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SUMMARY:The evolution of reproductive isolation: insights from swordtail f
 ish -  Molly Schumer\, Stanford
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CONTACT:Dr Emily Mitchell
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Hybridization\, or the exchange of genes between dif
 ferent species\, is much more common than previously recognized. In the pa
 st decade\, the genome sequencing revolution has allowed us to peer into t
 he evolutionary histories of myriad species. This has led to the realizati
 on that many if not most plant and animal species have hybridized with the
 ir close relatives. Even the genome of our own species has been shaped by 
 past hybridization. My research program seeks to illuminate the genetic an
 d evolutionary consequences of hybridization. We study the mechanisms thro
 ugh which negative genetic interactions are eliminated after hybridization
  and the situations under which hybridization is beneficial\, using swordt
 ail fish as a model system.\n
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre and online via Zoom - contact organiser f
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