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Upcoming Activities
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Past Activities
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How to Apply
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The European research networking programme Frontiers of Speciation Research invites proposal to organize symposia on topics of relevance to the Programme, to be held in conjunction with major scientific meetings. The duration of a symposium can be up to one day. The maximum support per event is normally 3000 Euros and is intended to cover expenses for approximately 3 invited speakers and, when appropriate, support for junior researchers.
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| Title: |
Evolution of reproductive isolation: models and empirical evidence |
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11 October 2010 |
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Vila Lanna, Prague |
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Institute of Science and Technology, Austria |
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Origin of reproductive isolation represents a crucial step in the process of speciation. Over the 100 years of population genetics, we got some theoretical understanding about the conditions favouring speciation. Now, we begin to gain the evidence about the nature of the genes, which cause reproductive isolation. We can begin to answer some very important questions about the process of speciation. When in the process of growing reproductive isolation did these genes arise, most likely? Did the differences arise under selection or neutrality? What do we know about gene flow between incipient species? How likely is it that the 'speciation genes' found so far are representative? |
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Speciation symposium |
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7 December 2009 |
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Debrecen, Hungary |
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University of Debrecen |
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A one-day regional symposium on speciation in conjunction with the 150th anniversary of the publication of the 'Origin of species' by Darwin. It was an open event with invited professional lectures in English. The lectures covered geographical, ecological, genetic and behavioural aspects of speciation from both empirical and theoretical viewpoints.
The event was part of, and financed by, the FroSpects collaboration. |
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Speciation symposium at ESEB 2009 |
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28 August 2009 |
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Turin, Italy |
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European Society for Evolutionary Biology |
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Three-quarter day symposium, on the 28th of August 2009. 150 years after the publication of Darwin’s seminal work ‘On the Origin of Species’, how new species arise remains an unresolved and fascinating riddle. The aim of this symposium was to cover new challenges in speciation research, addressing in particular the evolution of behavioural divergence involved in reproductive isolation. It brought together researchers working on different types of behaviour involved in premating isolation (e.g. mate choice, habitat choice, pollinator choice) and developing various approaches (e.g. behavioural ecology, neurophysiology, genomics) to explore the mechanisms favouring behavioural divergence and reproduction isolation. A key point of this symposium will be to illustrate the more integrated view of behavioural divergence that is nowadays emerging, which combines consideration of the causal with the proximal mechanisms of receiver and/or signal divergence. Particular attention was given to studies addressing the genomics of behavioural divergence, the role of non-genetic mechanisms in promoting the evolution of premating isolation (cultural transmission, imprinting, epigenetics etc.) and the neurophysiological basis of behavioural divergence. |
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