departmentDepartment of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
The Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology pursues a greater understanding of earth's life processes by examining biological processes that span a continuum from single cells to entire ecosystems.
Affiliation: Faculty of Arts & SciencesWeb site: http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/
Recent articles about Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Orphan army ants join nearby colonies (November 4, 2009)Genetic sex determination let ancient species adapt to ocean life (September 16, 2009)
Freshwater fish at top of food chain evolve more slowly (July 30, 2009)
Maternal, paternal genes’ tug-of-war may last well into childhood (July 28, 2009)
Trading energy for safety, bees extend legs to stay stable in wind (June 2, 2009)
Cassandra Extavour and Gonzalo Giribet (Harvard Crimson, May 21, 2009)
Chance favored expedition leader in ‘missing link’ discovery (April 23, 2009)
The way of the digital dodo (February 19, 2009)
The evolution of Darwin (February 13, 2009)
Exploring hidden life’s abundance (February 11, 2009)
Global warming changing Walden Pond (UPI, October 29, 2008)
Records dating back to Thoreau show some sharp shifts in plant flowering near Walden Pond (October 28, 2008)
Seeing what they hear, to better understand ourselves (September 24, 2008)
Boning up on frogs' defenses (June 24, 2008)
Mars' water appears to have been too salty to support life (May 28, 2008)
Hauser presents theory of "humaniqueness" (February 14, 2008)
Gonzalo Giribet (November 20, 2007)
Research highlights the muscle’s many motions (November 14, 2007)
Forests, reefs, mountaintop illuminate tropical biology (October 17, 2007)
Lizards shed light on species diversity (Harvard University Gazette, October 2, 2007)
