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James W. Valentine

Jim Valentine went to college on the GI Bill (a WWII veterans privilege) and has been there ever since; at present he is Professor of Integrative Biology, Emeritus, at UC Berkeley. His early research was on what is now called macroecology, working with fossil marine faunas, leading to a book, Evolutionary Paleoecology of the Marine Biosphere. Those studies continue today, chiefly with colleague...

Ronan Valentine PhD thesis

Comparing host and parasite phylogenies: gyrodactylus flatworms jumping from goby to goby.

The combination of exceptionally high species diversity, high host specificity, and a complex reproduction system raises many questions about the underlying mechanisms triggering speciation in the flatworm genus Gyrodactylus. The coevolutionary history with their goby hosts was investigated using both topology- and distance-based approaches; phylogenies were constructed of the V4 region of the ...

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BIOENERGETICS OF AN INTERTIDAL GOBY Bathygobius ramosus

In the intertidal fish Bathygobius ramosus, larger males are more likely to reproduce than smaller ones due to male-male interactions and female preferences. Additionally, larger males are favored in foraging via intra-specific and inter-specific competition. Activity performance is also an important function associated with the ability to perform courtship, male-male interactions, and parental...