EEB Thursday Seminar Series - Understanding the speciation process through phenotypes, genotypes, and behavior
Stepfanie Aguillon, University of California, Los Angeles
This event is part of our ongoing Thursday Seminar Series.
About this seminar: Stepfanie Aguillon is a broadly-trained evolutionary biologist interested in understanding the process of speciation in nature. Her research integrates genomic sequencing with behavioral ecology and organismal biology to unravel the mechanisms involved in the evolution of reproductive isolation. In particular, she leverages natural hybridization—interbreeding between distinct taxa—in birds and fish to study mating decisions in action. Stepfanie will discuss her work in northern flickers focused on the evolution of color differences and her work in swordtail fish focused on the genomic consequences of female mate choice decisions.
About this seminar: Stepfanie Aguillon is a broadly-trained evolutionary biologist interested in understanding the process of speciation in nature. Her research integrates genomic sequencing with behavioral ecology and organismal biology to unravel the mechanisms involved in the evolution of reproductive isolation. In particular, she leverages natural hybridization—interbreeding between distinct taxa—in birds and fish to study mating decisions in action. Stepfanie will discuss her work in northern flickers focused on the evolution of color differences and her work in swordtail fish focused on the genomic consequences of female mate choice decisions.
| Building: | Biological Sciences Building |
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| Event Type: | Workshop / Seminar |
| Tags: | biological science, department of ecology and evolutionary biology, developmental biology, Discussion, Ecology, Ecology & Biology, Ecology And Evolutionary Biology, eeb, evolution, evolutionary biology, Free, Lecture, Natural Sciences, Research Museums Center, seminar, Talk |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, EEB Thursday Seminars |
