Biodiversity and organismal biology
Use an evolutionary and developmental perspective to explain biodiversity and organismal biology
Two extraordinary aspects of evolution are that all organisms on Earth share a common ancestor and all organisms on Earth use the same molecules (either DNA or RNA) to pass on information from one generation to the next. Our evolutionary research explains biodiversity and organismal biology by drawing comparisons across species (developmental and evolutionary) and developing tools that can be applied across and within taxa (e.g. DNA sequencing and eDNA).
View our projects:
- Evolution of an invasive species
- Connectivity of deep-sea vent ecosystems
- Environmental DNA for species detection and biodiversity
- (opens in a new window)Evolution of mammal adaptations and life histories
- (opens in a new window)Developmental robustness and species diversity
- How do symbiotic partners shape the evolution of insects
- Symbiotic associates of haemotophagous insects