Biology Series Seminar: Dr Nathan Morehouse

• In-person event
• 4440Q, Carleton Technology and Training Centre, Carleton University
• 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6

• Contact
• Andrew Simons, andrew.simons@carleton.ca

“ Colors, Choices, and Conflict: Evolutionary Insights from the Reproductive Biology of Butterflies”

Dr Nathan Morehouse
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh

Abstract: Sexual selection can act on reproductive interactions before, during and after copulation. Connecting these distinct selective episodes is critical for understanding the net influence of sexual selection, yet this synthesis remains an ongoing challenge for the field. Dr. Morehouse will describe his recent work to integrate pre- and post-copulatory sexual selection in the Cabbage White butterfly, with a focus on female preferences for male color ornaments and the co-evolution of male ejaculate proteins and the female reproductive tract.

Host Lab: Sherratt 

Animal Communication- Colourful Signals- Sexual Selection

Coffee and tea will be available at 3 p.m.