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DESCRIPTION:Adaptive zones in vertebrates: hosted by the Gillung Lab\n\nWhy
  do some groups have so many species? Why are some clades morphologically 
 diverse? And what are the processes driving these patterns? In this talk\,
  Dr. Laura Alencar\, Postdoctoral Researcher\, Clemson University\, USA\, 
 shows how the “adaptive zone” concept proposed by the paleontologist G.G. 
 Simpson can help us answer such questions at different temporal and spatia
 l scales. Using several research projects that she has been involved with\
 , Dr. Alencar will empirically demonstrate how the invasion of different h
 abitats by vipers or the emergence of certain key innovations in fishes sh
 aped the macroevolutionary patterns in these groups. Dr. Alencar will then
  scale down to look at processes happening within biological communities a
 nd at the population-level that potentially impact the diversification tra
 jectories that we observe at broader temporal scales.\n\nDr. Laura Alencar
 \, Postdoctoral Researcher\, Clemson University\, USA\n\nDr. Alencar is a 
 herpetologist and evolutionary biologist. The central goal of her research
  is to understand what generates and maintains biodiversity. Specifically\
 , she investigates the mechanisms that trigger the expansion of vertebrate
 s into new adaptive zones and the subsequent impact on their radiation. Sh
 e is also interested in how population-level and microevolutionary process
 es might translate into the signals we detect at the macroevolutionary sca
 le. She did her PhD at the University of São Paulo in Brazil and is curren
 tly a postdoctoral researcher at Clemson University\, USA.\n\nZoom link: c
 ontact jessica.gillung [at] mcgill.ca (Prof. Jessica Gillung)\n\nWe hope t
 o see you there!\n
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SUMMARY:NRS Invited Seminar Series: Adaptive zones in vertebrates
URL:/macdonald/channels/event/nrs-invited-seminar-seri
 es-adaptive-zones-vertebrates-334504
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