Jon Mee

Jon Mee


 

 

Education:
BSc Forest Science (University of British Columbia)
MSc Zoology (University of Toronto)
PhD Zoology (University of British Columbia)

Position:
Chair & Associate Professor

Office: B344I
Office hours: Use this link to book an appointment

Phone: 403.440.5150
Email: jmee@mtroyal.ca


Dr. Mee has taught several courses at MRU, including Evolution of Eukaryotes (BIOL 1204), Principles of Ecology and Evolution (BIOL 2213), and Molecular Ecology (BIOL 4310). If you're a student interested in a research position with Dr. Mee, please get in touch!

Dr. Jon Mee is interested in how evolution creates variability among individuals and between populations. Most of his research projects involve the study of freshwater fishes, such as brook stickleback or finescale dace, but he also studies computer simulations to understand how evolution works. 

Dr. Mee's full up-to-date publication list can be found on Google Scholar, and a select list of example publications is below. 

Example publications:
(* denotes MRU student co-authors)

*Pigott, G.C., *Abo Akel, M., *Rogers, M.G.Q., Flannagan, M.E., Marlette, E.G., Treaster, M.J., Fox, S.K., McCann, S.R., White, M.A., M., Peichel, C.L., Jeffries, D.L., and Mee, J.A. (in review) Evidence for partial penetrance of the genetic basis of sex determination in brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans). Molecular Ecology (manuscript ID MEC-24-1039). preprint 

Mee, J.A., *Ly, C., and *Pigott, G.C. (2024) Same trait, different genes: pelvic spine loss in three brook stickleback populations in Alberta, Canada. Evolution Letters qrae053. preprint and link 

Morris, M.R.J., Summers, M.M., Kwan, M., Mee, J.A., and Rogers, S.M. (2024) Mislabeled and ambiguous market names in invertebrate and finfish seafood conceal species of conservation concern in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. PeerJ 12:e18113. link 

Mee, J.A., *Carson, B., and Yeaman, S.M. (2024) Conditionally deleterious mutation load accumulates in genomic islands but can be purged with sufficient genotypic redundancy. The American Naturalist 204 (1): 43-54. preprint and link 

Mee, J.A., *Yap, E., and Wuitchik, D.M. (2023) Pelvic spine reduction affects diet but not gill raker morphology in two polymorphic brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans) populations. Ecology and Evolution 13(9): e10526. preprint and link