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Tim Barraclough is an expert in evolutionary biology, focusing on species diversity and the processes that shape speciation and adaptive divergence. He investigates how diversity patterns affect evolution in species that inhabit complex ecosystems. His research combines theoretical approaches with statistical analysis and empirical data from molecular, genomic, experimental, and field studies across a wide array of organisms, including animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria. Currently, he is involved in projects that include comparative genomics to understand the unique asexual lifestyle of bdelloid rotifers—tiny animals found in moss and freshwater—and studying evolutionary time-series of pathogenic fungi using cryopreserved living samples. He aims to elucidate the dynamics of speciation within complex microbial communities. Barraclough serves as the Section Head of Evolutionary Biology at Magdalen College, University of Oxford.
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