Major Theoretical and Applied Scientific Achievements
The research program of Professor Eviatar Nevo derives from basic evolutionary biology and biodiversity of genes, populations, and ecosystems in studies of natural populations of bacteria, plants, fungi, and animals, locally, regionally, and globally, linking Interdisciplinarily ecology, genetics, morphology, physiology and behaviour in an evolutionary context. Following are general and specific key papers.
The Theoretical Studies Highlight:
1. The environmental theory of genetic diversity in evolution of natural populations, both at the genotypic (protein and DNA levels) and phenotypic (of morphology, physiology and behaviour) diversities.
2. The ecological and genetical theory of speciation and adaptation in evolution, at both the molecular and organismal levels.
3. Molecular Evolution of nuclear and cytoplasmic genomes in speciation and adaptation. DNA and protein sequence comparisons are now examined through ecological perspectives, advancing the newly established sceince of Ecological Genomics.