Faculty List of Research Subtopic: Ecological Genetics

Joy Bergelson  <j-bergelson@uchicago.edu> Ecology and evolution of resistance in plants, plant-enemy interactions, coevolution, pathogenesis of bacteria on plants

Justin Borevitz  <borevitz at uchicago.edu> Quantitative Genetics of Local Plant Adaptation to the Light Environment

Jerry Coyne  <j-coyne@uchicago.edu> I work on a diverse array of topics in the areas of population and evolutionary genetics, speciation, ecological genetics, and molecular evolution.

Jill Mateo  <jmateo@uchicago.edu> Mechanisms, genetics and functions of kin recognition, nepotism and mate choice in small mammals; MHC; predator-prey interactions and development of survival behaviors; sexual selection; behavioral endocrinology

Manfred Ruddat  <mruddat@uchicago.edu> Basic molecular, genetic and evolutionary mechanisms of interactions among organisms. The specific problems my students and I are investigating concern host-parasite interactions, especially between the anther smut fungus Ustilago violacea (aka Microbotry

Leigh Van Valen  <leigh@uchicago.edu> Macroevolution, macroecology, fossil mammals, evolution of biotas, energy in ecology and evolution, ecological genetics, evolution of development and adaptation, organization and evolution of phenotype, conceptual analysis