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Genomic basis of the adaptive radiation of Timema stick insects

English title Genomic basis of the adaptive radiation of Timema stick insects
Applicant Muschick Moritz
Number 147888
Funding scheme Advanced Postdoc.Mobility
Research institution Department of Animal and Plant Sciences University of Sheffield
Institution of higher education Institution abroad - IACH
Main discipline Zoology
Start/End 01.09.2013 - 28.02.2015
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All Disciplines (2)

Discipline
Zoology
Genetics

Keywords (5)

Evolution; Biodiversity; Genomics; Climate; Ecology

Responsible applicant and co-applicants

Publications

Publication
Testing the stages model in the adaptive radiation of cichlid fishes in East African Lake Tanganyika
Muschick Moritz, Nosil Patrik, Roesti Marius, Dittmann Marie Theres, Harmon Luke, Salzburger Walter (2014), Testing the stages model in the adaptive radiation of cichlid fishes in East African Lake Tanganyika, in PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 281(1795), 20140605.
Climate affects geographic variation in host-plant but not mating preferences of Timema cristinae stick-insect populations
Nosil Patrik, Riesch Ruediger, Muschick Moritz (2013), Climate affects geographic variation in host-plant but not mating preferences of Timema cristinae stick-insect populations, in EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY RESEARCH, 15(6), 689-704.

Scientific events

Active participation

Title Type of contribution Title of article or contribution Date Place Persons involved
Sonderkolloqium, Universität Potsdam Individual talk The role of host plant adaptation in genomic divergence and diversification of Timema stick insects 16.03.2015 Potsdam, Germany Muschick Moritz;
POPGROUP48 Poster Host plant adaptation and genomic divergence in the radiation of Timema stick insects 06.01.2015 Sheffield, Great Britain and Northern Ireland Muschick Moritz;
1st Croatian congress on ecology, evolution, and genomics Talk given at a conference Genomic divergence and the speciation continuum in the adaptive radiation of Timema stick insects 15.09.2014 Pomena, Croatia Muschick Moritz;
Friday Seminar, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo Individual talk Genomic divergence and the speciation continuum in the adaptive radiation of Timema stick insects 27.06.2014 Oslo, Norway Muschick Moritz;


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