How do new species form?
Meet the scientists in the Hopkins Lab at Harvard University who are studying how new species form to generate the incredible diversity of life we see on Earth! They are unlocking the scientific secrets of Phlox flowers, examining each step of the Phlox life cycle to discover how species have evolved mechanisms to stay separate and distinct.
Learn more about the Hopkins Lab:
https://hopkins-lab.org/
Learn more about the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University:
https://arboretum.harvard.edu/
Learn more about the Harvard University Dept. of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology:
https://oeb.harvard.edu/
Thank you to the National Science Foundation for funding this episode!
https://www.nsf.gov/
NSF CAREER Award No. 1844906
Testing the contributions of selection, gene-flow, and recombination to reinforcement
NSF IOS Award No. 1906113
Examining the correlated molecular mechanisms of self and heterospecific pollen-pistil recognition
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