Genetic Structure in Black Widows

LINDSAY MILES

Lindsay's PhD with Brian Verrelli (Va Commonwealth) on black widow genetic variation across replicate urban and rural habitats is complete and the publications are flowing.  

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Miles LS, Dyer RJ, Verrelli BC. 2018. Urban hubs of connectivity: Contrasting patterns of gene flow within and among cities in the Western black widow spider. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. (in press) doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1224

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Miles LS, Johnson JC, Dyer RJ, Verrelli BC. 2018. Urbanization as a facilitator of gene flow in a human health pest. Molecular Ecology. (in press) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mec.14783