<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><font color="#274e13">The CEES Seminar Series presents:</font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dr. Alex Sotola, Assistant Professor of Biology, SUNY Oneonta</font></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><b><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Maintenance of species boundaries: U</font></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">sing hybrids to study genomics of reproductive isolation</span></b><br></p></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b>Friday October 21st, </b><b>3:30pm. </b></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b>Hudson 106</b></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">The study of speciation revolves around understanding how pre- and post-mating barriers influence genetic divergence. My work assessed pre-mating barriers in hybridizing riverine fishes, showing that water salinity is strongly associated with genome-average ancestry, suggesting that the environment plays a strong role in hybridization dynamics and is likely a pre-mating barrier. Subsequently, I assessed post-mating barriers, which stem from genetic incompatibilities, in inbred populations of two sister species of flowering plants. This work has demonstrated extreme levels of non-Mendelian inheritance throughout their genome, suggestive of multiple genetic incompatibilities which are indicative of strong post-mating barriers.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">There will be a reception starting at 3:00 outside of the lecture hall.</div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">If you have any questions regarding the seminar please contact Dr. Mark Lesser (<a href="mailto:mless004@plattsburgh.edu" target="_blank">mless004@plattsburgh.edu</a>)</div></div></div>