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Our office and lab space are located in the Eberhart
Building on the main
UNCG campus. Click for a broad or a detailed map how to get there. Our research apiary and bee facility are located 5min to the west (see map). If you want
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Research (click on
the links for more detail)
We study the causes and consequences of social evolution
at multiple levels of biological organization, using honey bees as our
research model. At the genetic level, we seek to
identify the genes underlying complex social traits, such as behavior and
life history. At the genomic level, we are
interested in the exceptionally high recombination rate and comparative
analyses of Apis genomes. At the cellular level, we investigate intestinal stem cells. We
study different social behavior at the individual
level and often connect that to biodemographic studies in the context of
aging research at the colony level. We also
apply our research expertise to more applied problems, such as Varroa mite resistance, to contribute
to the mitigation of the ongoing honey bee health
crisis, epitomized by a disease syndrome called colony collapse disorder.
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