Molecular Ecology and Phylogenetics Laboratory at M.V. Lomonosov NArFU
There has been a paradigm shift in modern biology from the study of individual organisms towards the study of organisms in communities. It is now possible to take a closer look at global processes occurring within ecosystems. Molecular ecologists explore the genetic relationships among species and how these are affected by environmental factors. For about five years now, the team of Molecular Ecology and Phylogenetics Laboratory at NArFU have been conducting research in evolutionary ecology, phylogenetics and phylogenomics. They use samples of various living organisms to extract DNA and decipher the genetic codes as individual gene sequences or entire genomes. This work is expected to shed more light on species evolution, how species originated and what influenced their distribution.
There has been a paradigm shift in modern biology from the study of individual organisms towards the study of organisms in communities. It is now possible to take a closer look at global processes occurring within ecosystems. Molecular ecologists explore the genetic relationships among species and how these are affected by environmental factors. For about five years now, the team of Molecular Ecology and Phylogenetics Laboratory at NArFU have been conducting research in evolutionary ecology, phylogenetics and phylogenomics. They use samples of various living organisms to extract DNA and decipher the genetic codes as individual gene sequences or entire genomes. This work is expected to shed more light on species evolution, how species originated and what influenced their distribution.