The special section of the journal Evolution on genome evolution during speciation, edited by Jeff Feder and myself, is published HERE.
The Nosil lab has been awarded a Unity Through Knowledge Grant to work together with Croatian scientists to study the effects of pollution on the ecology and evolution of mussel populations along the Adriatic coast. For some photos, click HERE.
Summer and associated congresses (INTECOL and ESEB) are over – everyone is back for fall.
Field work came and went!
An article stemming from the APS ‘Speciation reading group’ is published in Evolution. The paper documents that the degree of sympatry between species of Drosophila affects reinforcement, and can be found HERE
Rudy Riesch joined the lab in fall 2012 and is preparing for his first field season with the stick insect system. He will explore the role of CHCs and chemical communication in adaptation and speciation. Kei Matsubayashi received a fellowship from Japan to work as a post-doctoral fellow in the lab for two years. He will continue his work on speciation in ladybird beetles.
The entire special section of the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B is now out and can be found HERE and the cover of the issue will be a photo of Timema cristinae (taken by Moritz Muschick).
Our recent article in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B on the genomic consequences of speciation is featured in Science. See the article about ‘Ecology splits genomes’ HERE
Jeff, Scott, and Patrik’s review of the genomics of speciation was recently published in Trends in Genetics, and featured on the cover.
Click HERE for a PDF of the article
Also, the first population genomics study in Timema using Next-Generation SNP data was recently published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. The paper shows that multiple evolutionary and speciation processes affect genomic divergence.
Click HERE for a PDF of the article
