Miles M. Coburn (In Memoriam)
 Professor, Department of Biology
Telephone: 216-397-4253
Email: coburn@jcu.edu
Office: Dolan W 243
B.S. in Biology, University of Notre Dame
M.S. in Biology, John Carroll University
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Remembering Miles Coburn
Research Interests
My research focuses on how morphology of cyprinid fishes can be used to infer evolutionary relationships among them.
Recent Courses
BL 155 - Principles of Biology I
BL 156 - Principles of Biology II
BL 159/160 - Principles of Biology III lecture and lab
BL 230 - Human Anatomy & Physiology
BL 231 - Human Anatomy & Physiology lab
BL 331 - Global Climate Change
BL 425/425L - Ichthyologylecture and lab
Selected Publications
Ward, S. A., and M. M. Coburn. Stepwise increases in maximum prey size of larval creek chubs, Semotilus atromaculatus, in an urbanized Ohio stream. Northeastern Naturalist (In press).
Borden, W.Calvin, and M.M. Coburn. 2008. Intraspecific and interspecific variation of
the striated muscles in the black basses (Micropterus, Centrarchidae): A case study of myological stasis. Bull. Florida Museum of Natural History 47:109-136.
Mabee, P., M. Westerfield, M. Haendel, G. Arratia, M. Coburn, E. Hilton, J. Lundberg, C. Lushbough, R. Mayden, N. Rios. 2007. Connecting evolutionary morphology to genomics using ontologies: A case study from Cypriniformes including zebrafish. J. Exp. Zool. (Mol Dev Evol) 308B:655-668.
Coburn, M.M., and P. Chai. 2003. The development of the anterior vertebrae of Chanos chanos(Ostariophysi: Gonorynchiformes). Copeia 2003(1):175-180.
Rosati, T.C., J.R. Johansen, and M.M. Coburn. 2003. Cyprinid fishes as samplers of benthic diatom communities in freshwater streams of varying water quality. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 60(2) 2003:117-125.
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