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Daniel Bolnick
Assistant Professor

Email: danbolnick@mail.utexas.edu
Website
Main Office: PAT 607A
Phone: 512 471-2824
Alt. Phone: 512 471-1964

Mailing Address
University of Texas at Austin
Section of Integrative Biology
1 University Station, C0930
Austin ,TX 78712
Daniel Bolnick

Research Summary

I am interested in understanding the ecological and evolutionary basis of variation within and among populations, and how such variation influences speciation. To address such questions, I combine theory, observational studies of natural populations, field and laboratory experiments, and population genetics. In particular, research focuses on three areas: 1) the patterns and causes of resource use variation among individuals within a given population, and how selection acts on this variation, 2) the balance between migration and selection in driving among-population divergence and speciation, and 3) the genetic basis of reproductive isolation among species. Since I aim to obtain a general understanding of such processes, research in the lab is not restricted to particular taxonomic groups, though there is a tendency to focus on freshwater fishes including threespine stickleback and the family Centrarchidae (sunfish and bass). See bio page for more info