Dr Jay Biernaskie
Professor
plant biotechnology
Department of plant Science
France
Biography
Professor, Faculty member ,Researcher and also won many awards and Honors based on the Evolutionary ecology, social behaviour, Darwinian agriculture. Obtained Ph.d and has many awards and honors.
Research Interest
I am an evolutionary biologist with interests in adaptation and social behavior. Using Arabidopsis, I am searching for naturally-occurring plant traits that benefit neighbouring conspecifics and thereby improve the productivity of local groups. A major aim of this work is to identify the underlying genes for such potentially cooperative traits. Understanding the genetic basis of cooperation among plants in nature will lead to novel ideas for improving agricultural crops.
Publications
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Pizzari, T., Biernaskie, J.M., & Carazo, P. 2015. Inclusive fitness and sexual conflict: How population structure can modulate the battle of the sexes. BioEssays 37: 155-166
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Biernaskie, J.M. & West, S.A. 2015. Cooperation, clumping, and the evolution of multicellularity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282: 20151075.
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Biernaskie, J.M. & Foster, K.R. 2016. Ecology and multilevel selection explain aggression in spider colonies. Ecology Letters. doi:10.1111/ele.12622
