Every semester, EES organise a seminar series, which takes place on Mondays at 16:00 at Biozentrum, Lecture Hall B 01.019
Sommer Semester 2026
Leonie Moyle
Bloomington, Indiana - USA
Colorful evolution: Macro- and microevolutionary adventures in wild nightshades
Abstract:
Natural color diversity is a powerful lens through which to examine multiscale biological processes—from individual mutations that alter the generation of pigments through to macro-ecological and -evolutionary processes that shape the frequency and distribution of color traits. Focusing on the megadiverse Nightshades (Solanaceae), I’ll talk about how we're using comparative and population genomics, along with fieldwork, ecological, and historical data, to examine the eco-evolutionary processes shaping one highly variable and ecologically important trait—fruit color. By assessing why fruit colors are so diverse and how they evolve among species, our goal is also answer fundamental questions about the repeatability of adaptive evolution, including how often convergent evolution is driven by common ecological conditions and underpinned by shared molecular mechanisms.
Host: Richard Merrill
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