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Please join the Biology Department for the seminar "Genomic Insights into Amphibian Evolution and Conservation," presented by Paul Hime, doctoral candidate and National Science Foundation graduate research fellow at the University of Kentucky, on Monday, November 3, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Technology Building 160.

All faculty, staff, and students are welcome.

Seminar Abstract
The genomics revolution is permeating all areas of biology and stands to provide unprecedented insights into some of the most thorny questions about the evolution of life on Earth. In this talk, I will describe my ongoing efforts to leverage several recent advances in genome partitioning and high-throughput sequencing to address questions about amphibian evolution and conservation across multiple phylogenetic scales. I will discuss efforts to develop a suite of conservation genomic resources to understand the reproductive biology and phylogenetic history of the imperiled hellbender salamander, as well as broader-scale initiatives to develop phylogenomic resources across the amphibian tree of life, in order to understand genomic correlates of contemporary species richness across this diverse vertebrate class.