Ailene MacPherson

A fundamental aim of evolutionary biology is to describe and explain biodiversity patterns; this aim centers around questions of how many "species" exist, where they are most/least abundant, how this distribution is changing over time, and why...

From the common cold to crop blights, the consequences of host-parasite interactions on our daily lives are unavoidable. Beginning with an overview of the diversity and abundance of host-parasite interactions I will explore several of the...

A primary goal of evolution biology is to understand the mechanisms that generate and shape the vast diversity of life. From stable polymorphisms at susceptibility loci to the maintenance of sexual reproduction, pathogens are thought to play an...