Population Genomic Methods to Understand the Evolution of Bears Emily E. Puckett Department of Biological Sciences University of Memphis @EEPuckett

Research Questions Phylogeography Within Species Differentiation How have species moved across their range through time? What is the demographic history (population size changes, bottlenecks, divergence times, admixture rates) of a species? How are functional traits distributed through across a species range? Within Species Differentiation How many lineages comprise a species? Comparative Genomics Functional changes underlying diet variation in bears

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