Evolutionary theorist, very rarely on Twitter!
University of North Carolina
Joined June 2014
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Kuangyi Xu (@KuangyiXu), a current EEB postdoc at UToronto and a former student in my lab, spearheaded this new dissection of the lek paradox. It often doesn't hold! pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.26…
A new integration of genetic and ecological constraints on speciation with gene flow, led by Brian Lerch! @LerchEcoEvo @ASNAmNat
New paper out in @ASNAmNat with Reinhard Bürger and @servedio1: "Reconciling Santa Rosalia: Both reproductive isolation and coexistence constrain diversification" (1/11) journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10…
UNC is hiring in Plant Evolutionary Biology!
Our focus is broad. Topics of interest may include but are not limited to biodiversity, macroevolution, evolutionary response to global change, or evolutionary mechanisms.
To apply please see unc.peopleadmin.com/postings…
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New paper out in @ASNAmNat with @servedio1 on the evolution of mate attachment! We study the conditions under which it is advantageous to become attached to one's mate. 1/7 journals.uchicago.edu/doi/ep…
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Congratulations to our 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Dr. Ruth Shaw!
Tune in to the virtual portion of #Evol2024 on June 28 to hear her award talk.
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ALT Text: "Ruth Shaw, 2024 Society for the Study of Evolution, Lifetime Achievement Award." Headshot of Ruth Shaw.
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In the bird kingdom, foster parenting relies on deceit, but what happens when the deceived catch on? Read @cowbirdlab (ASRC's ED) and colleagues' recent paper in @EvolLetters to learn how their findings could predict related evolutionary changes. @GC_CUNY ow.ly/It9u50Q4Ez7
So happy to be a part of this work with @EmilyHDuVal @Eliz_Hobson and @clynfitzpatrick! We show that mistakes that females make when trying to infer what others find attractive can lead to the maintenance of variation in preferences and traits, among other cool patterns!
"I'll have what she's having!" Why do females choose particular mates? @EmilyHDuVal @servedio1 &co propose that mate choices rely on context-dependent social information, explaining major puzzles in the study of #SexualSelection. #PLOSBiology plos.io/46EHVgN
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Check out @LerchEcoEvo and I's contribution to the @HumBehEvoSoc August newsletter, where we break down our recent EHB publication, The influence of language on the evolution of cooperation. hbes.com/language-and-cooper…
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Sexual displays often increase predation risk, but the eco-evolutionary consequences of this pattern are largely unexplored. @servedio1 and I show novel evolutionary dynamics of displays can result from predation in our new paper in @PLOSBiology 1/7 journals.plos.org/plosbiolog…
New paper online @journal_evo with @LerchEcoEvo
and @KuangyiXu! We provide baseline models for the evolution of preference strength during the Fisher process: academic.oup.com/evolut/adva…
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New paper out in @ASNAmNat with @servedio1! We extend a previous model on the evolution of same-sex sexual behavior (SSB) to allow coevolution with signals of sex identification. 1/9 journals.uchicago.edu/doi/ab…
Science twitter - I'm gathering advice for a high schooler who wants to go into conservation biology. What do you think are the best undergrad programs for this? (General searches pull up programs with more of a wildlife management flavor, not quite the same thing).
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New paper out in @ASNAmNat with @servedio1 and Trevor Price, "Better to divorce than be widowed: The role of mortality and environmental heterogeneity in the evolution of divorce." Thread: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10…
Be an active participant in the ASN! The American Society of Naturalists (@ASNAmNat) is looking for nominations and self-nominations to committees that grant awards, organize our meetings, and nominate our officers for elections. 1/2
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New paper out in @journal_evo led by Iuval Clejan of the @RoninInstitute with Chris Congleton. In it, we lay out a set of sufficient conditions for “group fitness” to predict evolutionary dynamics. Thread: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Excited to present my work on the evolution of mate choice behaviors in monogamous species at the Hamilton Symposium!
Congratulations to the finalists for our outstanding graduate student presentation award! These finalists will present their work during the Hamilton Symposium at #Evol2022.
@Evol_mtg @SSEgrad
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ALT Orange background with text: Evolution 2022. Society for the Study of Evolution W. D. Hamilton Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation Symposium. Saturday, June 25. In person and live streamed. 2022 Finalists: Mike Blazanin, Kyle David, Thomas Day, Ashleigh Glover, Olivia Harringmeyer, Stephen Johnson, Rohit Kapila, Brian Lerch, Talia Lowi-Merri, Bryan Lynn, Joseph Matheson, Cinnamon Mittan, James Santangelo, Shailee Shah, and Kate Snyder.
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Trevor Price, Professor of Ecology and Evolution, has been elected Fellow of the @royalsociety biologicalsciences.uchicago.…
