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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
Evolutionary bottlenecks brought on by domestication have caused the genome of corn to retain harmful mutations over the course of millennia. Read More
Steven Hall, an assistant professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology, shows periodically wet soils don’t always protect organic matter from decomposition. Read More
