<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="auto">Hi all,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If you are interested in using molecular methods to delimit species or like to get a better understanding of modern phylogenetic analyses in general, this is a great opportunity:<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">------------------------------------------------<br>Diego F. Alvarado-Serrano<br>Assistant Professor<br>Biological Sciences Department<br>Ohio University<br><br>Website: <a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Falvarado-s.weebly.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf6cf0dd850804f0e4f0508d7ab344bc0%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637166113401696017&sdata=80Qnls1bbe3jsg0o2hizG%2BdKRvzZV%2Fz%2FL5a4LIyTsJY%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="http://alvarado-s.weebly.com/" shash="d9PlMqL3/bn+B5zr7WYnvMoHDNHyIuJNuc4cane62r/DzlWaDc+Mle7kmxmFacbGi39LMB49877QYV8uQPP+JM2ehEIgF2qn3qstWnKi/EpLKvjkpJOmBVjyU69cpvzDxx/XAqK7AbZf2TDniBJD/8yc0UcYWzEvnqLUQ//7B44=">http://alvarado-s.weebly.com/</a></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Giorgia Auteri</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:gauteri@umich.edu">gauteri@umich.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Feb 6, 2020, 1:23 PM<br>Subject: Fwd: Speciation-based Delimitation Workshop, March 13, 2020<br>To: Oscar Mauricio Vargas Hernandez <<a href="mailto:oscarvargash@gmail.com">oscarvargash@gmail.com</a>>, Andrea Thomaz <<a href="mailto:thomaz@biodiversity.ubc.ca">thomaz@biodiversity.ubc.ca</a>>, Alvarado Serrano, Diego <<a href="mailto:alvarado.s@ohio.edu">alvarado.s@ohio.edu</a>>, Renata Magalhães Pirani <<a href="mailto:renatampirani@gmail.com">renatampirani@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="auto"></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Rachel Wadleigh</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:wadleigh@umich.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">wadleigh@umich.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Feb 6, 2020, 1:18 PM<br>Subject: Speciation-based Delimitation Workshop, March 13, 2020<br>To: eebgrads <<a href="mailto:eebgrads@umich.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">eebgrads@umich.edu</a>>, eebpostdocs <<a href="mailto:eebpostdocs@umich.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">eebpostdocs@umich.edu</a>><br>Cc: L Knowles <<a href="mailto:knowlesl@umich.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">knowlesl@umich.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Speciation-based Delimitation
Workshop, March 13, 2020<span></span></span></b></p>
<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
MI<span></span></span></b></p>
<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/species" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/species</a><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span></span></span></b></p>
<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span> </span></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">A
workshop on species delimitation will be held at the University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI on <b>March 13, 2020</b>; the
workshop is free but limited to 65 participants, and participants must apply to
attend, with review of applications beginning Feb. 18. Note that participants
are also encouraged to also consider (and register) for the 16<sup>th</sup>
Annual Early Career Scientists Symposium “</span><a href="https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ecss/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Natural History Collections: Drivers of Innovation</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">” that will
be held on March 14-15.<span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Note
that through the generous support of the National Science Foundation (DEB
16-55607) we will be offering travel scholarship to increase the representation
from interested participants who otherwise would not be able to attend.
Priority will be given to graduate students and postdocs. Send a brief
description of fit of the workshop and scholarship need (no more than 150
words) by Feb. 18. <span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Application
for the workshop (and travel scholarships) should be completed via the registration
tab on the website. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please
address questions to L. Lacey Knowles (<a href="mailto:knowlesl@umich.edu" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">knowlesl@umich.edu</a>) and see you in
March!</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">L.
