Biological evolution

This class comprises research and experimental development in biological evolution.
Parent Category
Sub-Categories
Systematics and taxonomy (except speciation)
Biogeography and phylogeography
Biological adaptation
Ethology and sociobiology
Evolution of developmental systems
Evolutionary impacts of climate change
Life histories
Phylogeny and comparative analysis
Speciation (evolutionary processes)
Natural selection and sexual selection
Evolutionary mathematical and statistical models
Macroevolution
Biological evolution, n.e.c.
 
 
 
 

UBC Researchers conducting research in Biological evolution

R

Richman, Joy Marion

Department of Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Dentistry and oral health; Evolution of developmental systems; Pedodontics; Congenital Anomalies; craniofacial development; chicken embryo limb development; Developmental biology; Embryonic Development; Evo-Devo; Growth Factors; orofacial clefting; reptilian tooth development; Cell signaling

S

Schluter, Dolph

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Biological adaptation; Speciation (evolutionary processes); Natural selection and sexual selection; evolution; Origin of species; evolutionary genetics; Adaptive radiation

T

Todesco, Marco

Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Plant biology; Quantitative genetics (including disease and trait mapping genetics); Biological adaptation; Developmental genetics (including sex determination); Genomics; Population, ecological and evolutionary genetics; Paleogenomics; Genetics engineering; Plant-animal interactions; Genetic and molecular basis of adaptation; Plant genomics; Chromosomal structural variation; Crop improvement and bioengineering; Wild sunflowers ecology and evolution; Cannabis diversity and domestication

Tseng, Michelle

Department of Botany, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Population ecology; Community ecology (except invasive species ecology); Evolutionary impacts of climate change; Biological adaptation; Ecological impacts of climate change; Insect & plankton ecology; Community and evolutionary ecology; Community responses to warming; Urban biodiversity

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Whitton, Jeannette

Department of Botany, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Speciation (evolutionary processes); Plant developmental and reproductive biology; Plant evolutionary ecology; Evolution of asexuality; Evolution and consequences of polyploidy; Speciation/ diversification; Species at risk in Canada; Conservation policy
 
 
 
 
 
French Name
Biologie de l'évolution
French Description
Cette classe comprend la recherche et le développement expérimental en biologie de l'évolution.
 
 

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