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Degree Date:
Spring 2018
Mentor:
Eileen Lacey
Title:
The immunogenetics of mating behavior in Peromyscus: A genomic approach
Jesyka is returning to her alma mater - the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras - as an NSF postdoctoral fellow in Papa lab starting Fall of 2018. She will be working on chemical communication and mate choice in Heliconius butterflies.