Samuel Yeaman, University of Calgary

Research

Adaptation Constraint Environmental heterogeneity Evolvability Gene flow Genotypic redundancy Natural selection Pleiotropy

Latest papers

Repeated global adaptation across plant species.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024 · senior author
Mutation potentiates migration swamping in polygenic local adaptation.
Genetics · 2024 · senior author
Genomic signatures of selection associated with benzimidazole drug treatments in Haemonchus contortus field populations.
International journal for parasitology · 2022

All 4 publications

Latest funding

The genetic basis of adaptation: flexible or constrained?
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$118,000
The genomic basis of local adaptation to montane environments in the white and Engelmann spruce hybrid zone
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$60,000
How constrained is evolution? The importance of genetic redundancy in local adaptation
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$198,000

All 3 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Repeated global adaptation across plant species.

Nocchi G, Whiting JR, Yeaman S

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2406832121 PMID: 39705310

02

Mutation potentiates migration swamping in polygenic local adaptation.

Sakamoto T, Whiting JR, Yeaman S

Genetics2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyae165 PMID: 39395190

03

Genomic signatures of selection associated with benzimidazole drug treatments in Haemonchus contortus field populations.

Wit J, Workentine ML, Redman E, Laing R, Stevens L, Cotton JA, Chaudhry U, Ali Q, Andersen EC, Yeaman S, Wasmuth JD, Gilleard JS

International journal for parasitology2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2022.07.004 PMID: 36113620

04

Comparing genome scans among species of the stickleback order reveals three different patterns of genetic diversity.

Reeve J, Li Q, Lindtke D, Yeaman S

Ecology and evolution2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8502 PMID: 35127027

The genetic basis of adaptation: flexible or constrained?

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Yeaman, Samuel

Keywords: adaptation; population genomics; natural selection; genotypic redundancy; pleiotropy; gene flow; repeatability; constraint; evolvability; environmental heterogeneity

$118,000

The genomic basis of local adaptation to montane environments in the white and Engelmann spruce hybrid zone

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Yeaman, Samuel SJ

Keywords: abiotic stress; climate change; conifer; forestry; genetic architecture; genome scan; genomics; hybrid zone; local adaptation; migration-selection

$60,000

How constrained is evolution? The importance of genetic redundancy in local adaptation

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Yeaman, Samuel

$198,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Adaptation Dear Professor Yeaman, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Repeated global adaptation across plant species." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "The genetic basis of adaptation: flexible or constrained?" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]