Prof. Michael Turelli
Department of Evolution and Ecology and Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, USA.
Michael Turelli has collaborated with Ary Hoffmann on the population dynamics and evolution of Wolbachia in California populations of D. simulans since 1985. He has produced a wide range of mathematical analyses that have elucidated both the population dynamics of infection frequencies and the coevolutionary trajectories of Wolbachia and their hosts. He will work with Hoffmann’s group and with Nick Barton to understand experimentally and mathematically the consequences of life-shortening Wolbachia for the dynamics of Wolbachia and dengue infection frequencies within and among populations.
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