One of the papers published in the special issue on “Mechanisms of Speciation” by the International Journal of Evolutionary Biology is a report on postmating, prezygotic reproductive isolation in the virilis group of Drosophila by Yasir Ahmed-Braimah (Orr Lab) and Bryant McAllister (University of Iowa). In it, they characterize the strong gametic incompatibility observed between a young species pair in the virilis phylad.

Check out this month’s TREE featured review ‘What do we need to know about speciation?”. In the age of ‘consortia of consortium’, speciation research is not alone. This article comes from a network of speciation researchers in Europe called the ‘The Marie Curie SPECIATION network’ – an initiative to train nine PhD level researchers in the area of speciation genetics in four different universities in Europe.

We’re delighted to announce plans to add a new faculty member to our EEB group.  The advertisement for this job is up at Science and applications are being accepted through our remarkably easy to use on-line system.  As the advertisement notes, we’re interested in all areas of evolutionary biology and ecology, but particularly encourage applicants interested in evolutionary or ecological genomics, computational biology, and evolutionary developmental genetics.  We have an outstanding group, great facilities and administrative support, and excellent students.  Learn more about our current research interests and labs through this web page.  Get your applications in before December 1st!