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SUMMARY:**PhD Seminar** Flexibility and constraint in the evolution of gene
  expression and behavior
LOCATION:Anatomy/Zoology Building W118
TZID:America/Denver
DTSTART:20155001T000000
UID:2026-05-24-12-38-07@natsci.colostate.edu
DTSTAMP:20260524T123807
Description:Two fundamental unsolved problems in evolutionary biology are (
 1) predicting how genotype and environment interact to shape evolutionary 
 processes and (2) elucidating the mechanisms by which genetic and environm
 ental influences produce well-adapted phenotypes. Central to these questio
 ns are contrasting views on how environmentally induced variation (phenoty
 pic plasticity) influences adaptive evolution\, and how selection in a nov
 el environment acts on multiple\, mechanistically linked traits. Are syst
 ems flexible\, such that there are multiple possible mechanistic \\'soluti
 ons\\' that can give rise to a certain phenotype\, or are systems constrai
 ned such that solutions are limited? To address this question\, we take ad
 vantage of the Trinidadian guppy system to examine genetic and environment
 al influences on gene expression and behavior. We find that both genetic b
 ackground and rearing environment alter correlations among behaviors and b
 etween gene expression and behavior. We propose that this flexibility may 
 help maintain favorable trait constellations across different environments
  and perhaps contribute to guppies\\' ability to rapidly adapt to changing
  environmental pressures. 4:00 pm
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