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Date

October 16, 2026

Time

9:30 am - 10:30 am

Location

Earth Sciences Building, ESC B149

Matthew Rockman is a professor of Biology at NYU. His main areas of interest are evolutionary and molecular causes of heritable variation in animals.

Transitions from indirect to direct development have happened hundreds of times in animal evolution, each involving a transformation of ontogeny and a shift in life-history strategies. Using a polychaete species caught mid-transition, with alternative developmental modes segregating in populations, we dissected the genetic architecture and population genomics involved in the evolutionary abandonment of a larval stage. Our findings raise questions about the population-biological requirements for developmental evolution. 

Learn more about the Rockman Lab.

Host: John Stinchcombe