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Richard Highton


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Professor Emeritus

Contact
Email: rhighto1@umd.edu
Lab: 301.405.6919
Fax: 301.314.9358
URL: http://www.chemlife.umd.edu/biology/faculty/rhighton/index.html

Graduate Program Affiliations
  • BISI - BISI-Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, & Systematics (BEES)


Research Interests

Systematics and molecular evolution of plethodontid salamanders.

Education
Ph.D., University of Florida, 1956.

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