- Research in the Mindell lab concerns theory and practice of molecular systematics and evolution of animals and viruses. Individual research interests range from molecular phylogeny and evolution of birds, non-avian reptiles, and retrovirus parasites of birds and mammals to large-scale patterns and causes of molecular evolutionary change. We are equipped with standard molecular wet-lab ...www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/molsys/mindell.html