I'm a bit late posting this, but on Friday, March 17th Kaili Boarman successfully defended her Masters thesis, "Trade-offs in Natural and Sexual Selection on Wing Traits of the Banded Demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens." This represents a massive amount of work on her part, including three years of field work (but in glorious Sweden!). Intellectually, it is a Ph.D. level project, including geometric morphometrics to measure shape, and estimates of both predator-mediated natural selection and sexual selection in the wild. An amazing accomplishment! And, yes, she did document trade-offs between natural selection and sexual selection. Way to go, Kaili!!!
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