Entomology Faculty: Dietmar Schwarz

Dietmar Schwarz
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Link to lab webpage at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Education

Diplom, Biology - Christian-Albrechts Universität Kiel, Germany, 2000
Ph.D., Entomology - The Pennsylvania State University, 2004

Departmental Thrust Areas

Molecular Ecology, Population/Community Ecology, Insect/Plant Interactions

Research

Evolutionary and ecological consequences of hybridization - especially its role in speciation - in host specific insects.

Relevant Publications

Schwarz, D. 2004. Natural Hybridization and Speciation in Rhagoletis (Diptera: Tephritidae). Thesis. The Pennsylvania State University, University, Park.

Schwarz, D., B. A. McPheron, G. B. Hartl, E. F. Boller, T. H. Hoffmeister. 2003. A second case of genetic host races in Rhagoletis? - A population genetic comparison of sympatric host populations in the European Cherry Fruit Fly, Rhagoletis cerasi. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 108, pp. 11-17.

Schwarz, D., B. A. McPheron. 2002. Hybrid speciation is favored by a Rhagoletis host shift. Zoology 105 (Suppl. V), p. 95. (Abstract)

Schwarz, D. 2000. Wirtsrassendifferenzierung in der Kirschfruchtfliege Rhagoletis cerasi (L.). Diploma thesis. Christian-Albrechts Universität Kiel, Kiel.