Erik Postma
Research interests
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Recent publications
Research interests
Quantitative genetics, QTL mapping, inbreeding, pedigrees, natural and sexual selection, life-history theory, birds, mammals, humans
For more information, please visit http://www.erikpostma.net
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Education and professional positions
| 2011 - present | Research Associate, Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2008 - 2011 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2006 - 2008 | Vice-Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
| 2001 - 2005 | Ph.D., Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Utrecht University, The Netherlands |
| 2000 | MSc., Wageningen University, The Netherlands |
| 1995 - 1999 | BSc., Wageningen University, The Netherlands |
Recent publications
B. Tschirren, E. Postma, A.N. Rutstein and S.C. Griffith (In Press). When mothers make sons sexy: maternal effects contribute to the increased sexual attractiveness of extra-pair offspring. Proceedings of the Royal Society B (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1543)
E. Postma (2011) Comment on "Additive Genetic Breeding Values Correlate with the Load of Partially Deleterious Mutations". Science 333: 1221
Postma, E., Spyrou, N., Rollins, L.A., Brooks, R.C. (2011) Sex-dependent selection differentially shapes genetic variation on and off the guppy Y chromosome. Evolution 65: 2145-2156
Postma, E., Heinrich, F., Koller, U., Sardell, R.J., Reid, J.M., Arcese, P., Keller, L.F. (2011) Disentangling the effect of genes, the environment and chance on sex ratio variation in a wild bird population. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278: 2996-3002
Thüler, K., Bussière, L.F., Postma, E., Ward, P.I., Blanckenhorn, W.U. (2011) Genetic and environmental sources of covariance among internal reproductive traits in the yellow dung fly. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24:1477-1486.
Postma, E., Martini, L., Martini, P. (2010) Inbred women in a small and isolated Swiss village have fewer children. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 1468-1474.
Tschirren, B., Postma, E. (2010) Quantitative genetics research in Zebra Finches: Where we are and where to go. Emu - Austral Ornithology 110: 268-278.
Postma, E., Gienapp, P. (2009) Origin-related differences in plumage coloration within an island population of great tits (Parus major). Canadian Journal of Zoology 87: 1-7.
Postma, E., Den Tex, R.J., Van Noordwijk, A.J. Mateman, A.C. (2009) Neutral markers mirror small-scale quantitative genetic differentiation in an avian island population. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 97: 867-875.
Tschirren, B., Rutstein, A.N., Postma, E., Mariette, M., Griffith, S.C. (2009) Short- and long-term consequences of early developmental conditions: a case study on wild and domesticated zebra finches. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 387-395.
Wilson, A.J., Réale, D., Clements, M.N., Morrissey, M.M., Postma, E., Walling, C.A., Kruuk L.E.B., Nussey, D.H. (2009) An ecologists' guide to the animal model. Journal of Animal Ecology 79: 13-26.
