Development of models to understand the genetic basis of quantitative traits and the applications of genetics to the conservation of biodiversity
Evolutionary molecular genetics
Speciation and adaptation among intertidal gastropods, including the genera Littorina and Nucella
Development of new statistics to estimate sexual selection and sexual isolation effects
Hybridization and reproductive isolation mechanisms in marine organisms
Application of concepts and models of information theory to the study of 1) Sexual and natural selection 2) Detection of evolutionary genomic patterns in viruses
Analysis of the chromosomal changes that accompany speciation in different families of bivalves and study the phenomena of hybridization between mussel species and between clam species
Genetic conservation of salmonids
Methods for multiple testing correction: FWER, FDR and permutation-based methods.
