The ecology–evolution continuum

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Since starting my PhD, I’ve been working with Emily Dolson, Sydney Leither, and the Baum lab to investigate pre-genetic adaptive change. While the Baum lab does the wet-lab side, I work computationally, modeling systems representative of the early interactions of pre-biotic chemicals.

A full summary of this framework is in The ecology–evolution continuum and the origin of life, Baum et al. 2023.

Diagram comparing cellular and ecosystem evolution
A favorite figure from that paper, showing "a comparison of cellular (a) and ecosystem evolution (b)."