1. Title: Selection at the molecular level in wild and domestic canids

　　Lecturer: Professor Robert Wayne, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

　　Research interests: Application of molecular genetic techniques to questions in systematics, population genetics, and sociobiology. From exploring contemporary population dynamics to evolutionary relationships, current projects utilize both traditional and next-generation technologies to address ecological and evolutionary questions at a variety of spatial and temporal scales. Specifically, Prof. Wayne is well-known for his study on domestication history of dogs and evolution of wolves, and published many influential papers in Nature, Science, etc.

　　Lab webpage: https://www.eeb.ucla.edu/Faculty/Wayne/index.html

　　2. Title: Demography and deleterious variation in dogs, wolves, and foxes

　　Lecturer: Assistant Professor Kirk Lohmueller, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

　　Research interests: Understanding natural selection, particularly the removal of deleterious mutations (i.e. negative selection), and using genetic variation data for inference of population history and personal identification.

　　Lab webpage: https://www.eeb.ucla.edu/Faculty/Lohmueller/

　　3. Title: Epigenetic variation among dogs and wolves

　　Lecturer: Assistant Professor Bridgett vonHoldt, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, USA

　　Research interests: Her research goal is to unravel genotype-phenotype evolution in both a naturally and artificially evolving species. She is specifically interested in the interaction of natural history phenotypes (e.g. social status, pigmentation, disease, fecundity, mating strategy) and gene expression changes and their regulation via epigenetic variation.

　　Lab webpage: http://www.princeton.edu/~vonholdt/

　　报告时间：2016年6月20日（星期一）上午9:00—11:30　　

　　报告地点：动物研究所C101会议室　　

　　邀请人：魏辅文 研究员（010-64807152）