Congratulations to PhD student Jay Gallagher and postdoc David Zonana, both of the Tinghitella lab, who are co-first authors on a new paper in the high profile journal Evolution Letters! Co-authors include postdoc Dale Broder, undergraduate researcher Brianna Herner, and Associate Professor Robin Tinghitella. The new paper presents a huge body of work investigating how novel traits evolve even when there are multiple co-evolved, integrated underlying forms contributing to trait function. The researchers capitalize on the recent diversification of sexual signals in a cricket and show that novel songs have evolved through restructuring of relationships between songs and the underlying wing morphology that produces them. They characterize multiple newly evolved morphs that produce distinct songs via unique alterations to wings. These novel morphs are effective at attracting mates while avoiding death from a recently introduced parasitoid fly, demonstrating alternate solutions to conflicting selection from mates and natural enemies.
Congratulations to our undergraduates on the summer research fellowships!
Aziz Syammach (Tinghitella Lab) Sophia Anner (Tinghitella Lab) Sophie Bloss (Tinghitella Lab) Sophie Fitzgerald (Tinghitella Lab) Abigail Wallin (Larson Lab) Uma Knaven (Larson Lab) The Murphy, Tinghitella and Larson Labs have been sampling clover across Denver as part of the Global Urban Evolution Project. We had great help from Veronica Huizar and Gui Zheng, who are participating in the University of Denver STEM Student Research Initiative. Check out Veronica and Gui's blogs about their summer research experience!
DUEEB undergraduates presented their Honor's thesis at the Department of Biology's Undergraduate Research Symposium.
DUEEB students sweep the awards at the Colorado State University Front Range Student Ecology Symposium!
Claudia Hallagan - 2nd place oral presentation Jake Wilson - 1st place graduate poster Kallie Feldhaus - 1st place undergraduate poster Kirsten Fetrow - 2nd place undergraduate poster |
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