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Molecular Evolution Lab
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The lab investigates how living organisms evolve by studying their genes.
AboutAbout the lab
Reading the mechanisms of evolution through genes.
The molecular evolution lab of Professor Junko Kusumi aims to understand how organisms evolve, and works to clarify the mechanisms of evolution at the genetic level.
The lab also works to clarify how genetic variation is maintained.
In particular, the lab studies the molecular evolution of symbiotic and parasitic systems, and conducts population genetic research on a wide variety of organisms.
Key terms
- Population genetics
- A field that studies the proportions in which gene types exist within a group of the same species, and how those proportions change over generations
- Symbiosis
- Organisms of different species living together and interacting with one another
- Coevolution
- Interacting organisms evolving while influencing one another
ResearchResearch themes
To understand how living organisms evolve, the lab seeks to clarify the mechanisms of evolution at the genetic level and the mechanisms by which genetic variation is maintained. It studies the molecular evolution of symbiotic and parasitic systems, and conducts population genetic research on a variety of organisms.
Evolution of the symbiosis between Hydra and green algae
The lab investigates how the symbiotic system between the cnidarian Hydra and green algae has evolved.
*Illustrative imageCoevolution of figs and fig wasps
The lab studies the symbiotic relationship and coevolution between plants of the genus Ficus and fig wasps. Research keywords are population genetics, molecular evolution, molecular phylogeny, and cospeciation.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorJunko Kusumi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Phylogenetic tree for Human PAAT” Yiopanda / CC0 (cropped)
- Coevolution of figs and fig wasps: “Fig Tree with Figs coming out of the trunk in Islamabad” Naveedanjumkhan / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Molecular Evolution Lab): “Mikrofoto.de-Hydra 15” Frank Fox / CC BY-SA 3.0 de (cropped)
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