Eileen A. Lacey (''1961'') is an

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who specializes in the evolution of behavioral diversity among vertebrates. Lacey’s research focuses on identifying ecological causes of sociality and assessing the genetic consequences of sociality in subterranean

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s. She is most known for her research on the social structure of

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and her arguments regarding the eusociality continuum

Biography

Lacey spent her undergraduate years at

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where she established her research on mole rats in the laboratory. Lacey then went on to pursue her Masters and Ph.D. (1991) at the

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. Her doctoral thesis was "Reproductive and dispersal strategies of male arctic ground squirrels (''Spermophilus parryii plesius'')" ,

Career

Lacey is currently a Professor of Integrative Biology at the

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, where she manages the Lacey Lab. The Lacey Lab focuses on vertebrate social behavior and population biology and encompasses a variety of taxa and topics. Furthermore, the Lacy Lab focuses on the identifying ecological causes of sociality and accessing its genetic consequences. Eileen Lacey has published findings from her studies in various scientific journals. She is also the co-editor of a comprehensive work on subterranean rodents, Lacey, Eileen A., James L. Patton, and Guy N. Cameron. ''Life Underground: The Biology of Subterranean Rodents''. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.

Selected articles

* Paul W. Sherman, Eileen A. Lacey, Hudson K. Reeve, Laurent Keller, (1995)"Forum: The eusociality continuum ''Behavioral Ecology''," Volume 6, Issue 1, Spring 1995, Pages 102–108, https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/6.1.102 (open access) * Lacey, E.A. 2004. Sociality reduces individual direct fitness in a communally breeding rodent, the colonial tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys sociabilis''). ''Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology, in press'.'' * Lacey, E.A. and J. R. Wieczorek. 2003. The ecology of sociality in rodents: a ctenomyid perspective. ''Journal of Mammalogy'' 84:1198-1211''.'' * Hambuch, T.M. and E.A. Lacey. 2002. Enhanced selection for MHC diversity in social tuco-tucos. ''Evolution'' 56:841-845''.'' * Lacey, E.A. 2001. Microsatellite variation in solitary and social tuco-tucos: molecular properties and population dynamics. ''Heredity'' 86:628-637 * Paul W. Sherman, Eileen A. Lacey, Hudson K. Reeve, Laurent Keller, (1995)"Forum: The eusociality continuum ''Behavioral Ecology''," Volume 6, Issue 1, Spring 1995, Pages 102–108, https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/6.1.102 (open access) According to

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References

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