Lacey Knowles<span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jeet
Sukumaran<span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Arnaud
Becheler<span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Summary
of Workshop:<span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The
resolution in genomic data makes it possible to not only detect divergent
lineages, but also local population structure within them. Yet, these conflated
boundaries have received little attention from those developing genetic-based species
delimitation methods, potentially leading to mass over-splitting as genomic
data become more widely employed. These challenges have profound implications
for not only understanding the generation and dynamics of biodiversity, but
also for conserving this diversity.<span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In this
workshop, we will cover the foundations upon which genetic-based inference of
species boundaries are built. In particular, we will review the history that
lead to a reliance on the multispecies coalescent (MSC) as the primary model
for species delimitation. Despite the appeal of genome-based species discovery,
we will explain how misidentification of population structure as putative
species is an emerging key issue for applications of the MSC for species
delimitation, as well as the implications of divergence of gene flow for
identifying species boundaries. <span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We will then
present two recently developed approaches to address the misidentifications of
species that occurs from confounding the structure within species with the
divergence that accumulates between species. One approach, implemented in the
program </span><a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjeetsukumaran.github.io%2Fdelineate%2F%23requirements&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf6cf0dd850804f0e4f0508d7ab344bc0%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637166113401701004&sdata=LInqNGip2SGxvCiNRyIVmfkIRrkh8KQE1jwyhq4f8j4%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://jeetsukumaran.github.io/delineate/#requirements" shash="Yqc3cap4P1sjSw4INOcPS3u1dbH9IJLovrg8jMqdZum4ctsodtL+5DvU829Hu1I+pkpnArcuGqQ4RuPgPBAwiL9wMiaHBoW694ySeqbftUvDiTCDE2dBb+o2F9HoD2ZvF0TFLAhowjmtL3NwIiVo6yoE6zVOGSPMpMcgAxR/x8w=" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">DELINEATE</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">,
takes a phylogenetic lineage-based perspective to delimit species where for the
first time speciation is modeled as an extended process in the context of
species delimitation analyses, as opposed to being treated as an instantaneous
event. The other approach, implemented in the program </span><a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbecheler.github.io%2Fpages%2Fapplications.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf6cf0dd850804f0e4f0508d7ab344bc0%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637166113401705994&sdata=F1EQdQx%2FZEwPF1d0af1gak8J0DC76f8fJTxd%2FRzNnUc%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://becheler.github.io/pages/applications.html" shash="thUj0ME98/jw2sJHuNRyR+TkNyT6O4OvftBIgU9PgalMh/DKRsP7R1PKMVSffFETZMMKA6TUQI7EUkwSMqxFX0dPLMchEGFEL4v5IhQquqiNbUMr+Gc1UDK6Xu90nwbOJ6qVNAt5Nx+ldKCSH1BScaWr+rMBuByTPD/3CTny+R8=" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">DECRYPT</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">,
employs a spatially explicit coalescent model to characterize the geography of
divergence to test competing hypotheses regarding the detection of cryptic
diversity. Participants in the workshop will also receive hands-on training with
both programs, completing a series of computer demonstrations and exercises. <span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">These</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> newly developed method should reduce the
errors with genome-based species delimitation, while also providing a framework
for gaining insights about the speciation process itself. Note the methods and
associated documentation<span> </span>are freely
available as the software packages </span><a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjeetsukumaran.github.io%2Fdelineate%2F%23requirements&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf6cf0dd850804f0e4f0508d7ab344bc0%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637166113401710985&sdata=Db2GZnLS8GEjtnw%2F3ijcgTBnzpxJi7eFkkSiRp4hG%2FE%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://jeetsukumaran.github.io/delineate/#requirements" shash="mDC12efY3ae6p4xsa7s6jrjJtUzahRBqiysWj2UyoH/3fIYZ3IWt/Tm/bfLknzwc4M+lzAa3yi6fmZEJNX91cHR5Oa6xydSIKyRfyye9lyeztwoGSbKOElcj4gfHA6g5QTa72GjoDXRoQjAE/Ad37NKu/aR5UGUZaaM6TSVBCxE=" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">DELINEATE</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
and </span><a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbecheler.github.io%2Fpages%2Fapplications.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf6cf0dd850804f0e4f0508d7ab344bc0%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637166113401715972&sdata=4YN0Q%2BhZl%2BGSNn%2Fo52Ezf66NWohofOFtCB4w54wHiQ4%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://becheler.github.io/pages/applications.html" shash="MaDXl0j4G3nsSJKOcWVN3Fl5cmI4XTeDInVXTDCdTG9AGmYKDCOZFyeVYmgLQ1qGXjT1DF0XIEt4yUt3v9OujvTD0z/MjPaknjj9Q92pM9l8FVRM3r3kQKgXuAbzUJI+dd0DOZp4vP/BlsSFnIUTiISc+V8Mx5+uVlPFmSKsxG8=" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">DECRYPT</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
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</font><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>L. Lacey Knowles<br>Robert B. Payne Collegiate Professor</div><div>Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology</div><div>Curator of Insects, Museum of Zoology<br>University of Michigan<br>Ann Arbor MI 48109-1085<br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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