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Moisés Expósito-Alonso - Professor, Integrative Biology
Status: Full- no new appr needed Weekly Hours: to be negotiated Location: On Campus
The global climate is changing at an unprecedented rate due to human activities, threatening global biodiversity and food security. A fundamental question in evolutionary biology is: What enables or limits species to rapidly evolve and adapt to changing climates? In this project, we will use natural ecotypes of Arabidopsis to...
Biological & Health SciencesMoisés Expósito-Alonso - Professor, Integrative Biology
Status: Current Term Now Closed Weekly Hours: to be negotiated Location: On Campus
Description: Spontaneous mutations fuel the rate of evolutionary change by increasing the amount of genetic variation across the green tree of life. Genetic variation is utilized within natural populations to improve fitness, therefore, knowledge of the historical bias of mutation rates and spectra across a genome and across populations will...
Biological & Health SciencesMoisés Expósito-Alonso - Professor, Integrative Biology
Status: Current Term Now Closed
Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) is the most widespread tree in North America, iconic for its gold color in the fall. The species provides essential ecosystem services, such as soil/water retention, habitat, and wood products. Aspen provides critical and unique ecosystem services, such as soil/water retention, habitat for other...
Biological & Health Sciences