Experimental studies of adaptation using yeast, Chlamydomonas and bacteria as model systems. The rate and effect of mutations and the dynamics of selection. Genetic variation and species diversity in environments that vary in space and time, and the evolution of specialists and generalists. Field experiments using genetically well known model organisms.
Areas of interest
Adaptive radiation
Sex and sexual selection
Adaptation to elevated CO2
Antibiotic resistance
Yeast population structure
Plant species diversity
Neutral theory of biodiversity
Food webs