Postdoctoral Researcher in Theoretical Population Genetics (M/F)

id="offer-description" class="ecl-u-type-heading-2 ecl-u-mt-none ecl-u-mb-l">Offer Description The successful candidate will join a research team specializing in population genetics and evolutionary biology at the Institute of Evolutionary Sciences of Montpellier (ISEM). The LandCline project (Multigenic Cline Theory Across Heterogeneous Landscapes and Its Implications for Genomic Offset Approaches) aims to develop a theoretical framework to better understand how natural selection, dispersal, local demography, and the genetic architecture of traits shape patterns of genomic variation across heterogeneous landscapes. The primary objective is to investigate the conditions under which genetic clines emerge and are maintained under multilocus selection, considering both local adaptation (extrinsic selection) and genetic incompatibilities (intrinsic selection), as well as their interactions. The project will also assess the implications of these processes for the interpretation of genotype–environment associations (GEA) and the reliability of Genomic Offset approaches, particularly those used to predict population responses to environmental change. The research will focus on the development and analysis of theoretical models and numerical simulations of genetic clines across spatially heterogeneous landscapes. The main activities will include:. - Modeling local adaptation: Investigating the emergence and maintenance of genetic clines as a function of genetic architecture and dispe