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Kelsie Hunnicutt

@kelsiehunnicutt.bsky.social
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Evolutionary biologist studying mammalian (and now fish!) speciation, hybridization, and adaptation 🐭🐹🐰🐟 | Postdoc in the Schumer lab at Stanford

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Kelsie Hunnicutt @kelsiehunnicutt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My News & Views is out now in @natecoevo.nature.com ! I cover an excellent study by Hosoki et al. on long-term monitoring of hybrid stickleback populations post-tsunami. 🌊🐟 (1/2) Read it here: rdcu.be/MW75PMTbgP1a
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Kelsie Hunnicutt @kelsiehunnicutt.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Thrilled that our new review article on animal hybridization is now up on EcoEvoRxiv! 🎉 Working on this review with @mollyschumer.bsky.social was a blast, and it was such a wonderful opportunity to catch up on all the amazing work in animal hybridization over the last few years!
A world map showing the distribution of species studied in hybridization research
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Molly Schumer @mollyschumer.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I am so excited to share new work on a TE insertion that regulates iridescence in swordtails, led by fantastic grad student @nadiahaghani.bsky.social and with help from many coauthors! In a time that has been so difficult to navigate, this & other projects have kept my spirits up: shorturl.at/NE65A
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Insertion of an invading retrovirus regulates a novel color trait in swordtail fish
For over a century, evolutionary biologists have been motivated to understand the mechanisms through which organisms adapt to their environments. Coloration and pigmentation are remarkably variable wi...
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Molly Schumer @mollyschumer.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Alyssa Kaatmann will have a poster on developing cell lines and gene editing techniques in swordtails (111 at Poster Session 2)
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Molly Schumer @mollyschumer.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
@victoriabgrant.bsky.social will present on her work on the genomics of black footed cats (6/22 at 9:30 in Molecular Ecology I) @kelsiehunnicutt.bsky.social will be talking about new work on recurrent evolution of hybrid melanoma (6/22 at 12 PM in Hybridization II )
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Molly Schumer @mollyschumer.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I won't be at Evolution this year, but check out awesome talks & posters from four lab members: Gabe Preising will present on the genetic basis of body size polymorphism in swordtails (6/21 at 4:30 PM in Sexual Selection III)
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Molly Schumer @mollyschumer.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
With @hybridzones.bsky.social & @jenncoughlan.bsky.social, we have been working on an update to Daven Presgraves' influential 2010 review on hybrid incompatibilities (shorturl.at/cJndf). The preprint is available here (shorturl.at/DTC48) with an updated table of almost 100 incompatibilities!
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The molecular evolutionary basis of species formation - Nature Reviews Genetics
Recently, several new speciation genes have been identified that have contributed to our understanding of the molecular details of the evolution of hybrid dysfunction. This Progress article describes ...
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Erica Larson @ellarson.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Very proud to share this outstanding work by @kelsiehunnicutt.bsky.social - now out in Genetics!
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Jon Velotta @jpvelotta.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Check out coverage of our work on the mechanisms of adaptation to high altitude. stories.du.edu/magazine/dep...
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Research at 14,000 Feet
The Velotta Lab seeks to understand how tiny mammals have genetically adapted to survive at Colorado’s highest altitudes.
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