Uy, J. Albert C - University of Miami

个人简介

2011-present, Aresty Chair in Tropical Ecology & Associate Professor, University of Miami, FL 2009-2010, Associate Professor, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 2004-2009, Assistant Professor, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 2002-2004, Assistant Professor, San Francisco State University, CA 2000-2002, Postdoctoral Fellow in Biological Informatics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 2000, Ph.D. in Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 1994, B.A. in Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA

研究领域

The tropics harbor the greatest diversity on the planet. However, we still know little about the mechanisms that create and maintain this striking diversity. Using an interdisciplinary approach, research in the Uy lab aims to elucidate how biological diversity is generated and maintained in tropical and island systems. Our current focus is to understand the link between mating signal diversification, and the ecology and evolution of reproductive isolation. Divergence in mating signals has been shown to create and maintain reproductive isolation, yet the underlying genetic changes and selective mechanisms causing this divergence remain little understood. We use an integrative and modern approach, which includes molecular phylogenetics, evolutionary genetics, population genetics, genomics, and behavioral and sensory ecology. In addition, we use our long-term field projects in the tropics to launch grass-roots conservation programs to protect imperiled ecosystems from habitat degradation and climate change.

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Uy, J.A.C., E.A. Cooper, S. Cutie, M.R. Concannon, J. Poelstra, R.G. Moyle & C.E. Filardi. 2016. Mutations in different genes mediate convergent melanism between isolated populations of an island flycatcher. Proceedings Royal Society of London, Ser. B. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0731. Chaves, J.A., E. A. Cooper, A.P. Hendry, J. Podos, L.F. De León, J.A.M. Raeymaekers, O.W. McMillan & J.A.C. Uy. 2016. Genomic variation at the tips of the adaptive radiation of Darwin’s finches. Molecular Ecology. doi: 10.1111/mec.13743. Sardell, J.M. & J.A.C. Uy. 2016. Hybridization following recent secondary contact results in asymmetric genotypic and phenotypic introgression between island species of Myzomela honeyeaters. Evolution 70: 257-269. Uy, J.A.C.. & L.E. Vargas-Castro. 2015. Island size predicts the frequency of melanic birds in the color-polymorphic flycatcher Monarcha castaneiventris of the Solomon Islands. Auk 132: 787-794. Uy, J.A.C. & R.J. Safran. 2013. Variation in the temporal and spatial use of signals and its implications for multimodal communication. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology. 67: 1499-1511. Uy, J.A.C., R.G. Moyle, C.E. Filardi & Z.A. Cheviron. 2009. Difference in plumage color used in species recognition between incipient species is linked to a single amino acid substitution in the melanocortin-1 receptor. American Naturalist. 174: 244-254. (Chosen by Faculty 1000)