{"id":10409,"date":"2017-05-17T10:47:31","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T10:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/?post_type=event&#038;p=10409\/"},"modified":"2017-05-17T10:49:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T10:49:35","slug":"leit-ad-orsokum-throunar-finkur-darwins-galapagos","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/leit-ad-orsokum-throunar-finkur-darwins-galapagos\/","title":{"rendered":"In Search of the Causes of Evolution: Darwin\u2019s finches in Gal\u00e1pagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>In Search of the Causes of Evolution: Darwin\u2019s finches in Gal\u00e1pagos<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Seminar Nordic House May 22, 13\u201315<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A major challenge for evolutionary biologists is to explain the extraordinary species richness and diversity of organisms. We will discuss progress in our understanding of the key evolutionary process, speciation, with special reference to the radiation of Darwin\u2019s Finches. We draw upon the results of a long-term field study of finch populations spanning four decades, combined with laboratory investigations of the molecular genetic basis of beak development.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Organizers: <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Einar \u00c1rnason, pr\u00f3fessor\u00a0\u00ed \u00fer\u00f3unarfr\u00e6\u00f0i og stofnerf\u00f0afr\u00e6\u00f0i:\u00a0einararn@hi.is<\/p>\n<p>Katr\u00edn Halld\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir \u00a0\u00fer\u00f3unar- og \u00a0stofnerf\u00f0afr\u00e6\u00f0ingur: katrih@hi.is<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10405 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/finches-165x640.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"640\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/finches-165x640.jpeg 165w, https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/finches.jpeg 265w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 165px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 165\/640;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Search of the Causes of Evolution: Darwin\u2019s finches in Gal\u00e1pagos Seminar Nordic House May 22, 13\u201315 A major challenge for evolutionary biologists is to explain the extraordinary species richness and diversity of organisms. We will discuss progress in our understanding of the key evolutionary process, speciation, with special reference to the radiation of Darwin\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6693,"template":"","event-categories":[7],"class_list":["post-10409","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-categories-lecture","has-banner-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/10409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=10409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}