Genomics of resilience: from individuals to ecosystems

Seminar by Rachael Bay (UC Davis)

Abstract:

With the rapid pace of human-induced environmental change, it is increasingly clear that evolution will play a role in the persistence of species and ecosystems in the coming decades. However, our understanding of genetic mechanisms governing variation in response to environmental perturbations, espeically in marine systems, is limited. In this talk I discuss how my lab is combining ecological experiments with genomic sequencing to develop a predictive understanding of the links between genomic variation and resilience in marine foundation species, scaling from individuals to ecosystems.