Senior Researcher at ZRC SAZU Slovenia, Assoc. Prof. of Behavioural Genetics. Study spider behaviour and life histories. Idealist. Socialist. Integrity. Equality. Solidarity. Love nature. Get lost in the beauty. Wish to travel more.
#AnimalBehaviour #Spider #SexualSelection #Evolution #BehavEcol #AnimalPersonality #QuantitativeGenetics #MaternalEffects #LifeHistory
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347223002889
🕷️📚 Exciting insights from a study on raft spiders! 🧐🔍
We delved into the fascinating world of Dolomedes fimbriatus, a spider species with significant size differences between females and males. The study uncovered intriguing sex differences in behavior: Females stood out with higher boldness, voracity, and attack probabilities compared to males.
📢Job alert!
My workgroup (@idealab) at the Department of Evolutionary Biology @unibielefeld has an open PhD student position in evolutionary genetics. We study experimental evolution with freshwater gastropods and would love to have somebody with previous experience in ddRAD-seq and ATAC-seq to join us!
Application deadline: 18th October 2023
Details here: https://uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/2809/research-position-phd-candidate?page_lang=en
Apply here: https://jobs.uni-bielefeld.de/job/apply/2809/research-position-phd-candidate?page_lang=en
Contact: [email protected]
Unraveling secrets of #sexualconflict: We highlight the role of genetic vs maternal effects in shaping female vs male body sizes. 🕷️📐
Denis Meuthen