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Research in Hoekstra Lab Discovers DNA That Tells Mice How to Construct Their Homes

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A new paper in Nature by Hopi Hoekstra, postdoc, Brant Peterson and graduate student, Jess Weber reveals the DNA that tells mice how to construct their homes. The Hoekstra lab's work on the genetics of mouse behavior is featured in The New York Times...

How the Egg Got Its Shape

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An international team of scientists led by L. Mahadevan and Mary Caswell Stoddard (former postdoc in Edwards Lab) have answered the question of why there is great diversity in egg shape and sizes. And, the answer may help explain how birds evolved. The...

The Genetic Basis of Parental Care

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Why are some mice and people monogamous? And, why are monogamous fathers better at parenting? In a study led by Hopi Hoekstra and postdocs, Andrés Bendesky and Jean-Marc Lassance, the answer points to a genetic basis for parental care in monogamous...

How Honey Bees Keep the Hive Cool on Hot Days

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Prof. L. Mahadevan and Postdoc, Jacob Peters (PhD '18, Mahadevan Lab) have developed a framework that explains how bees use environmental signals to collectively cluster and continuously ventilate the hive. The study published in Journal of the Royal...

Evolution in Real Time

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Set in Nebraska's Sand Hills, an on-going study led by Rowan Barrett (McGill University, former Postdoc, Hoekstra Lab) and Hopi Hoekstra shows evolution in real time. Hundreds of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) were released into massive, custom-built...

Postdoc Terry J. Ord Describes How Jamaican Lizards Mark Their Territory

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Terry J. Ord , postdoc in Jonathan Losos's lab , describes how Jamaican lizards mark their territory with shows of strength at dusk and dawn.

Postdoc Heidi Fisher and Hopi Hoekstra Find Competition Drives Cooperation

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Postdoc Heidi Fisher and Hopi Hoekstra report in a study in Nature that sperm can recognize and preferentially cooperate with its closest relatives when driven by competition. The study was featured on NPR's Morning Edition.

Andy Knoll and postdoc, Nicholas Tosca, Analyze Martian Rock

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Analysis of Martian rock by Andy Knoll and postdoc, Nicholas Tosca suggests Mars' water was too salty to support life. Full Story.

OEB Postdoc & Professors Help Create Robotic Stingray

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Postdoc, Valentina Di Santo ( Lauder Lab), George Lauder and L. Mahadevan are part of a team of researchers, led by Kevin Kit Parker (SEAS), that created a tiny robot stingray made from gold and rat hearts. The development of the robot ray is the featured...

Postdoc, Marie Manceau, and Hopi Hoekstra Discover Agouti Gene Tied to Patterns in Vertebrates

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Research from the Hoekstra Lab, lead by postdoc Marie Manceau, probes the question of how animal color patterns form and evolve. Manceau and Hoekstra found the agouti gene governs color patterns in deer mice, the most widespread mammal in North America...

Yun Zhang and Ana Pereira Awarded Dean's Competitive Fund for Promising Scholarship

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Congratulations to Yun Zhang and postdoc, Ana Pereira (Zhang Lab) awarded the 2018 Dean's Competitive Fund for Promising Scholarship for their proposal, "Modulation of olfaction by in utero experience"!

Reproductive strategies

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A new study co-authored by Sarah Kocher (postdoc in Naomi Pierce's lab) and Prof. Martin Nowak, finds that the slower 'eusocial' system in nature offers high risks and high rewards. Full story.