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Welcome to the
Homepage of
Joe Williams'
Research Group:
Evolutionary and Ecological Physiology of Vertebrates
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General Research
Interests
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our group are interested in questions that fall under the rubric of Evolutionary and Ecological Physiology. Adopting an integrated
approach in our research program, we investigate how natural
selection has fashioned physiological phenotypes to survive and
reproduce in a given environment. Our studies span a number of
levels of biological organization including genes, organelles such
as mitochondria, organ systems such as skin, whole organisms, and
life-history evolution. We currently have federally funded projects
for studying cutaneous water loss and the role of lipids in the stratum corneum, the outer
layer of skin, and for
investigating the connection between life-history and metabolic rate
of tropical birds. Our work takes us to some of the harshest deserts
in the world because these places are unique laboratories for
studying physiological adaptation. We are also using physiology as a
tool in the conservation of endangered ungulates in the deserts of
the
Middle East
. For more information about specific projects see “Current
Research”.
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