Biodiversity Research Seminar Series (BRS)

BRS: Chris Martin "The complex origins of vertebrate adaptive radiation: from adaptive gene flow to fitness landscapes"

March 24, 2021, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

2212 Main Mall

host: Dolph Schluter

Abstract: Adaptive radiations produce many new species with diverse and often novel ecological niches. How do populations rapidly adapt to novel ecological niches? My talk will explore the myriad factors underlying the evolution of novel trophic specialists in two case studies of sympatric adaptive radiation: Caribbean pupfishes and Cameroon crater lake cichlids. The answer lies at the intersection of ecological opportunity, performance, multiple fitness peaks, and the reassembly of diverse sources of standing genetic variation into new adaptive combinations. 

Topic: BRS Chris Martin

Start Time : Mar 24, 2021 11:27 AM

Meeting Recording:

https://ubc.zoom.us/rec/share/Z-oTL8ZETadQhjfKVmrmgrhuKrryqm7ARBTWTtaBO…

Access Passcode: please contact Katie for the passcode (brcadmin@biodiversity.ubc.ca) 

  • Biodiversity Research Seminar Series (BRS)

Biodiversity Research Centre

2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
E-mail biodiversity.centre@ubc.ca

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