Contents Page Conference Welcome ......................................................................................................1 Important Information.....................................................................................................2 Invited Speakers...............................................................................................................5 Program At A Glance........................................................................................................8 Detailed Program...........................................................................................................10 Monday 1st April...................................................................................................10 Tuesday 2nd April..................................................................................................11 Wednesday 3rd April.............................................................................................14 Thursday 4th April.................................................................................................17 Poster Presentations......................................................................................................20 Delegate List ..................................................................................................................24 Abstracts: Invited Speakers............................................................................................31 Abstracts: Selected Talks................................................................................................37 Abstracts: Poster Presentations.....................................................................................99 Conference Welcome Welcome to Churchill College in the beautiful city of Cambridge, home to Evolution Evolving. The title of this meeting endeavours to highlight both that the evolutionary process itself evolves over time and that evolutionary biology is a vibrant field of enquiry with a theoretical framework that also evolves. Evolvability is just one of several emerging themes in the relationship between development and evolution that constitute the unique focus of this conference. Additional topics include the evolutionary causes and consequences of developmental bias, plasticity, niche construction and extra-genetic inheritance. Also distinctive of Evolution Evolving is the inclusion of contributions to the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology, which we believe are underappreciated but critically important to our field. We have tried hard to ensure that the meeting features a balanced program of talks and poster sessions, empirical and theoretical work, and a good mix of presentations from researchers of all genders, career stages, and backgrounds. We hope that you enjoy three wonderful days listening to marvelous talks and discussing evolutionary science, and leave the meeting feeling both excited and inspired. The organisers Paul Brakefield Kevin Laland Tobias Uller University of Cambridge University of St Andrews Lund University Katrina Falkenberg Andrew Buskell University of St Andrews University of Cambridge 1 Important Information The Venue A map of Churchill College can be found on page four. Larger paper maps of Churchill College and Cambridge itself are available at the registration desk. Main Concourse (C) - registration - welcome reception - poster sessions - morning and afternoon coffee breaks Wolfson Hall (WH) - morning and afternoon talk sessions Fellow’s Dining Room (FDR) - afternoon talk sessions Churchill College Dining Hall (DH) - lunches - conference dinner Seminar Room 6 - a quiet breakout space; this room is located close to staircase 37 in East Court (denoted ‘E’ on the map) and directly opposite the Jock Colville Hall Meals and Refreshments Included in your registration fees are the welcome reception on Monday evening, as well as morning and afternoon teas and fork buffet lunches on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Limited drinks will be served at the poster sessions. Additional drinks can be purchased from The Buttery (College bar), which is adjacent to the main concourse. The Buttery serves light snacks and refreshments throughout the day. Wifi Eduroam is available on site. Alternatively, you can collect a wifi ticket from the registration desk. 2 Social Media We encourage the use of social media throughout the conference as it is a powerful tool to share findings and engage with the scientific community at large. Presenters: if you do not wish for your talk or a particular slide to be tweeted, please indicate this with an image such as the one to the right. Social media users: please respect the wishes of presenters, and do not tweet images of posters without the presenter’s permission. #evoevolving is the conference hashtag and you can tag us with @evoevolving. We recommend presenters and social media users read the social media guidelines of the World Marine Mammal Conference 2019: http://smmconference.org/socialmediaguidelines Sponsors We are very grateful for financial support from the John Templeton Foundation and The Galton Institute. 3 4 Invited Speakers Alexander Badyaev Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Arizona, USA Badyaev is a Professor of Evolutionary Biology. He addresses conceptual questions at the intersection of evolution, ecology, and development using a wide array of empirical and analytical approaches in field and laboratory study systems. Renee Duckworth Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Arizona, USA The ultimate goal of Duckworth’s work is to understand the link between micro and macroevolutionary processes with specific focus on the role of behavior in ecological and evolutionary feedbacks. To achieve these goals, she integrates approaches from evolutionary and physiological ecology using both large scale field experiments and laboratory systems. Laurel Fogarty Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany Fogarty works on theory related to non-genetic inheritance. Most of her work has a focus on cultural inheritance, cultural evolution, and cultural niche construction. She also has a general interest in theoretical niche construction. Jukka Jernvall Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Finland Jernvall’s research focuses on the developmental and ecological drivers of phenotypic evolution. By integrating different scales and methodologies, his group has used the mammalian dentition to explore how morphology can inform us about evolution. 5 Alan C Love Department of Philosophy and Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, USA Love’s research focuses on conceptual issues in biology and has concentrated on evolutionary developmental biology, developmental biology, molecular biology, and paleontology. He uses a combination of approaches to investigate a variety of philosophical questions, including conceptual change, explanatory pluralism, knowledge structure, reductionism, the nature of historical science, and interdisciplinary epistemology. Joanna Masel Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Arizona, USA Masel is a theoretical population geneticist and molecular evolutionist. She studies a range of foundational questions in evolution, including robustness and evolvability, the de novo birth of proteins and their subsequent long-term change, and the interplay between relative and absolute forms of competition. Armin P Moczek Department of Biology, Indiana University, USA Moczek’s interests revolve broadly around the interplay of genetic, developmental, and ecological mechanisms in the origin and diversification of novel, complex traits. His work focuses on insects, from beetles and their horns to fireflies and their bio-luminescent lanterns. Angela Potochnik Department of Philosophy, University of Cincinnati, USA Potochnik is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and the Director of the Center for Public Engagement with Science at the University of Cincinnati. Her research addresses the nature of science and its successes, the relationships between science and the public, and methods in population biology. She is the author of Idealizations and the Aims of Science (2017) and coauthor of Recipes for Science: An Introduction to Scientific Methods and Reasoning (2018). 6 Sean Rice Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, USA Rice’s research focuses on the mathematical principles underlying evolutionary processes. He is particularly interested in the role of stochasticity in the evolution of complex behavioural and developmental systems. Jessica Riskin Department of History, Stanford University, USA Riskin’s research interests centre upon the history of science, politics and culture during the 17th to 19th centuries. She is currently working on a set of connected research projects in the history of evolutionary theory, including one on Lamarck and another on ideas about human evolution. 7 Program At A Glance Monday 1st April 18.00 - 19.45 Welcome reception (C) Tuesday 2nd April 08.50 - 10.00 Conference welcome and plenary talk (WH) 10.00 - 10.30 Coffee Break (C) 10.30 - 12.10 Selected talks (WH) 12.10 - 13.30 Lunch (DH) 13.30 - 14.10 Keynote talks, two parallel sessions (WH, FDR) 14.10 - 15.10 Selected talks, two parallel sessions (WH, FDR) 15.10 - 15.40 Coffee Break (C) 15.40 - 17.20 Selected talks, two parallel sessions (WH, FDR) 17.20 - 19.00 Poster Session (C) Wednesday 3rd April 09.00 - 10.00 Plenary talk (WH) 10.00 - 10.30 Coffee