Understanding
how global plant biodiversity arose and is maintained
requires an understanding of plant species radiation.
This is a phenomenon in which genetically similar,
but morphologically and ecologically diverse species
arise and go extinct over short periods of geological
time. These radiations provide unparalleled opportunities
for studying how evolution works. Studies of macro-
and micro-fossil record, genetics of plant development
molecular ecology and systematics converge in helping
to explain how explosive radiations have occurred
in certain places and times in the past. New Zealand
is one of those places. The radiation is happening
now, and there is at present great potential to study
to it.
New Zealand's
gateway to all things ecological. This site aims to
provide a focal point on the internet for people interested
in ecology in New Zealand. It is a central repository
of information and opportunities, and a place to express
your views (if you are so inclined).
Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic: The Response of Life to Change or EBA is an international, multidisciplinary programme that has been approved by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for 2006 - 2013.
Understand the evolution and diversity of life in the Antarctic;
Determine how these have influenced the properties and dynamics of present Antarctic ecosystems and the Southern Ocean system;
Make predictions on how organisms and communities are responding and will respond to current and future environmental change; and
Identify EBA science outcomes that are relevant to conservation policy and communicate this science via the SCAR Antarctic Treaty System Committee
Massey
Ribonomics and RNA Evolution Research Group
A Massey
University research group using techniques borrowed
from the fields of Mathematics, Computer Science,
Physics and Linguistics to tackle problems in Theoretical
Biology and Computational Genomics. Current research
focuses on:
Locating
functional RNA coding genes in a given genome
This reference
text, authored by AWCMEE investigators Charles Semple
and Mike Steel, is the first of its type to describe
the mathematical foundations of phylogenetics.
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