Gabriel Jamie gives seminar on the role of learning in speciation

Nov 21, 2024

What role does learning play in the origin of new species?
As part of the “Network for the Integration of Speciation” research series, Dr Gabriel Jamie gave a seminar together with Professor Maria Servedio on learning, imprinting and speciation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWipuzcCMYw. Professor Servedio’s talk focuses on insights gained from her theoretical work while Dr Jamie’s explores empirical examples from Africa’s parasitic finches.
You can see the full list of previous seminars in the series here:

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