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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, Associate 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

  • 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

  • Manuel 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 F. Nijhout, Professor
       Developmental physiology/development and evolution

  • Mohamed A. Noor, Associate 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
       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, Associate Professor
       Evolutionary genetics in natural plant populations

  • William Wilson, Associate Professor
       Theoretical ecology and evolution

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