#1074 Kevin Lala - Evolution Evolving: The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity
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Hello, everyone. Welcome to a new episode of The Center. I'm your host, as always, Ricard Lopes, and today I'm joined by Dr. Kevin Lala. He is Professor of Behavioral and Evolutionary Biology at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. He is the author of several books, and today we're going to focus on He's latest to an evolution involving the developmental origins of adaptation and biodiversity. So Doctor Lala, welcome to the show. It's a pleasure to have you one. Thank you very much, Ricardo. I appreciate your interest.
So just to introduce the topic here. Ін байолоджі when looking for explanations for the existence of particular kinds of traits. What What kinds of what different kinds of explanations can we find in different subfields of evolutionary biology?
Well, um There are a number of different questions one can ask about a trait Um You could ask what is its adaptive function. That's the kind of question that uh um behavior ecologist might ask, for instance.
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