[All-postdocs] Biology Seminar this Thursday: Theresa Rueger, University of Exeter and Boston University

[Margot McKlveen]

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*Biology Department Virtual Seminar*

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Thursday, March 18 at Noon

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Theresa Rueger, Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Exeter and Boston University


Social evolution in coral reef fishes

A major transition in the evolution of life was animals beginning to 
live in groups. Complex societies, where some individuals forgo 
reproduction, have been a focus of evolutionary ecology ever since 
Darwin pointed out the difficulties they pose for his theory of natural 
selection. Since Hamilton’s pivotal insight about kin selection, the 
field of social evolution has made significant advances in explaining 
eusocial societies in insects, and cooperative breeding in birds and 
mammals. Relatively few studies have attempted to explain similar 
societies in fishes, and marine fishes in particular have been 
overlooked. However, two species of coral reef fish with complex 
societies have emerged as potential model organisms in the past two 
decades: the clown anemonefish Amphiprion percula and the emerald coral 
goby Paragobiodon xanthosoma. My research focuses on using these species 
to test the robustness of current theories, generate new insights, and 
advance the field of social evolution. In this talk I will speak about 
the potential for kin selection in marine fishes with dispersive larval 
phases, what other mechanisms may be operating instead of/alongside kin 
selection, and what role mutualistic cnidarians (corals and anemones) 
may play in the evolution of coral reef fish social systems.


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