GEE Seminar - Prof Hélène Morlon, CNRS

Academic Host: Bouwe Reijenga
Abstract: Diversity patterns at different levels or organization, such as genetic, phenotypic and species diversity, result from a single evolutionary process. Yet our understanding of the correlated evolution of these various levels of diversity remains limited. I will focus on three specific questions: Should we expect, based on adaptive radiation theory, a coupling between rates of morphological evolution and diversification? Are rates of molecular evolution and diversification coupled? Are genetic diversity and diversification rates coupled? I will present simulation models, phylogenetic tools, and empirical analyses that can help us tackle these questions. These analyses reveal unexpected patterns that remain to be explained.