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J. Albert C. Uy
Associate Professor and Aresty Chair
215 Cox Science Center, Dept. of Biology
1301 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33124
Office:(305)284-8558
Fax (305)284-3039
Lab: (305) 284- 8552
email
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Education and Professional Experience
- 1994 B.A. in Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA
- 2000 Ph.D. in Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
- 2000-2002 Postdoctoral Fellow in Biological Informatics, University of California, Santa
Barbara, CA
- 2002-2004 Assistant Professor, San Francisco State University, CA
- 2004-2009 Assistant Professor, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
- 2009-2010 Associate Professor, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
- 2011-present Associate Professor and Aresty Chair, University of Miami
Grants and Awards
- National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biological Informatics. 2000-2002.
Signal Evolution and Speciation in Paradise Kingfishers.
- National Geographic Society, Committee for Research and Exploration grant. 2001-2002. Signal
Evolution and Speciation in Kingfishers.
- San Francisco State University mini-grant. 2003. Can Changes in the Visual Environment Drive
Speciation in Guppies.
- National Science Foundation starter grant. 2002-2003. Signal Divergence and Speciation in
Bearded Manakins
- National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates supplement. 2009.
- National Science Foundation CAREER grant. 2007-2012. Factors that shape the evolution of
multimodal signals in the chestnut-bellied flycatcher.
Areas of Focus
Evolutionary Biology
Behavioral Ecology
Ecology
Tropical Ecology
Conservation Biology
Research Interests
The tropics harbor the greatest diversity on the planet. However, we still know little about the
mechanisms that create and maintain this striking diversity. Using an interdisciplinary approach,
research in the Uy lab aims to elucidate how biological diversity is generated and maintained in
tropical and island systems. Our current focus is to understand the link between mating signal
diversification, and the ecology and evolution of reproductive isolation. Divergence in mating signals
has been shown to create and maintain reproductive isolation, yet the underlying genetic changes and
selective mechanisms causing this divergence remain little understood. We use an integrative and modern
approach, which includes molecular phylogenetics, evolutionary genetics, population genetics,
microbiology, and behavioral and sensory ecology.
Recent Publications
- Hurtado-Gonzales, J.L. D.T. Baldassarre & J.A.C. Uy. 2010. Interaction between female mating
preferences and predation may explain the maintenance of rare males in the pentamorphic fish Poecilia
parae. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 23: 1293-1301.
- Hubbard, J.K., J.A.C. Uy, M.E. Hauber, H.E. Hoekstra & R.J. Safran. 2010. Vertebrate pigmentation:
from underlying genes to adaptive function. Trends in Genetics. 26: 231-240
- Uy, J.A.C., R.G. Moyle, C.E. Filardi & Z.A. Cheviron. 2009. Difference in plumage color used in
species recognition between incipient species is linked to a single amino acid substitution in the
melanocortin-1 receptor. American Naturalist. 174: 244-254.
- Uy, J.A.C., R. Moyle & C.E. Filardi. 2009. Plumage color & song differences mediate species
recognition between incipient flycatcher species of the Solomon Islands. Evolution 63: 153-164.
- Pitnick, S., K. Henn, S. Maheux, D.M. Higginson, J.L. Hurtado-Gonzales, M.K. Manier, K. Berben, C.
Guptill & J.A.C. Uy. 2009. Size-dependent alternative male mating tactics in the yellow dung fly,
Scathophaga stercoraria. Proc. Royal Society of London, Series B. 276: 3229-3237.
- Hurtado-Gonzales, J.L. & J.A.C. Uy. 2009. Alternative mating strategies may favor the persistence of
a genetically based colour polymorphism in a pentamorphic fish. Animal Behaviour 77: 1187-1194.
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