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MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
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September 28, 2021
Making sense of life: Genes, environment and evolution
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NIH grant, evolutionary biology, faculty, genetic variation, research
With help from plants, Spartan biologists are unraveling forces at work today shaping life and health.MSU plant biologist Emily Josephs and her team are shedding light on a mystery of evolution with support from a $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health: How is it that within the same species, individual responses to stimuli can dramatically differ? Their hope is that these findings will provide a solid foundation to develop connections to human health in the future.
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