Evolutionary Biology

Scientists from the UPR of Río Piedras publish in the prestigious Science magazine

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Evolutionary biologist Riccardo Papa and his team presented important findings using butterflies.

In the field of evolutionary biology, studying philosophy, time and space is unusual. However, Dr. Riccardo Papa and his team of students from the Department of Biology at the Río Piedras Campus of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) did just that, and what they found earned them a publication in the prestigious scientific journal Science.

After collecting data for three and a half years, the group found that, in essence, there is no single path to evolution. That is, the same result can be reached in different ways; in this case, in the field of development, evolution and morphology (how living things are formed).

¿Tiempo de repensar lo que es medular en la teoría de la evolución?

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¿Necesita la teoria evolutiva reevaluar el credo establecido en su sintesis moderna? Los investigadores están divididos sobre qué procesos se deben considerar fundamentales. EL ETERNO DEBATE SOBRE EL LAMARKISMO RENACE CON JUSTIFICACION! Que piensas? Yo estoy con el bando de los que dicen, "tranquilo, tenemos los fundamentos cubiertos y no hay que re-escribrir el credo medular de la biologia moderna". Interesante debate posteado en la revista Nature el 9 de octubre del 2014. 

http://www.nature.com/polopoly_fs/1.16080!/menu/main/topColumns/topLeftC...

De wikipedia para refrescarnos la memoria de lo que es la sintesis evolutiva moderna y su importancia

Recordando al Apostol de Darwin, Ernst Mayr

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Nadie desde Darwin arrojo tanta luz a la ideas brillantes de la biología evolutiva como lo hizo Ernst Mayr. Su estrella no ha dejado de brillar, y sus ideas seguirán viviendo en generaciones de jóvenes biólogos evolutivos venideros. Aqui el enlace a un pequeño tributo a este gigante de la Biología.

 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1073696/pdf/pbio.0030152.pdf

Postdoctoral Researcher at Emory University

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Postdoctoral Research Associate

Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta Georgia, 30307

Bruce R. Levin, PI

Experimental studies of the population and evolutionary biology of bacteria, antibiotic treatment and antibiotic resistance

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Smithsonian Institution Molecular Evolution Postdoctoral Fellowships

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The 2012 Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellowship in Molecular Evolution will be offered to support research on molecular evolution and analytical methods in evolution at the Smithsonian Institution. Applicants must propose to conduct research in-residence for a period of 12 to 24 months. Applicants must have completed or be near completion of the Ph.D. Recipients who have not completed the Ph.D.

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2 Tenure Track jobs in Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley

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Two tenure-track jobs at UC Berkeley, Department of Integrative Biology:
 
 
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