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Archived News Stories

Selected news stories that highlight some of the research and programs
in the University of Oregon Department of Biology.

Nature

Evolutionary genetics: Who shouldn't be your daddy

Nature 451, 640-641, 7 Feb 2008

Phillips Lab - Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Six cadm/synCAM genes are expressed in the nervous system of developing zebrafish

Pietri T, Easley-Neal C, Wilson C, Washbourne P.

Developmental Dynamics, 237 (1) 233-246

Washbourne Lab - Institute of Neuroscience

Nature Reviews

Evolutionary developmental biology and genomics.

Cañestro C, Yokoi H, Postlethwait JH.

Nature Reviews Genetics 8, 932-942 (December 2007)

Postlethwait Lab, Institute of Neuroscience

Science

Crystal Structure of an Ancient Protein: Evolution by Conformational Epistasis

Science, Published Online August 16, 2007

Science, News of the Week

The New York Times, Ancient Protein Tells a Story of Changing Functions, August 21, 2007

EVOLUTION: Tantalizing timeless

William Bradshaw and Christina Holzapfel

Science, 29 June 2007: 316 (5833), pp. 1851 - 1852

 

Environmentla Microbiology

Effects of periodic desiccation
on the synthesis of the UV-screening compound, scytonemin, in cyanobacteria

E.Fleming and R. Castenholz

Environmental Microbiology 9 (6), 1448–1455

Development of a chordate anterior-posterior axis without classical retinoic acid signaling.

Cristian Cañestro and John H. Postlethwait

Developmental Biology
V. 305, (2) 15 May 2007, Pages 522-538

Read: A Chordate with a Difference
Nature Magazine, News and Views

Studies of threespine stickleback developmental evolution: progress and promise

A promising route for understanding the origin and diversification of organismal form is through studies at the intersection of evolution and development (evo-devo).

Cresko WA, McGuigan KL, Phillips PC, Postlethwait JH.

Genetica, V. 129 (1) January 2007, pp 105-126

 

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