Invisible beasts and how to see them
Dave Stanton, Cardiff University
May 03, 2024 | 15h45 | Hybrid Seminar (Zoom Link: https://fc-up-pt.zoom.us/j/84429728251)
Some of the most endangered species today are also some of the most elusive. How can we study these species when we cannot directly observe them? And can we learn from past examples of species that have gone extinct, to better understand what processes have led to current-day biodiversity? I discuss these questions with examples from my research, which is varied in nature, but with a common theme of using evolutionary genetic approaches to better understand creatures that are “invisible” to us in some way. I will discuss how some of the key advances in the field have allowed us to be able to ask increasingly challenging and detailed questions, thereby beginning to shed light on the evolution of some of these “invisible beasts”.
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