Evolutionary Perspectives in a Changing World

"Evolutionary Perspectives in a Changing World" investigates how man-driven environmental changes impact the genetic composition of populations and their differentiation at multiple biological scales, influencing their evolutionary potential.

We explore interconnected topics:

• Utilising experimental evolution to understand adaptation to abiotic and biotic selection pressures at phenotypic and genomic levels.
• Exploring the role of plasticity versus genetic architecture in evolutionary processes.
• Utilising natural populations to investigate the role of natural selection, demographic history, and genetic responses to environmental changes.
• Studying the role of hybridisation in speciation and adaptation.
• Unravelling the factors underlying biogeographical species distributions.

Our work spans from well-established and emerging lab models (e.g., Drosophila, spider mites) to natural populations of various species (e.g., freshwater fishes, ragwort, oak trees). Benefiting from state-of-the-art resources such as the Experimental Evolution unit, bioterium, and fully-equipped genetics lab, this research area is supported by 10 research groups specialising in experimental evolution and evolutionary genomics.

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