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| The graduate program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology spans 32 faculty across campus guiding students from the Departments of Botany-Microbiology and Zoology at the University of Oklahoma. | ||||||
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"EEBies" study a wide variety of taxa, from the archaea to fungi, from algae to insects, from grasses to mammals. We ask questions at a variety of levels from physiological ecology to phylogenetic reconstruction. We use tools as varied as quadrats and computer models, molecules and satellites, to get at the answers. We work in ecosystems throughout Oklahoma, from high prairie to the ozark forests, from rivers to reservoirs, and from the polar seas to tropical rainforests. Our program offers guidance, tools, facilities, and financial support to students of ecology and evolutionary biology. |
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| Last Updated 1Dec07 Webmaster--eeb@ou.edu |
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| Ecomunch On Hiatus--thanks to Larry Weider for another excellent year. Field Season Back August 25
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| Gary Wellborn, Associate Professor of Zoology is the investigator on a new 3 year, $300K NSF grant: Mechanisms of constraint in the evolutionary radiation of a crustacean species complex. Gary says: "This project explores the processes that give structure to evolutionary radiations. Using the radiation of Hyalella amphipods as a model, molecular phylogenetics and neontological tools are used to evaluate the history and tempo of the radiation and to infer both the causes of the temporal pattern of diversification and the generation of phenotypic diversity. Experimental evolution studies will examine the structure of constraints on phenotypic evolution. The study contributes to our understanding of mechanisms that underlie development of biological diversity."
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