![]() ![]() ![]() Hamilton, a role for parasites in supporting the “good genes” hypothesis of sexual selection, namely that females select mates based on showy traits such as bright plumage or elaborate ornaments that indicate robust health and resistance to parasites. While still a graduate student, she proposed, with W.D. Zuk is a leading expert in behavioral ecology and evolutionary biology. The talk is co-sponsored by the UGA Graduate School and Center for Integrative Conservation Research.īoth events are free and open to the public. Coffee and pastries will be available before the presentation starting at 7:30 a.m. The next day Zuk will give a second talk, “Gender, Science and Myths of Merit,” at 8 a.m. ![]() Her presentation, “Rapid Evolution in Silence: Adaptive Signal Loss in the Pacific Field Cricket,” will be followed by a reception at 5 p.m. – Marlene Zuk, professor of biological sciences at the University of Minnesota, will deliver the 29th annual Odum Lecture in the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology on April 1 at 4 p.m. ![]()
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