*Graduate Ph.D. Fellowship Opportunity* The Ecology and Genetics of Sympatric Host Race Formation and Speciation in Rhagoletis Fruit Flies
Laboratory of Jeffrey L. Feder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Dept. Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame Dear Students and Colleagues, I would like to alert you to a graduate Ph.D. fellowship opportunity available to investigate the ecology and genetics of sympatric host race formation and speciation in the apple maggot fly, Rhagoletis pomonella, and/or related ecological genetics projects in my laboratory in the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame. Ongoing research projects in the laboratory are studying the ecological, physiological, and genetic bases for diapause and fruit odor discrimination traits involved in the ecological adaptation of Rhagoletis flies to their respective host plants that result in reproductive isolation. We are also engaged in developing the molecular genomics of the fly through the characterization of gene expression patterns. The student will be eligible for a generous 5 year support package and enrolled in an active Ecology, Evolution and Environment program within the Department. The group recently received an IGERT grant from the National Science Foundation which I direct focusing on Global Linkages of Biology, the Environment, and Society (GLOBES). The GLOBES program provides students the opportunity to be involved in a number of new and unique interdisciplinary classes, symposium, conferences, and research and education activities of both national and international scope mentored by faculty across the Colleges of Science and Arts and Letters at Notre Dame (see our website at http://globes.nd.edu for more information about the program). Feder webpage can be found at: http://www.nd.edu/7Ebiology/JeffreyFeder.shtml Feder lab page is: http://www.nd.edu/%7Eaforbes/federlab.html For more information contact: Dr. Jeffrey L. Feder Department of Biological Sciences University of Notre Dame South Bend, Indiana, 46556-0369 (574)-631-4159 [EMAIL PROTECTED] The University of Notre Dame is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer
