Project status
In progress
Duration
Open-ended
In progress
Open-ended
That organisms can reproduce makes them different from a simple bag of chemicals. It means that over time there can be change: in other words, evolution.
Research in the Evolution domain considers all aspects of the evolutionary process, from micro-evolution to macro-evolution; from understanding bacterial evolution that occurs within hours to the diversification of organisms over millions of years.
We consider both curiosity-driven and applied evolutionary questions and use a large variety of experimental, computational and theoretical tools. We have expertise in functional and comparative genomics, experimental evolution, evolutionary quantitative genetics, theoretical population genetics, evolutionary ecology as well as palaeontology.
With biodiversity in crisis, we seek to understand how best to conserve endangered species. Given great public interest in our research, and the field more generally, we research the effective communication of evolutionary facts and ideas, both in schools and to the public.
The overarching aims of our research are to better understand the evolutionary process to salve people’s curiosity about life and the human condition, and to apply that same information and skill set to aid the development of diagnostics and therapies for genetic and infectious disease, to enable crop security and to preserve biodiversity.
Our research within this domain focusses on:
Our research links with various partners interested in evolution including the Milner Centre for Evolution.
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