Results for "evolutionary biology"

Projects

Evolution of vocalization in singing mice

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The Phelps lab is broadly interested in animal social behavior, its neural, genetic and molecular mechanisms, and how those mechanisms evolve. Using “exotic” rodent models, we focus on the nature and consequences of…

Faculty

Julia Clarke

Affiliated Departments:
College of Natural Sciences, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
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Julia A. Clarke is John A. Wilson Professor in Vertebrate Paleontology at the Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor. She has published over…

Nancy A Moran

Affiliated Departments:
Integrative Biology, Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
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Genomics and evolution of interactions between bacterial symbionts and their hosts. Main systems currently are sap-feeding insects and honey bees. We work with both the insects and the bacterial symbionts.

Howard Ochman

Affiliated Departments:
Integrative Biology, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Biological Sciences
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We applied experimental and computational approaches to investigate the factors contributing to the evolution of bacterial genomes and microbial communities.

Some on the projects that are currently underway in…

Edward Theriot

Affiliated Departments:
College of Natural Sciences, Integrative Biology, School of Biological Sciences
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Aquatic biology with an emphasis on systematics and ecology of diatoms, especially diatom evolution in the context of environmental change. Research goals are 1) to understand evolution of protists (eukaryotic…