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Organismal, population, evolutionary & ecological systems


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  • Research AreasOrganismal, population, evolutionary & ecological systems
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  • Animal behavior, social interactions & emergent phenomena
    • Social system dynamics
  • Developmental biology
    • Cell division
      • Meiosis
    • Developmental pattern formation
    • Embryonic development
      • Signal transduction
    • Invertebrate development
    • Limb development
    • Morphogenesis
    • Plant development
    • Regeneration
    • Vertebrate development
  • Ecological phenomena
    • Ecological pattern formation
    • Ecological population dynamics
      • Biological aging
      • Survival strategies
    • Marine ecology
    • Plant ecology
  • Emergent biological functions from complex interactions
    • Biological movement
      • Kinesiology
      • Locomotion
    • Biological self-organization
    • Cardiac dynamics
    • Circadian rhythms
    • Collective behavior
      • Clustering
      • Emergence of patterns
      • Flocking
      • Foraging
      • Jamming
      • Swarming
  • Evolutionary & population dynamics
    • Phylogenetics reconstruction
    • Population genetics
      • Mutation
    • Theoretical evolution
  • Learning & adaptation without a brain
    • Adaptive immunity
    • Bacterial communities
    • Host-pathogen interactions
  • Living matter & active matter
    • Active gels
      • Active nematic gels
      • Active polar gels
    • Active liquid films
    • Active nematics
      • Active defects
      • Lyotroptic active nematics
    • Dry active matter
    • Self-propelled particles
      • Active Brownian particles
      • Self-propelled janus particles
  • Molecular evolution
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