{"id":419,"date":"2022-03-04T11:53:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T16:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bio-draft\/?page_id=419"},"modified":"2022-04-14T15:01:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T19:01:30","slug":"developmental-basis-of-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bio\/research\/developmental-basis-of-adaptation\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncovering the developmental basis of adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Steve Irvine studies the effects of high temperature on developmental patterns in marine organisms. Alison Roberts explores the evolution of cellulose biosynthesis with application to modifying microfibril structure through the biosynthetic process. <a href=\"https:\/\/webblaburi.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/webblaburi.com\/\">Jacqueline Webb<\/a> studies the development and functional evolution of the mechanosensory lateral line system, which is responsible for hydrodynamic flow sensing and plays a role in prey detection, predator avoidance, navigation, and communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/webblaburi.com\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>The Webb Lab<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bio\/meet\/alison-roberts\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2087\/Alison-Roberts.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Alison Roberts Professor and Chair, Department of Biological Sciences\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2087\/Alison-Roberts.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2087\/Alison-Roberts-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2087\/Alison-Roberts-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2087\/Alison-Roberts-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bio\/meet\/alison-roberts\/\">Alison Roberts<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">CBLS 283<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4098<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:aroberts@uri.edu\">aroberts@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/bio\/meet\/jacqueline-webb\/\">Jacqueline  F. 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