Research Area: Evolution and Biodiversity

Evolution cuts across the biological sciences in ways that few other fundamental themes in biology do: it provides bridges between temporal and spatial scales, allows integration of information and patterns across all levels of organization. The following represent some of the major evolutionary research foci of faculty in the School of Life Sciences. Other broad research areas represented by faculty within the School with a strong evolutionary emphasis include Animal Behavior and Sociobiology, Ecology, Conservation and Environmental Sciences, and History and Philosophy of Science.

Graduate studies in evolution can be conducted under almost any of the degree programs currently offered from (or in conjunction with) the School of Life Sciences; most graduate students with evolutionary focus are currently enrolled in the Biology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Plant Biology programs, depending on their specific area of interest. See individual faculty pages for the specific programs with which each faculty member is associated. A new interdisciplinary PhD degree program in Evolutionary Biology is currently under development and on track to admit students for the 2009/2010 academic year.

SOLS faculty are associated with a number of centers and institutes at Arizona State University with strong evolutionary focus, including the Center for Evolutionary Functional Genomics, the International Institute for Species Exploration, the Center for Biology and Society, the Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity and the Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis.

Population Genetics and Molecular Evolution

Biodiversity, Systematics, and Phylogenetics

Evolution and Development

Evolutionary Theory and Computation

Morphological and Macroevolution

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Research Area: Evolution and Biodiversity