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Barton, Nicholas |
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Evolutionary Biology |
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Applied Mathematical Sciences |
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Nick Barton’s research has centred on the study of hybrid zones - narrow regions in which distinct populations meet and produce hybrids. He has worked on diverse systems, including grasshoppers (Podisma), butterflies (Heliconius), toads (Bombina), bacteria (Wolbachia) and flowering plants (Antirrhinum). Hybrid zones are natural laboratories for studying the interaction between selection and gene flow, involving selection on large numbers of genes, in spatially continuous populations. Their study led on to theoretical work on a wide variety of topics: speciation, population structure, evolution of recombination, selection on quantitative traits, and evolutionary computation. Currently, his research focusses on a long-term study of a flower colour hybrid zone in snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus). This serves as a test-bed for developing ways to infer selection and demography from genomic data. |
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