Tracy Heath advances software for phylogenetic research
A National Science Foundation grant for more than $400,000 will enable Heath and a team of developers to improve a new and innovative software for phylogenetic research.
Tag: Ecology Evolution and Organismal Biology
For the Birds
Greenlee researchers study how communication can save Guam’s feathered inhabitants.
Turtle and bird genomes provide tantalizing clues to dinosaur genomics
Comparing how the chromosomes of modern-day birds and turtles are structured can help scientists figure out how dinosaur genomes might have looked.
Five LAS faculty receive donor-funded awards
Five faculty members in LAS College were recognized for excellence in their fields and will receive awards that support their research.
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty and staff honored for learning, discovery and engagement
Thirteen College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty and staff honored with university awards.
Researchers model how land-use changes affect carbon storage
LAS scientists designed a model that shows expanded agricultural activity throughout the Midwest since 1850 has reduced the amount of carbon that can be stored in the soil.
New research illustrates how birds help to produce rare wild chili peppers
A new study involving two scientists from the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology explores how birds in the Mariana Islands help to disperse the seeds of a wild chili plant.
CATEGORIES: Research
New grant to help chart corn genomes, better understand traits
Matthew Hufford, assistant professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology, will contribute to a new effort to sequence the genomes of 26 lines of corn.
Corn genetics provides insight into the crop’s historical spread across the Americas
Evolutionary bottlenecks brought on by domestication have caused the genome of corn to retain harmful mutations over the course of millennia.