Biology Department graduate students will be presenting their research at Evolution 2014 in Raleigh, the joint annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB), and the American Society of Naturalists (ASN)
Go see their awesome work!
Saturday, 6/21 9:00am, Justin Yeh, “Paternal learning of a phenotype-matching trait promotes speciation at secondary contact, but not the spread of a new local adaptation” (Room 306C)
Saturday, 6/21 3:45pm, Lisa Bono, “Ecological competition drives viral host range evolution and adaptation” (Room 304)
Saturday, 6/21 7-9pm poster session, Kate Augustine, “Biogeography of butterfly oviposition preference and larval performance on a native and invasive host plant”
Sunday, 6/22 3:30pm, Kayla Peck, “Host range expansion of MERS-Coronavirus and the permissivity of receptor orthologs” (Room 301A)
Monday, 6/23 8:45am: Jessica Higgins, ”Physiological adaptation of thermal sensitivity of Colias larvae in response to climate change” (Room 305A)
Monday, 6/23 2:30pm: Rob Aldredge, “Plasticity in offspring growth maximizes potential fitness in unpredictable environments” (Room 306B)
Monday, 6/23 4:15pm, Sumit Dhole, “Evolution of seminal fluid composition: effects of plasticity & viability costs” (Room 306C)
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