Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Ph.D. University of Chicago 1991
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Edmund D. Brodie III Associate Professor, Department of Biology Ph.D. University of Chicago 1991 |
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| Dr. Brodie studies both the causes and evolutionary implications of interactions among traits. Using a combination of quantitative genetic approaches, selection analyses, and mathematical modeling, Dr. Brodie investigates the evolution of behavior in the context of the broader phenotype. While most of the work in his laboratory focuses on the predator-prey relationships of amphibians and reptiles, a wide variety of taxa and traits are represented. Current projects include (1) Theoretical and empirical investigations of indirect genetic effects (IGEs), which arise when individuals influence one another's phenotypes. A laboratory colony of arrow poison frogs is being used to explore one class of IGEs, maternal effects stemming from parental care. (2) An exploration of the coevolutionary armsrace between newts that posess tetrodotoxin and their resistant garter snake predators. Phylogenetic and geographic comparisons, in conjunction with traditional quantitative genetics, are being used to reveal the history and genetic basis of adaptation in both species. |
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| Edmund D. Brodie III. 1992. Correlational selection for color pattern and antipredator behavior in the garter snake Thamnophis ordinoides. Evolution 46:1284-1298. (Abstract) Allen J. Moore, Edmund D. Brodie III, and Jason B. Wolf. 1998. Interacting phenotypes and the evolutionary process: I. Direct and indirect genetic effects of social interactions. Evolution 51:1352-1362. (Abstract) Wolf, J. B., E. D. Brodie III, J. M. Cheverud, A. J. Moore, M. J. Wade. 1998. Evolutionary consequences of indirect genetic effects. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13:64-69. Jason B. Wolf, Edmund D. Brodie III, and Allen J. Moore. 1999. Interacting phenotypes and the evolutionary process: II. Selection resulting from social interactions. American Naturalist 153:254-266. (Abstract) Jason B. Wolf, Allen J. Moore, and Edmund D. Brodie III. 1997. The evolution of indicator traits for parental quality: The role of maternal and paternal effects. The American Naturalist 150:639-649. (Abstract) Edmund D. Brodie III and Nevelyn H. Russell. 1999. The consistency of individual differences in behaviour: Temperature effects on antipredator behaviour in garter snakes. Animal Behaviour 57:445-451. (Abstract) |
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