January 2018
Exploring Coevolutionary History: Do Entire Communities Shape the Evolution of Individual Species?
20/01/2018
A recent study led by Laura Russo (Trinity College Dublin) and published in the journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution, explores coevolutionary patterns in diffuse networks and how these patterns may influence the evolution of individual species. Read more in the blog post snippet below, or see the full blog post on the Methods.blog:
Legumes: Giving Nitrogen Fixation A Leg Up
05/01/2018
Featured Undergraduate post by Ciara O'Flynn. At first glance, plants seem impressively independent. Unlike us, they can make their own food, through a process called photosynthesis which uses energy from sunlight. This is a pretty neat ability but, plants aren’t entirely self-sufficient. In order to grow and develop fully, they must get a sufficient supply […]