Sagehen Creek Field Station

22 Jul, 09 PM - 25 Jul, 05 AM

Polyergus breviceps, a slave-maker ant commonly found in the western portion of the United States, is an obligate social parasite that enslaves worker ants of the genus Formica. In general I'm interested in the population genetics and co-evolution of Polyergus and their hosts. In particular, my research will cover three different geographic "scales." At the broadest scale, I'm interested in the phylogeography of Polyergus populations across the western United States (both populations within and among states). At the intermediate level, I would like to study the population genetics of Polyergus colonies within a certain area and how that may be related to the types of hosts the parasitize. Finally, at the smallest scale, I would like to study colony level genetics of both parasite and host, hopefully coupling this with the chemical ecology of this system.

Visit #13211 @Sagehen Creek Field Station

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Under Project # 8664 | Research

Population genetics and co-evolution of Polyergus breviceps and its host Formica spp.

graduate_student - University of California, Berkeley

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Candice Torres Jul 22 - 25, 2007 (4 days)

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