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Genetics of Migration (December 2010)

Steven Reppert from the University of Massachusetts shared insight into genomic, genetic and epigenetic approaches to monarch butterfly migration his lively lab is currently working on. Michael Banks from Oregon State University told us how genomics could help to elucidate spatiotemporal aspects of pacific salmon migration. Within the field of migration, research on migratory birds has probably the longest tradition, and the talks of Martin Schaefer from Freiburg University and Staffan Bensch from Lund University focussed on microevolutionary processes and patterns of genetic and phenotypic variation along migratory divides in two migratory songbird species. Migratory divides as well as hybrid zones are great natural laboratories to study evolutionary processes and speciation, and the talks given by Anna Qvarnström and Jochen Wolf, both from Uppsala University, focussed on what we can learn from a Flycatcher hybrid zone, and how a genomic approach help us to incipient speciation in Carrion and Hooded crows.

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	"Genomic, genetic and epigenetic approaches to monarch butterfly migration" (52 min 07 sec) Steven M Reppert, University of Massachusetts, USA
	"Microevolution along the migratory divide of the blackcap" (34 min 40 sec) H. Martin Schaefer, Freiburg University, Germany
	"Patterns of genetic and phenotypic variation across a migratory divide in willow warblers" (31 min 50 sec) Staffan Bensch, Lund University, Sweden
	"How can genomics elucidate spatiotemporal aspects of Pacific Salmon Migration?" (34 min 05 sec) Michael A. Banks, Oregon State University, USA
	"Shades of black and grey. A genomic approach to incipient speciation in Carrion and Hooded crows" (43 min 38 sec) Jochen B.W. Wolf, Uppsala University, Sweden