Experimental Evolution of Communities

Our group uses theoretical and experimental approaches to understand the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of species interactions and disease. We integrate eco-evolutionary processes in dynamical landscapes, which incorporates issues such as spatio-temporal variation in environmental conditions, disturbance and connectivity (dispersal). We also study cancer evolution, the evolution of social strategies and innovations. Our main experimental systems are protozoan model species (Tetrahymena, Paramecium) and their natural enemies (Didinium, Holospora), as well as bacteria (Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and their lytic phages.

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EEC team

resp : Alison Duncan

ISEM – UMR CNRS 5554

UM – site Triolet – CC065 (bat 22)

place E.bataillon

34095 Montpellier CEDEX 05

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