From: Amanda Kosnik <keedleam>
Subject: EEB Thursday Seminar Series – 4/7
Hello all,
Please join us on Thursday, April 7th,from 4-5pm on Zoom for our EEB Seminar Series.
Our featured speaker will be Dr. Jessica L. Ware, Associate Curator, American Museum of Natural History.
This event will behosted by Dr. André Green, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
LIVE STREAM LINK: https://umich.zoom.us/j/96295962346
TALK TITLE: Insect evolution, with a focus on Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)
PREVIEW:
Dragonflies and damselflies, representing the insect order Odonata, are among the earliest flying insects with living (extant) representatives. However, unravelling details of their long evolutionary history, such as egg laying (oviposition) strategies, is impeded by unresolved phylogenetic relationships, an issue particularly prevalent in damselfly families and fossil lineages. Here we present the first transcriptome-based and AHE-based phylogenetic reconstructions of Odonata representing nearly all of the order’s families (except Austropetaliidae and Neopetaliidae). All damselfly families and most dragonfly families are recovered as monophyletic groups. Our Molecular clock estimates suggest that crown-Zygoptera (damselflies) and -Anisoptera (dragonflies) both arose during the late Triassic. Lastly, I briefly will review what we know about population structure in two groups of dragonflies, Neurocordulia and Pantala.
For more information on this research, please visit: https://www.amnh.org/research/invertebrate-zoology/staff/curators/jessica-ware & https://www.jessicalwarelab.com/
This talk will be recorded and posted to the EEB YouTube for anyone who is unable to attend.
