Redpolls hit the news, part III … Nick and Scott’s redpoll study has been available for a while in Molecular Ecology’s pre-publication website and it has garnered an impressive amount of outside attention, including coverage in the news section of Science (http://www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagazine/17_april_2015?pg=44#pg44), and various popular media outlets and blogs like…
Redpoll study hits the news, part I… The paper on redpoll genomics and transcriptomics by grad Nick Mason and postdoc Scott Taylor is now published in Molecular Ecology: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.13140/abstract
Redpoll study hits the news, part II… Nick and Scott’s redpoll paper was paired with a nice commentary piece by Jan Lifjeld at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.13244/full … “… Mason & Taylor (2015), using a large data set of genomewide SNPs, verify that [the redpolls] all belong to a single gene pool with…
Postdoc Scott Taylor has a new review article coming out in Trends in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology on how hybrid zones can serve as powerful windows on the ecological and evolutionary effects of climate change. Read the full paper here.
Nick Mason and Scott Taylor have an (I think) important new paper coming out in Molecular Ecology on the lack of genetic differentiation, but presence of gene expression differences, among redpoll finch “species.” The online-early version is here. Stay tuned for more posts on this study, complete with press releases.…
Scott is just back from leading a Cornell Adult University trip to Antarctica — and making all the rest of us jealous with his photos of leopard seals, albatrosses, penguins, icebergs, whales, and spectacular scenery!
Taylor, S. A., Curry, R. L., White, T. A., Ferretti, V. and Lovette, I. (2014), Spatiotemporally consistent genomic signatures of reproductive isolation in a moving hybrid zone. Evolution, 68: 3066–3081. Abstract: Studies of hybrid zone dynamics often investigate a single sampling period and draw conclusions from that temporal snapshot. Stochasticity can,…
Nick presents a talk on his collaboration with Scott on redpoll genomics: Mason, N.A. and S.A. Taylor. Differentially expressed genes unite phenotypes despite undifferentiated anonymous loci in the phenotypically diverse redpoll finches (Acanthis). Evolution 2014. Raleigh, North Carolina.
Taylor SA, White TA, Hochacka W, Ferretti V, Curry R, Lovette I. Spatiotemporally consistent signature of reproductive isolation in a moving hybrid zone. Society for the Study of Evolution. 2014. Raleigh, NC.
Taylor SA, White TA, Hochacka W, Ferretti V, Curry R, Lovette I. Spatiotemporally consistent signature of reproductive isolation in a moving hybrid zone. Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution. 2014. Montreal, QC.
Congratulation to Scott twice over! In quick succession, Scott has been awarded two highly prestigious postdoctoral fellowships from the Canadian government: first a two-year NSERC fellowship, which shortly thereafter he had to decline when he was awarded an even more competitive two-year Banting Fellowship. Scott thereby becomes one of only…
One of the first major papers to result from our collaborative work on chickadee hybridization has just come out in Current Biology, along with an associated commentary in that journal plus extensive popular media coverage! Article: Taylor SA, White TA, Hochachka WM, Ferretti V, Curry RL, Lovette I. 2014. Climate…
Congratulations to postdoc Scott Taylor and his co-authors for another paper resulting from his PhD research at Queen’s University: Burg T, Taylor SA, Lemmen K, Gaston AJ, Friesen VL. 2014. Postglacial population differentiation potentially facilitated by a flexible migratory strategy in golden-crowned kinglets (Regulus satrapa). Canadian Journal of Zoology 92: 163-172.
Taylor SA, White TA, Hochacka W, Ferretti V, Curry R, Lovette I. Climate-mediated Movement of an Avian Hybrid Zone Reveals Temporal Variation in Selection and Introgression. American Society of Naturalists. 2014. Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA. Jan 13 – 15.
Postdoc Scott Taylor just gave a seminar on his hybrid zone research at the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” in Buenos Aries, Argentina
Postdoc Scott Taylor just gave a departmental seminar at the University of Rochester: Temporal genomic analysis of a moving avian hybrid zone. EEB Seminar Series. University of Rochester
Congratulations to postdoc Scott Taylor and his co-authors for another paper resulting from his PhD research at Queen’s University: Boutilier S, Taylor SA, Morris-Pocock JA, Lavoie R, Friesen VL. 2014. Evidence for genetic differentiation among Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) populations in North America. Conservation Genetics 15: 275-281.
Congratulations to postdoc Scott Taylor and his co-authors for another paper resulting from his PhD research at Queen’s University: Jeyasingham W, Taylor SA, Zavalaga CB, Simeone A, Friesen VL. 2013. Specialization to cold water upwellings facilitates gene flow in seabirds: additional evidence from the Peruvian pelican, Pelecanus thagus (Aves: Pelecanidae).…
Postdoc Scott Taylor just presented a poster at: Taylor SA, White TA, Curry R, Lovette I. Temporal Variation in Selection and Introgression Across a Rapidly Moving Hybrid Zone. American Genetic Association Annual Symposium. 2013.
Scott just presented a talk on his chickadee hybridization studies: Taylor SA, Hochachka W, White T, Curry R, Lovette I. Climate Mediated Movement of an Avian Hybrid Zone. Society for the Study of Evolution. 2013. Snowbird, Utah. June 21-25. Talk.