Dr. Chantal Abergel
Biological and related sciences , Physical sciencesEnvironmental virology, Molecular and structural biology, biochemistry
Biological and related sciences
Evolutionary biology, Evolutionary genetics
Sex differences, Sex chromosome evolution, Sexual selection
Proceedings of the Royal Society B top reviewer, 2015
ERC Starting Grant, 2015
Peerage of Science Annual Reviewer Prize, 2012
Queen’s University Academic Research Council Award, 2007
English, French, Swedish
Abbott, J. K., Nordén, A. K. & Hansson, B. (2017) Sex chromosome evolution: historical insights and future perspectives. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 284: 20162806. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2806.
Morris, M. R., Friebertshauser, R. J., Rios-Cardenas, O., Liotta, M. N. & Abbott, J. K. (2016) The potential for disruptive selection on growth rates across genetically influenced alternative reproductive tactics. Evolutionary Ecology 30(3):519-533. DOI: 10.1007/s10682-016-9823-x.
Tazzyman, S. J. & Abbott, J. K. (2015) Self-fertilization and inbreeding limit the scope for sexually antagonistic polymorphism. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28(3):723-729. DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12592.
Katayama, N., Abbott, J. K., Kjærandsen, J., Takahashi, Y., & Svensson, E. I. (2014) Sexual selection on wing interference patterns in Drosophila melanogaster. PNAS, 111(42):15144-15148.DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1407595111.
Abbott, J. K., Innocenti, P., Chippindale, A. K., & Morrow, E. H. (2013) Epigenetics and sex-specific fitness: an experimental test using male-limited evolution in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One, 8(7): e70493. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070493.
Abbott, J. K. (2011) Intralocus sexual conflict and sexually antagonistic genetic variation in hermaphroditic animals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278:161-169. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1401.
Abbott, J. K., Bensch, S., Gosden, T. & Svensson, E. I. (2008) Patterns of differentiation in a colour polymorphism and in neutral markers reveal rapid genetic changes in natural damselfly populations. Molecular Ecology, 17(6):1597-1604. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03641.x.
Sexual antagonism and sex chromosome evolution in hermaphrodites
X-Y coevolution in Drosophila
Female-limited X-chromosome evolution
Intralocus tactical conflict in Xiphophorus multilineatus
Applying statistical models to definitions of life
Swedish Ecological Society Oikos (secretary/treasurer)
European Society for Evolutionary Biology
Member of panel of experts on popular science TV show Fråga Lund http://www.svt.se/fraga-lund/
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Swedish Research Council panel member 2016 – 2017
Co-ordinator for multidisciplinary project "A Plurality of Lives" at the Pufendorf Institute for Advances Studies, 2016 – 2017
Subject editor at Oikos
Reviewing editor at Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Editorial Board Member at Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Active supporter of popular science
Family currently consists of husband, two daughters, one dog, two cats, two guinea pigs, fish, and stick insects.
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