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Author Archives: Melissa DeBiasse
Different genetic paths lead to the same phenotypic destination
Male field crickets (Teleogryllus oceanicus) on the Hawaiian archipelago sing to attract mates using acoustic structures on their wings. While singing makes the ladies swoon, it also gives away the male cricket’s location, making it vulnerable to fatal attacks by … Continue reading
Posted in adaptation, population genetics
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Highlights from the 2014 Ecological Genomics Symposium
Ecological genomics is a rapidly growing field that aims to understand the genetic mechanisms responsible for the adaptive responses of organisms to their environment. I’m jumping into this area of research as a postdoc in the Kelly Lab at Louisiana … Continue reading
Posted in adaptation, conferences, genomics
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