Next Thursday 03 November 2022 12:00 am on the Seminar Room - SS6 (Institutes building floor -1), Jesús Ortega (Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva - UV) will give a Seminar on "Understanding the genetic basis of urban adaptation in Anopheles mosquitoes".
SEMINAR(i):
Understanding the genetic basis of urban adaptation in Anopheles mosquitoes
WHO?: Jesús Ortega (Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva-Universitat de València)
LANGUAGE?: English.
WHEN?: Thursday 03/11/2022 - 12:00 am.
WHERE?: Seminar Room - SS6 (Institutes building floor -1)
ABSTRACT:
How organisms adapt to the environment is a central question in evolutionary biology with far-reaching implications, as adaptation underlies highly relevant biological processes such as resistance to pesticides or pollutants, and survival to changing environments. Although urbanization is increasing worldwide and is regarded a major threat for wildlife, its potential role as an evolutionary driver of adaptation has not been explored until recently. The challenges found in urban environments lead to strong selective pressures that result in adaptations in the behaviour, morphology, locomotion or toxin tolerance among others, allowing to study the process of rapid adaptation. In this context, the recent colonization of urban habitats by Anopheles mosquitoes offer a great opportunity to study contemporary evolution and the genomic basis of adaptation to polluted environments.
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