Evolution

Evolution affects everything in biology, from molecules and cells to lineages and communities. Evolution is the most distinctive property of life, setting biology apart from physics and chemistry. Modern evolutionary biology is concerned with both process and pattern, that is, with both the mechanisms by which changes are produced and with the changes that have produced the vast diversity of organisms that have ever existed.

  • Susan C Alberts, Professor
       Behavorial ecology of large mammals

  • Sherryl A Broverman, Associate Professor of the Practice
       science literacy for non-majors; science education reform; the interaction of gender, education and global health

  • Clifford Cunningham, Associate Professor
       Evolution and biogeography of marine invertebrates

  • Kathleen Donohue, Associate Professor
       Evolutionary ecology and genetics of natural plant populations, genetic basis of adaptation, gene-environment interactions

  • Mary W. Eubanks, Adjunct Professor of Biology
       Maize Evolution and Improvement

  • Sonke Johnsen, Associate Professor
       Comparative physiology; focusing on vision, crypsis, optics, and bioluminescence in the open ocean

  • Katia Koelle, Assistant Professor
       Theoretical biology; ecology and evolution of infectious diseases

  • Manuel S Leal, Assistant Professor
       Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology of Lizards, Animal Communication

  • François M Lutzoni, Associate Professor
       Evolution of symbiotic interactions

  • Paul M Magwene, Assistant Professor
       Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics

  • Daniel W McShea, Associate Professor
       Macroevolution, paleobiology, philosophy of biology

  • John M Mercer, Associate Professor Of The Practice
       Molecular evolution, Evolution, Mathematical biology, Morphometrics

  • Thomas Mitchell-Olds, Professor
       Evolutionary, Ecological, & Agricultural Functional Genomics

  • Alexander F Motten, Associate Professor Of The Practice
       Evolutionary ecology, plant reproductive biology, biodiversity

  • R Bruce Nicklas, Arthur S. Pearse Professor Emeritus of Biology
       Mitosis and evolution

  • H Frederik Nijhout, Professor
       Developmental physiology/development and evolution

  • Mohamed A. Noor, Professor and Associate Chair
       Speciation and evolutionary genetics, recombination

  • Stephen Nowicki, Professor of Biology and Dean of Undergraduate Education
       Ecology, evolution and mechanisms of animal communication

  • Kathleen M. Pryer, Associate Professor
       Evolutionary biology of early land plants

  • Mark D Rausher, Professor
       Evolutionary Genetics and Molecular Evolution

  • Cynthia Riginos, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology and Lecturer, University of Queensland
       Evolutionary genetics of marine animals

  • V. Louise Roth, Associate Professor
       Morphological and molecular evolution in mammals: size, shape, and ontogeny

  • Jonathan Shaw, Professor
       Evolution and diversity of bryophytes

  • Kathleen K Smith, Professor and Director, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
       Functional morphology and evolution of vertebrates; craniofacial development, evolutionary morphology

  • John Staddon, James B Duke Prof. of Psych. & Brain Sciences and Professor
       

  • Marcy K Uyenoyama, Professor
       Population genetics, molecular evolution

  • Rytas J Vilgalys, Professor
       Phylogenetic systematics and molecular evolution in fungi

  • John H Willis, Professor
       Evolutionary genetics in natural plant populations

  • William Wilson, Associate Professor
       Theoretical ecology and evolution

  • Gregory A Wray, Professor of Biology and Evolutionary Anthropology and Director, Center for Evolutionary Genomics
       Evolution of gene networks and developmental mechanisms

  • Anne D. Yoder, Professor and Director, Duke Lemur Center
       Phylogeny and evolution of mammals, ; conservation genetics; historical biogeography and biodiversity of Madagascar

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