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The Study of Evolution at Princeton University
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| Evolution is the core concept in biology, tying together findings from all biological disciplines into a coherent picture of the history of life on earth. The study of evolution is thus a broad and deep discipline, encompassing the study of molecules and the origins of life, the causes and consequences of mass extinctions, the structure, function and evolution of genomes and, of course, the evolution of organismal behavior and appearance. Faculty and students in several departments across campus (see list at right) pursue many topics in evolution in an interactive setting. The study of evolution at Princeton is notable because of the strong emphasis on studying evolutionary phenomena at all biological levels, from single molecules to populations. There is extensive opportunity for students interested in pursuing interdisciplinary studies of evolutionary biology at Princeton. The following is a list of Princeton faculty whose research has an evolutionary component: Jeanne Altmann: Behavioral ecology and life history evolution Stuart Altmann: Behavioral ecology and models of adaptive behavior John Bonner: The evolution of development, especially in social amoebae David Botstein: Experimental evolution in yeast on a genomic scale James Broach: Gene expression and directed evolution in the yeast S. cerevisiae Curtis Callan: Theoretical studies of transcription factor binding site evolution Iain Couzin: Evolution of collective decision-making Ted Cox: The E. coli fitness landscape Charles Dismukes: Origin and evolution of oxygenic phototrophic metabolism Andrew Dobson: Evolution of infectious diseases and host responses Maitreya Dunham: Experimental evolution of Saccharomyces yeasts Lynn Enquist: Comparative host-virus interactions of alpha-herpesvirus Jacques Fresco: Origin and evolution of the genetic code Elizabeth Gavis: Phylogenetic comparisons to discover structura mRNA features Asif A Ghazanfar: Neuro-cognitive evolution of vocal communication in primates Peter Grant: Ecology, evolution, behavior, speciation, natural selection Rosemary Grant: Evolutionary ecology, hybridization, speciation evolution Henry Horn: Adaptive significance of morphology and behavior Michaela Hau: Evolution of physiological adaptation Gerta Keller: Evolution and mass extinction over the past 350 million years Leonid Kruglyak: Genomic studies of evolution in humans, dogs and yeast Laura Landweber: Early molecular evolution of genomes and the genetic code Simon Levin: Evolution of disease and evolutionary ecology Manuel Llinás: Experimental evolution in Plasmodium falciparum Alan Mann: Archaeology and evolution of modern humans Tullis Onstott: Diversity of microbial life in extreme subsurface environments Daniel Rubenstein: Evolution of behavior Burton Singer: Evolution of host-parasite relationships David L. Stern: Evolution and development, genetics of polyphenisms Saeed Tavazoie: Comparative genomic & computational studies of biological networks Olga Troyanskaya: Gene and chromosome duplication in evolution and carcinogenesis Samuel Wang: Biophysical principles of brain evolution Bess Ward: Diversity of microbes involved in biogeochemistry of the nitrogen cycle Ron Weiss: Directed evolution to engineer synthetic biological networks Martin Wikelski: Evolution of physiological systems of organisms David Wood: Applied evolution of new self-modifying proteins |
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