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In the mid-1970s, Nevo started a long-term research program on the exploration, sampling, evaluation, conservation, and utilization of wild germplasms, primarily of wild cereals (wheat, barley, and oats) and later wild lettuce for crop improvement. In this program, more than 10,000 genotypes have been tested for allozyme variation of 30-50 enzymatic genes and partly for [...]
The “Evolution Canyon” model (“EC”) on Mount Carmel, Israel, is a microscale ecological theater examined in the mountains of Carmel (“EC” I), the Galilee (“EC” II), and the Negev (“EC” III) where the African biota meet European biota and local tests are conducted in an attempt to discover global biodiversity and genomic diversity patterns. In [...]
In the late 1960s and continuing vigorously today, Nevo embarked upon another long-term research program aimed at unraveling patterns and processes of genetic and genomic diversity and evolution in natural populations of bacteria, plants, fungi, and animals locally, regionally, and globally, i.e., both micro- and macrogeographically, and at the protein, DNA, and chromosomal levels. [...]
In the early 1950s, Nevo initiated a long-term project on the speciation and adaptation of subterranean mammals, which is still ongoing. This project was primarily focused on mole rats, Spalax, in the Near East and Israel, but then extended regionally to Africa and Asia Minor, East Europe, and to other subterranean mammals in North America [...]