Events

Fifth Annual Meeting 

California Society of Physiologists 

Keynote Speaker: Ted Garland, PhD., Distinguished Professor of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology 

"Born to Run: 32 Years of High Runner Mice"

Most of the research in our laboratory involves the evolution of complex traits.  Through empirical, theoretical, and methodological studies, we have also helped to develop the field of evolutionary physiology.  Physiology is the study of how organisms work.  Evolution is the study of how organisms have changed (genetically) across generations.  Thus, evolutionary physiology is the study of how and why the way organisms work has changed over time.  For example, does the way an organism work constrain the way it may evolve?  Answers to such questions require a deep understanding of both proximate and ultimate mechanisms, including phenotypic plasticity and early-life effects.

For almost 30 years, our lab has been selectively breeding the unique High Runner lines of mice, which serve as a model for study of the evolution and adaptation of behavior with neurobiology, physiology, and anatomy.  They also allow us to gain insight into the motivation that underlies voluntary exercise in human beings.

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