https://dev.oceanexpert.org/expert/kara.layton

ORCID : 0000-0002-4302-3048

PhD

Research

Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology

I am broadly interested in marine biodiversity, evolution, and genomics, but with a particular focus on investigating the evolution of mimicry in nudibranchs, resolving evolutionary relationships in molluscs, investigating evolutionary diversity in marine invertebrates, and understanding climate-associated genomic variation in marine species. My doctoral work combined genomics and morphological analyses to resolve a radiation and investigate the evolution of mimicry in chromodorid nudibranchs, to explore the diversity and coevolution of endoparasitic gastropods in Antarctica, and to erect a new family of microgastropod in Western Australia.​ I am currently investigating spatiotemporal responses to climate change in Arctic charr in northeastern Canada.

Arctic Ocean
Hudson Bay
Bay of Fundy
North Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
South Pacific Ocean

Marine biogeography and phylogeography; marine invertebrate biodiversity and zoology; molecular phylogenetics; phylogenomics; bioinformatics; molecular evolution; coevolution; molluscan taxonomy; marine invertebrate collections

English

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