Roger Butlin
{{Short description|British evolutionary biologist}}
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Roger Kenneth Butlin is a British evolutionary biologist and professor at the University of Sheffield. He is known for his work on speciation. He served as Editor of Heredity from 2009 to 2012, and President of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology from 2013 to 2015.https://eseb.org/society/officers/title=ESEB positions In 2015 he received the Darwin Wallace Medal.
Education and career
Butlin obtained his PhD in 1983 from the University of Nottingham working in the lab of Tom Day. Butlin then took a postdoctoral position in Godfrey Hewitt's lab for two years at the University of East AngliaRitchie MG, Butlin RK (2013). Godfrey M. Hewitt (1940-2013), President of ESEB 1999-2001. J Evol Biol 26: 691–692. In 1987 Butlin took a Royal Society Research Fellowship position at the University of Wales in Cardiff. In 1992 he became a lecturer at the University of Leeds and from 1994 as reader for evolutionary biology. He is now a professor at the University of Sheffield and University of Gothenburg.
Work
Butlin's work is concerned with understanding the genetics of speciation, focusing on reproductive isolation. As a model system, he examines insects and their acoustic and chemical signals, the inheritance of signal characteristics and female preferences. Besides insects, he also studies speciation and adaptation in periwinkles (Littorina). His work has contributed greatly to our current understanding of Ecological speciation.
Selected publications
- "What do we need to know about speciation?", Trends Ecol EvolButlin R, Debelle A, Kerth C, Snook RR (2012). What do we need to know about speciation? Trends Ecol Evol. 27: 27-39
- "Reinforcement: an idea evolving", Trends Ecol EvolButlin RK (1995). Reinforcement: an idea evolving. Trends Ecol Evol 10: 432–434.
- "The costs and benefits of sex: new insights from old asexual lineages." Nature Reviews GeneticsButlin R (2002). The costs and benefits of sex: new insights from old asexual lineages. Nat Rev Genet 3: 311.
- "Variation in female mate preference across a grasshopper hybrid zone."Journal of Evolutionary BiologyButlin RK, Ritchie MG (1991). Variation in female mate preference across a grasshopper hybrid zone. J Evol Biol 4: 227–240.
- "Coupling, Reinforcement, and Speciation".The American NaturalistButlin RK, Smadja CM (2018). Coupling, Reinforcement, and Speciation. Am Nat 191: 155–172.
- "Male spermatophore investment increases female fecundity in a grasshopper. EvolutionButlin RK, Woodhatch CW, Hewitt GM (1987). Male spermatophore investment increases female fecundity in a grasshopper. Evolution 41: 221–225.
- "A framework for comparing processes of speciation in the presence of gene flow." Molecular EcologySmadja CM, Butlin RK (2011). A framework for comparing processes of speciation in the presence of gene flow. Mol Ecol 20: 5123–5140.
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