Yu-san Yang
Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida
Now
Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology
University of South Florida
At LEC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Years: 2020-2022
Mentor(s): Bruce Carlson (WashU), Swanne Gordon (WashU), Andrés López-Sepulcre, (WashU), Paulo Natenzon (WashU)
Research Focus: Role of animal behavior in mediating rapid evolution; how genetic and environmental influences on mating behavior modulate ecological and evolutionary processes in Trinidadian guppies; quantifying ecosystem effects of strong vs weak sexual conflict in guppies, using stream mesocosms
Publications related to postdoctoral work
Axelrod C. J., Yang Y., Grant E., Fleming J. , Stone I., Carlson B. A., and Gordon S.P. (2024). Evolutionary divergence of plasticity in brain morphology between ecologically divergent habitats of Trinidadian guppies. Evolution 78: 7,1261–1274, doi:10.1093/evolut/qpae055
Earl, S. R., L. E. Johnson, E. Grant, A. Kasubhai, A. López-Sepulcre, S. P. Gordon and Y. Yang. (2024). Disentangling genetic, plastic, and social learning drivers of sex-specific foraging behaviour in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291. doi:10.1098/rspb.2023.2950
Gordon S. P., C. J. Axelrod, U. Bansal, H. Gurholt, S. Tran, Y. Yang. (2024). Embracing the diversity in diverse warning signals. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 39(3):225-228. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.01.002
Grant E., B. Seymoure, A. López-Sepulcre, S. P. Gordon♰ and Y. Yang♰. Light modulates population differences in alternative mating tactics in Trinidadian guppies. In review.
Yang, Y., C. J. Axelrod, E. Grant, S. R. Earl, E. M. Urquhart, K. Talbert, L. E. Johnson, Z. Walker, K. Hsiao, I. Stone, B. A. Carlson, A. López-Sepulcre, and S. P. Gordon. (2023). Evolutionary divergence of developmental plasticity and learning of mating strategies in Trinidadian guppies. Journal of Animal Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.14043