The research taking place in the Biology Department is extremely varied and takes place in the labs of Cowles Life Science, to the fields of the Texas Hill County, and all the way to Canada. The living systems explored are equally as varied: bacteria, cultured cells, lizards, chili peppers, dry weather grasses, goldfinches, and elephant-shrews. The topics involve how cells hold themselves together, animal behavior, how cells change their shape and function, mathematical analysis of genetic information, how grazing affects grasses, bird sex, where mammals are, how various chemicals affect nerve cell growth and behavior, and how different light can optimize plant growth. Biology students and faculty are even more busy adding to biological knowledge than the contractors who are outside Cowles Life Science adding to the building.
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