Evolution on ice: climate change and biodiversity of antarctic fishes

Date: October 8, 2013

Time: 7:00 pm

Location: Room 107, Shelby Center

Details:

Dr. Thomas Near, from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, will present his research on the use of phylogenetic hypotheses for studying patterns of speciation and adaptive radiation in groups of teleost fishes. This involves the testing and construction of phylogenetic hypotheses using DNA sequences. Molecular phylogenetic trees are used in studies of fossil-calibration of molecular locks, geographic modes of speciation, the evolution of morphological and ecological disparity, and estimation of lineage-specific diversification rates. For more information please contact 256-824-6992 or stallsb@uah.edu