We study variation within and between populations at the molecular and phenotypic levels. We strive to understand the evolutionary forces molding genetic variation in natural populations and the mechanistic basis of phenotypic evolution. Our study systems vary from microbes to animals and plants, and to mathematical theory.
Scott V. Edwards
sedwards@fas.harvard.edu
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Evolutionary biology of birds and relatives, combining field, museum and genomics approaches to understand the basis of avian diversity, evolution and behavior |
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Brian D. Farrell
farrellb@oeb.harvard.edu
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Rates, directions and consequences of evolutionary diversification, as well as the marks of evolutionary history on community structure; interactions between various tiny consumers and their hosts, such as beetles and plants or mosquitoes, pathogens and vertebrates |
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Daniel L. Hartl
dhartl@oeb.harvard.edu
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Interface between evolution, molecular biology and genomics |
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Hopi E. Hoekstra
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Identifying and characterizing the molecular changes responsible for traits that affect fitness of organisms in the wild; using wild mice to study the genetic basis of morphological and behavior adaptation
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Robin Hopkins
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Speciation in plants, predominantly focused on reinforcement, the process in which reduced hybrid fitness generates selection for the evolution of reproductive isolation between emerging species |
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Elena Kramer
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Molecular, morphological, and phylogenetic approaches are used to study how flowers have changed over the course of evolutionary time. A major focus is the development of Aquilegia (columbine) as a new system for studying evolutionary and ecological questions |
James Mallet
jmallet@oeb.harvard.edu |
Evolution, genomics, hybridization, and speciation - mainly in butterflies |
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Martin A. Nowak
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Initiated the field of virus dynamics which led to quantitative understanding of HIV infection; evolution of cooperation |
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Pardis Sabeti
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Genomic signals and mechanisms of evolutionary adaptation in humans and microbial pathogens
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John Wakeley
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Mathematical and statistical population genetics, especially coalescent theory |