Posts Tagged: Chris Hamilton
Chris Hamilton to Speak on Tarantula Diversity
Evolutionary biologist and taxonomist Chris Hamilton of the University of Idaho faculty will...
Chris Hamilton of the University of Idaho will present a UC Davis seminar on tarantula diversity on April 21. This is an undescribed species collected on the mountain ranges, the Sky Islands, in southeastern Arizona. (Photo by Brent E. Hendrixson)
Golden Orbweavers Ignore Biological Rules
Size does matter. Have you ever wondered about sexual size dimorphism in the tropical spiders, the...
A female Trichonephila clavipes (formerly Nephila clavipes) is a giant compared to her small male (below). The research covers a complex pattern of sexual size dimorphism in this group of spiders, family Nephilidae. (Image copyright by Chris Hamilton, University of Idaho)
Why Golden Orbweavers Ignore Biological Rules
Size does matter, but how much? Enough to unravel a complex evolution of sexual size...
Jason Bond, professor and Schlinger Chair in Insect Systematics, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is senior author of a newly published paper on golden orbweavers in the Journal of Systematic Biology. The Bond lab and the Chris Hamilton lab of the University of Idaho provided the anchored hybrid enrichment data and phylogenomic analysis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)