Genetic Basis of Adaptation in Natural Populations
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Sangeet Lamichhaney Harvard University Edwards Lab
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Evolution Under Pressure: Adaptation and Population Persistence in Changing Environments René S Shahmohamadloo Liber Ero Postdoctoral Fellow, NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow Washington State University Rapid environmental change imposes strong selection on...
Teresa Pegan
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Teresa is an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow interested in linking ecological and organismal knowledge with genomic methods to generate new insights into evolution. Her postdoctoral research focuses on identifying genomic correlates of extremely long...
Sarah Dendy
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Sarah studies the ecology and genomics of Lepidoptera, and how their diversity can shift over decades or centuries. She is interested in both genetic diversity within populations, and community composition in this taxon.
Kelsie Lopez
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Kelsie is broadly interested in the genetics of adaptation, diversification, and conservation biology. She earned her Bachelors of Science degree in Biological Sciences from Cornell University in 2021, where she studied the underlying genetic architecture...
What population genetics can and cannot tell us about macroevolution
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Egbert Leigh Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
In Memoriam: Dick Lewontin 1929-2021
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It is with profound sadness that we share the news that our colleague Dick Lewontin died on Sunday, July 4th after a lengthy period of ill health. He was best known for his stellar population genetics work, and to those close to him, for his generosity...
How birds lost flight
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MCZ Curator of Ornithology and Professor, Scott Edwards, is featured in the Harvard Magazine article, How Birds Lost Flight: Scott Edwards discovers evolution’s master switches. The article discusses not only how his insights have fundamentally shaped the...
Allison Shultz to be the Curator of Birds at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
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Allison Shultz, former MCZ graduate student, will be the new Curator of Birds at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles starting in September 2018. The collection has over 121,000 bird specimens from over 5,400 species, and specializes in North America...
Inbar Maayan
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Inbar is an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology interested in understanding the processes driving the evolution of biodiversity. In her postdoctoral research, she is using the natural diversity of Caribbean tree lizards (Anolis) to study the...
Faculty Emeritus Richard Lewontin was awarded the Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal
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Congratulations to MCZ Faculty-Curator Emeritus Richard Lewontin, who was awarded the Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal by the Genetics Society of America for lifetime achievement in the field of genetics. (24 March 2017)