

Research interests

  • Molecular systematics
  • Phylogenetic methods
  • Evolutionary biology
  • The evolution of behaviour
  • Biogeography
  • Host/parasite cophylogeny
  • Behavioural ecology and foraging models

Publications

Holland, B. R., Spencer, H. G., Worthy, T. H., & Kennedy, M. (2010). Identifying cliques of convergent characters: Concerted evolution in the cormorants and shags. Systematic Biology, 59(4), 433-445. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syq023

Hughes, J., Kennedy, M., Johnson, K. P., Palma, R. L., & Page, R. D. M. (2007). Multiple cophylogenetic analyses reveal frequent cospeciation between Pelecaniform birds and Pectinopygus lice. Systematic Biology, 56(2), 232-251.

Kennedy, M., Holland, B. R., Gray, R. D., & Spencer, H. G. (2005). Untangling long branches: Identifying conflicting phylogenetic signals using spectral analysis, neighbor-net, and consensus networks. Systematic Biology, 54(4), 620-633.

Kennedy, M. R., & Page, R. D. M. (2002). Seabird supertrees: Combining partial estimates of procellarinform phylogeny. Auk, 119(1), 88-108.

Kennedy, M., & Spencer, H. G. (2014). Classification of the cormorants of the world. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution, 79, 249-257. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.020

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