Kelsie Hunnicutt
@kelsiehunnicutt.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist studying mammalian (and now fish!) speciation, hybridization, and adaptation 🐭🐹🐰🐟 | Postdoc in the Schumer lab at Stanford
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I am so excited to share new work on a TE insertion that regulates iridescence in swordtails, led by fantastic grad student @nadiahaghani.bsky.social and with help from many coauthors! In a time that has been so difficult to navigate, this & other projects have kept my spirits up: shorturl.at/NE65A
Insertion of an invading retrovirus regulates a novel color trait in swordtail fish
For over a century, evolutionary biologists have been motivated to understand the mechanisms through which organisms adapt to their environments. Coloration and pigmentation are remarkably variable wi...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I am so excited to share new work on a TE insertion that regulates iridescence in swordtails, led by fantastic grad student @nadiahaghani.bsky.social and with help from many coauthors! In a time that has been so difficult to navigate, this & other projects have kept my spirits up: shorturl.at/NE65A
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Alyssa Kaatmann will have a poster on developing cell lines and gene editing techniques in swordtails (111 at Poster Session 2)
June 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Alyssa Kaatmann will have a poster on developing cell lines and gene editing techniques in swordtails (111 at Poster Session 2)
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@victoriabgrant.bsky.social will present on her work on the genomics of black footed cats (6/22 at 9:30 in Molecular Ecology I)
@kelsiehunnicutt.bsky.social will be talking about new work on recurrent evolution of hybrid melanoma (6/22 at 12 PM in Hybridization II )
@kelsiehunnicutt.bsky.social will be talking about new work on recurrent evolution of hybrid melanoma (6/22 at 12 PM in Hybridization II )
June 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
@victoriabgrant.bsky.social will present on her work on the genomics of black footed cats (6/22 at 9:30 in Molecular Ecology I)
@kelsiehunnicutt.bsky.social will be talking about new work on recurrent evolution of hybrid melanoma (6/22 at 12 PM in Hybridization II )
@kelsiehunnicutt.bsky.social will be talking about new work on recurrent evolution of hybrid melanoma (6/22 at 12 PM in Hybridization II )
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I won't be at Evolution this year, but check out awesome talks & posters from four lab members:
Gabe Preising will present on the genetic basis of body size polymorphism in swordtails (6/21 at 4:30 PM in Sexual Selection III)
Gabe Preising will present on the genetic basis of body size polymorphism in swordtails (6/21 at 4:30 PM in Sexual Selection III)
June 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I won't be at Evolution this year, but check out awesome talks & posters from four lab members:
Gabe Preising will present on the genetic basis of body size polymorphism in swordtails (6/21 at 4:30 PM in Sexual Selection III)
Gabe Preising will present on the genetic basis of body size polymorphism in swordtails (6/21 at 4:30 PM in Sexual Selection III)
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With @hybridzones.bsky.social & @jenncoughlan.bsky.social, we have been working on an update to Daven Presgraves' influential 2010 review on hybrid incompatibilities (shorturl.at/cJndf). The preprint is available here (shorturl.at/DTC48) with an updated table of almost 100 incompatibilities!
The molecular evolutionary basis of species formation - Nature Reviews Genetics
Recently, several new speciation genes have been identified that have contributed to our understanding of the molecular details of the evolution of hybrid dysfunction. This Progress article describes ...
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April 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
With @hybridzones.bsky.social & @jenncoughlan.bsky.social, we have been working on an update to Daven Presgraves' influential 2010 review on hybrid incompatibilities (shorturl.at/cJndf). The preprint is available here (shorturl.at/DTC48) with an updated table of almost 100 incompatibilities!
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Very proud to share this outstanding work by @kelsiehunnicutt.bsky.social - now out in Genetics!
January 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Very proud to share this outstanding work by @kelsiehunnicutt.bsky.social - now out in Genetics!
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Check out coverage of our work on the mechanisms of adaptation to high altitude. stories.du.edu/magazine/dep...
Research at 14,000 Feet
The Velotta Lab seeks to understand how tiny mammals have genetically adapted to survive at Colorado’s highest altitudes.
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November 14, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Check out coverage of our work on the mechanisms of adaptation to high altitude. stories.du.edu/magazine/dep...