When sexual selection through mate choice depletes versus exaggerates genetic variation: Unraveling the lek paradox | PNAS The evolution of female preferences for male display traits relies on females receiving indirect benefits from their mate. This requires substantia...

Kuangyi Xu, a current EEB postdoc at UToronto and a former student in my lab, spearheaded this new dissection of the lek paradox. It often doesn't hold! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

SMTPBconnect PANEL DISCUSSION: GRANT WRITING hosted by Maria Servedio (UNC) Participants will gather to discuss grant writing strategies for theory and mathematical research. • Mark Broom (City, University of London) • Thomas Lenormand (CEFE-CNRS) • Marie-Josée Fortin (University of Toronto) • Scott Nuismer (University of Idaho) • Christopher Klausmeier (Michigan State University) November 18th 8:00 AM PT

SMTPB will host a panel discussion on grant writing in theoretical population biology Monday Nov 18 at 8AM PT / 11AM ET. Host: Maria Servedio, panelists: Mark Broom, Thomas Lenormand, Marie-Josée Fortin, Scott Nuimser & me. Register here: unc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Loved this collaboration with amazing scientists and a chance to model a novel mechanism of sexual selection!