Visiting scholar Dr Devon Main receives his PhD from the University of Johannesburg! His thesis was a phylogenomic investigation into the evolution of Southern African dwarf chameleons (Bradypodion). Some of his notable findings were mitonuclear discordance pointing to a mitochondrial capture event between two species roughly 3 million years ago and widespread nuclear introgression within the genus. His first data chapter entitled: “The efficacy of single mitochondrial genes at reconciling the complete mitogenome phylogeny – a case study on dwarf chameleons” was recently accepted for publication in the journal Peer J.
