Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB)
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Michigan News: Incubator or barrier? Exploring the links between agriculture, biodiversity and the spread of pathogens
Many pathogens, including the virus that causes COVID-19, are thought to have originated in wild animals before spilling into human populations.
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The Bentley Historical Library : The Improbable Herpetologist
Helen Thompson Gaige’s passion for frogs, salamanders, lizards and more was unusual for a woman at the turn of the century. She defied gender stereotypes by becoming an expert in zoology and launching herself into globetrotting adventures to collect and study specimens. Her scientific legacy endures in the archive—and beyond.
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Events
Featured
Oct
03
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - Molecular Evolution of Predatory Traits in Rattlesnakes
Michael Hogan, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Postdoctoral Fellow, Davis Rabosky Lab
12:00 PM
1010
Biological Sciences Building
Upcoming
Oct
05
EEB Thursday Seminar Series -
Hubbell Lecture with Grey Gustafson, Northern Arizona University
3:00 PM
1010
Biological Sciences Building
Oct
08
ID Day
11:00 AM
Museum of Natural History
Oct
10
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - How mammals ran: Morphology and function of lumbar vertebrae in early placental mammals
Anne Kort, Michigan Fellow, UM Museum of Paleontology
12:00 PM
1010
Biological Sciences Building
Oct
10
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - Evidence for widespread genomic inversions without phenotypic breaks in passerine birds
Teresa Pegan, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Postdoctoral Fellow, Winger Lab
12:30 PM
1010
Biological Sciences Building