How do new species form? What are the underlying genetic and genomic changes that give rise to the evolution or reproductive isolation?
Research in the Bracewell lab aims to answer these questions by blending aspects of ecology and evolutionary biology with genomics to better understand phenotypic differentiation and the evolution of new species.
The Bracewell lab has three main areas of inquiry:
- Sex chromosome evolution and speciation
- The ecology, evolution, and diversification of bark beetle-fungus symbiosis
- The genetics and genomics of behavioral evolution and its role in reproductive isolation
Research areas
- Ecology
- Evolution
- Genomics and Bioinformatics
Research:
- Symbiosis and coevolution
- Chromosome evolution and speciation
- Behavioral evolution and speciation
