Topic: Convergent regulatory evolution and loss of flight in birds
Speaker: Professor Scott V. Edwards
Event date: 5/9/2019
Event time: 9:00 a.m.
Venue: Meeting Room 109, Building 1
Sponsor: School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Phylogeny and Comparative Genomics of Jiangsu Province, Institute of Science and Technology
Brief Introduction of the Speaker:
Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology; Curator of Ornithology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology
Harvard University Center for the Environment
Dept. of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Research Interests:
Phylogeography, population genetics and evolution of infectious disease, particularly in avian species; role of environmental change in genetic diversity and species persistence.
Related Publications:
Ultrafast Evolution and Loss of CRISPRs Following a Host Shift in a Novel Wildlife Pathogen, Mycoplasma gallisepticum. 2012. PLoS Genet 8(2): e1002511. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002511
Rapid evolution of disease resistance is accompanied by functional changes in gene expression in a wild bird. PNAS, 108(19):7866-7871.
Genetic introgression: an integral but neglected component of speciation in birds. Auk, 128(4):620-632.
Ecology of Avian Influenza Virus in Birds. (2008)
Prevalence and evolutionary origins of autoimmune susceptibility alleles in natural mouse populations. (2008)