BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations DESCRIPTION:Biological & Biomedical Seminar | Phylogenomics\, Comparative P hylogenetics\, and Macroevolutionary Dynamics of Squamate Adaptive Radiatio ns\, Nov. 28\n\n \n\nThe Biological Sciences & Biomedical Sciences Research Seminar Series features Dr. Phil Skipwith\, an Assistant Professor from Un iversity of Kentucky\, on Monday\, Nov. 28\, at 4 p.m. in Irvine 159 and on Teams.\n\n \n\n \n\nAbstract: The asymmetry of both species and phenotypic diversity amongst clades is a well‐established pattern in evolutionary bio logy. Squamate reptiles\, as one of the most diverse groups of tetrapods\, represent an ideal system for studying diversification dynamics. Using geck os and snakes\, we tested the relationships between speciation\, phenotypic diversification\, and ecological opportunity. In some geckos\, it appears that speciation and trait diversification are uncoupled\, which contradicts the expectations of adaptive radiation theory. Rather\, speciation and tra it diversification seem to respond to ecological opportunity independently and trait evolution is largely idiosyncratic amongst clades. In caenophidia n snakes we find strong signatures of ‘deterministic’ evolution at the oste ological level with ecomorphs being replicated across highly divergent taxa . Conversely\, there appears to some level of many‐to‐one mapping for super ficially similar taxa where\ndifferent changes between elements lead to fun ctionally similar modules. DTEND:20221128T220000Z DTSTAMP:20241122T183324Z DTSTART:20221128T210000Z GEO:39.325597;-82.105136 LOCATION:Irvine Hall\, 159 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Biological & Biomedical Seminar | Phylogenomics\, Comparative Phylo genetics\, and Macroevolutionary Dynamics of Squamate Adaptive Radiations\, Nov. 28 UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_41660338755800 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/biological_biomedical_seminar_nov_28 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR