https://scottmvilla.com/home daily 1.0 2022-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba01de5c258b4da166ab18a/1572895065346-F2X0RF6ZGPZ5NR39EUIR/IMG_2217_PS.jpg Welcome https://scottmvilla.com/villacontact daily 0.75 2019-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390928870858-4D9B6T9WGP8017NSS9W3/topography.jpg Contact https://scottmvilla.com/publications daily 0.75 2023-06-29 https://scottmvilla.com/mentoring daily 0.75 2022-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba01de5c258b4da166ab18a/1606922773540-DX19CMOAMUN9QOTGRDL3/IMG-6859.JPG Teaching & Mentoring Desert ecology field course at White Sands National Park, NM. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba01de5c258b4da166ab18a/1632970332021-AT5DMHIMW6ZVKV64XDSV/IMG_7873.JPEG Teaching & Mentoring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba01de5c258b4da166ab18a/1566611233237-ST2D36X19VYPN1XPRQAQ/IMG-0800.JPG Teaching & Mentoring 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Our novel method also allows us to identify how symbiont acquisition influences mating and feeding dynamics within and between pest species. Image by Jason Chen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba01de5c258b4da166ab18a/1632972035205-ZJORZQ8G25H3TG88BF5Z/IMG_3040.jpg Speciation by Symbiosis Right: Mating between Anasa trusts female (top) and Anasa andresii female (bottom). Left: Mating between F1 hybrids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba01de5c258b4da166ab18a/1566583593514-9TRCYXYOX9RKXHUAQL48/IMG-9367.jpg Speciation by Symbiosis Isolated strain of Burkholdaria from squash bug crypt. Microbial symbionts provide both survival and developmental benefits for their hosts. Strains of symbionts within and between species can be cultured in the lab and experimentally transferred to squash bugs. These symbiont “swaps” reveal how Burkholderia can drive host mating behavior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba01de5c258b4da166ab18a/1597252400423-LDG87Z1PG4BJHQ8GGPK6/IMG_2133.JPG Speciation by Symbiosis Squash bugs can be easily reared and observed in the lab. They can be kept in large colonies and their behavior can be filmed and quantified. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba01de5c258b4da166ab18a/1597251844566-43ZDO7Q4P7PW6YZRY8KL/Picture1.png Speciation by Symbiosis Experimental hybridization between squash bug species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba01de5c258b4da166ab18a/1632971731062-GTP5GMBFG1HMHRBJX632/Picture69.png Speciation by Symbiosis - Make it stand out Fluorescent tags used to confirm symbiont colonization of squash bug crypts. This method allows for rapid identification of symbiont acquisition. Image by Jason Chen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba01de5c258b4da166ab18a/1539355792421-ZVEYZ94J595ZWWA6AP1M/IMG-9301.jpg Speciation by Symbiosis https://scottmvilla.com/monarchs daily 0.75 2021-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba01de5c258b4da166ab18a/1632968760513-J5FGQBRECUHQ85CWLKPZ/Picture3.png Migration and Diversification - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba01de5c258b4da166ab18a/1566584137333-J2OC4IN1A7UWRUK8A7QF/Me+in+front+of+tubes.JPG Migration and Diversification Monarchs can be reared in large numbers in the lab. Each tube contains a single milkweed plant and 1 to 2 caterpillars. Rearing conditions can be manipulated to influence adult morphology and behavior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba01de5c258b4da166ab18a/1632969683313-59ZGFGZ3RBDZD6UM9J20/Picture45.png Migration and Diversification - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba01de5c258b4da166ab18a/1632968716748-BX7CCIGVI5AK8F3VBD7A/IMG_1411.jpg Migration and Diversification Experimentally manipulated monarchs. Males on the left, females on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba01de5c258b4da166ab18a/1632968791284-Q5Z4YNYYHKJ5MLA2742R/Picture2.png Migration and Diversification https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba01de5c258b4da166ab18a/1632968358502-GDRTN88KI3C6G2DGKX4X/Picture1.png Migration and Diversification Natural variation in monarch wing color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba01de5c258b4da166ab18a/1632969208138-XBPQ9TE8J4LFVCEGIK1P/PictureSize.png Migration and Diversification - Make it stand out Assortative mating based on size. Large males tend to mate with large females (left) and small males tend to mate with small females (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba01de5c258b4da166ab18a/1597249440936-8UW9E11DVTKO9K11R7B7/9166C048-B3AF-488D-9897-524637585FC6.JPG Migration and Diversification Monarch caterpillars feeding on milkweed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba01de5c258b4da166ab18a/1632968964580-O9ZQF8NTPS450X5QRQ4A/IMG_0378.jpg Migration and Diversification - Make it stand out Experimentally created non-migratory phenotype (left) and wild-type monarch (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba01de5c258b4da166ab18a/1597252962119-W1WAANWC9NM8ITKT0REQ/lots%2Bof%2Bcatapillars.jpg Migration and Diversification