Mike Shapiro (Univ. Utah)

Endless pigeons most beautiful and most wonderful: genetics of Darwin’s "special group"
Date
May 24, 2017, 12:00 pm12:00 pm
Location
Thomas Laboratory, 003
Audience
Free and open to the university community and the public.

Speakers

Mike Shapiro
Associate Professor of Biology
University of Utah
Department of Human Genetics

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Event Description

Abstract: The rock pigeon (Columba livia) is among the most phenotypically diverse and widely distributed avian species in the world. We are combining traditional genetics, whole-genome sequencing, and developmental analyses to understand the evolution of diversity among the hundreds of breeds within this species. In doing so, we are addressing fundamental questions about the genetic architecture of phenotypic change. In particular, our combined approach is revealing a spectrum of mutations that control the orientation, color, and placement of plumage within and among breeds

Sponsor
Bridgett vonHoldt & Danelle Devenport, Molecular Biology
Event Category
Butler Seminar Series