Evolutionary Genetics - EG

Joel Laia Henriques

PhD Student

Evo-devo Evolutionary novelty Gene function Pigmentation

Joel Laia is conducting a Ph.D. in Evo-Devo within the Biodiversity, Evolution and Genetics (BIODIV) program of CE3C-FCUL, started in October 2020. Joel's Ph.D. project is called "The origin and modification of novel traits: old genes and new genes" and will be carried out und er the supervision of Patrícia Beldade, an Assistant Professor at FCUL and Principal Investigator at CE3C (Evolutionary Genetics group). Joel's work will focus on butterfly wing patterns to investigate the function of candidate genes in contributing to phenotypic variation (intra-specific differences) and diversity (inter-specific differences).