This raised a question of origins: if life began asexually, then biological evolution in the beginning occurred without sex, but this would seem to suggest that sex is not a matter of necessity for evolution.
Research Description: My interests include all aspects of biological evolution in the deep-sea, but especially the molecular ecology of invertebrates from hard-bottom and chemosynthetic habitats.
A comprehensive understanding of biodiversity responses to anthropogenic pressures is necessary if human development is to remain within planetary boundaries1, and for assessing its impact on biological evolution in the Anthropocene2.
The search for late Precambrian biological evolution in the non-marine realm is an exciting new frontier, especially considering carbon-isotope data that probably indicate a late Precambrian greening of land surfaces12.
My research addresses the relationship between environmental change and biological evolution in the fossil record, with a focus on mass extinction events and long-term trends in the ecological structure of marine ecosystems.
Along with her colleagues, Sarah Brem (ASU) and Margaret Evans (University of Michigan), she is currently co-PI on a National Science Foundation grant exploring the challenges of teaching and learning about biological evolution in the U.S., which include emotional and motivational barriers.
Darwin and other 19th-century biologists found compelling evidence for biological evolution in the comparative study of living organisms, in their geographic distribution, and in the fossil remains of extinct organisms.
Similarity in patterns of crustal and biological evolution in the southern continents can be traced back some 150 million years, and evolutionary courses began to diverge conspicuously by about 70 million years ago, in the late Mesozoic Era.
Present biogeomorphic knowledge supports the hypothesis that abiotic biotic feedbacks create characteristic modulated patterns of earth surface landforms, adjusting according to biological evolution in the long term and to ecological succession in the short term.
Students begin their four-year program with coursework that addresses biological evolution in the context of introductory biology.
