Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member


William L Miller

PhD
Phone: (717) 327 - 9672
Email: wlm159@psu.edu

Research Publications Publication Date
Miller, W.M., C.M. Miller-Butterworth, D.R. Diefenbach, and W.D. Walter. 2020. Assessment of spatial genetic structure to identify populations at risk for infection of an emerging epizootic disease. Ecology and Evolution 10(9):3977–3990;
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6161 | Download
May 2020
Miller, W.L., J. Edson, P. Pietrandrea, C. Miller-Butterworth, and W. David Walter. 2019. Identification and evaluation of a core microsatellite panel for use in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). BMC Genetics 20:49. June 2019
Miller, W.L. and W.D. Walter. 2020. Can genetic assignment tests provide insight on the influence of captive egression on the epizootiology of chronic wasting disease? Evolutionary Applications. 13:715–726; https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12895. | Publisher Website March 2020
Miller, W.L. and W.D. Walter. 2017. CWDPRNP: a tool for cervid prion sequence analysis in program R. Bioinformatics. 33(19):3096–3097. | Abstract September 2017
Miller, W.L. and W. D. Walter. 2019. Spatial heterogeneity of prion gene polymorphisms in an area recently infected by chronic wasting disease. Prion 13: 65-76. | Abstract February 2019
Edson, J., J. Brown, W.L. Miller, and W. D. Walter. 2021. Comparison of sample types from white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) for DNA extraction and analyses. Scientific Reports 11, 10003. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89390-2 | Abstract May 2021
Presentations Presentation Date
Walter, W.D., F.S. Ahrestani, and W.L. Miller. 2019. Synergy of genetics and diffusion dynamics in white-tailed deer to understand epidemiology of chronic wasting disease. 68th Annual International Conference of the Wildlife Disease Association, Tahoe City, CA. August 2019
Miller, W.L., and W.D. Walter. 2015. Landscape genetics of white-tailed deer to assess population structure for surveillance of chronic wasting disease. The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CN. October 2015
Miller, W.L., W. D. Walter. 2017. Evaluating the risk of chronic wasting disease infection in Mid-Atlantic cervid populations. The Pennsylvania Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Raystown Lake, PA. April 2017
Miller, W.L., J. Brown, W. D. Walter. 2017. Genetic susceptibility of free-ranging cervids to chronic wasting disease in a recently infected region of the United States. Prion Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland. May 2017
Miller, W.L., D.R. Diefenbach, C. Miller-Butterworth, J. Brown, W. D. Walter. 2016. Landscape barriers influence genetic connectivity among white-tailed deer in an area affected by chronic wasting disease. Wildlife Disease Association Meeting, Ithaca NY August 2016
Miller, W.L., D.R. Diefenbach, C. Miller-Butterworth, J. Brown, W. D. Walter. 2016. Landscape barriers influence genetic connectivity among white-tailed deer in an area affected by chronic wasting disease. 23rd Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society, Raleigh NC October 2016
Miller, W.L. and W. D. Walter. 2018. Genetic assignment tests provide insight into the epidemiology of chronic wasting disease in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Chapter of The Wildlife Society, State College, PA March 2018
Miller, W.L. and W. D. Walter. 2017. Genetic susceptibility of eastern cervid populations to chronic wasting disease. The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM. September 2017