Maren Wellenreuther, PhD
My research focuses on (i) the ecological forces responsible for the origin and persistence of species and the evolution of differences between them, and (ii) on the genetic architecture of phenotypic traits. For my research, I use a variety of approaches, including field observations and experiments in natural populations, molecular laboratory work (e.g. 454 and Illumina sequencing, microsatellites, linkage, and association analyses), and modelling. I conducted my undergraduate studies in Germany (University of Göttingen & Hamburg) and obtained in 2001 my MSc in Australia (University of Adelaide). In 2007, I received my PhD in New Zealand (University of Auckland) and started my first postdoctoral position in 2007-2010 in Sweden at Lund University (funded by Wenner Gren, Tryggers and the Swedish Research Council). Recently, I have started a second postdoctoral fellowship at Lund University as a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow.
My past work in Germany, Australia and New Zealand has focused on marine fishes, while my current work is done on a wide range of taxa including insects (e.g. damselflies), fish, birds, lizards and plants. The two main projects that I am involved in are 1) Mapping genotypes to phenotypes: development of a linkage map and mapping of colour polymorphisms in Ischnura elegans (Odonata) (with Prof Bengt Hansson and Prof Erik Svensson) and 2) The interplay between interspecific interactions, sexual isolation and gene flow in the dynamics of species ranges: the evolution of wing coloration in calopterygid damselflies (with Prof Erik Svensson).
Selected publications
Wellenreuther M, Tynkkynen K & Svensson E I. (2010) Simulating range expansion: male species recognition and loss of premating isolation in damselflies. Evolution 64: 242-252
Hilton Z, Wellenreuther M & Clements K D (2008) Physiology underpins habitat partitioning in a sympatric sister-species pair of intertidal fishes. Functional Ecology 22: 1108-1117. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01465.x
Wellenreuther M, Barrett P B & Clements K D (2007) Ecological diversification in habitat use in subtidal triplefin fishes (Tripterygiidae). Marine Ecology Progress Series 330, 235-246
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Maren Wellenreuther
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