Turtles: The Animal Answer Guide
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The Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology seeks to teach the studies of ecology (organisms and their environment), evolutionary theory (the origin and interrelationships of organisms), and organismal biology (the structure, function, and biodiversity of organisms). In doing this, it offers several majors which are codirected with other departments, including biology, genetics, and environmental sciences.
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The Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology was founded in 2003 as a merger of the Department of Botany, the Department of Microbiology, and the Department of Zoology and Genetics.
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2003–present
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- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (parent college)
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (parent college)
- Department of Botany (predecessor, 2003)
- Department of Microbiology (predecessor, 2003)
- Department of Zoology and Genetics (predecessor, 2003)
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Turtles are among the most universally adored organisms. They exhibit an instantly recognizable morphology, yet lead lives that are cryptic to the casual observer, thus questions naturally surface regarding all sorts of aspects of their biology and history. In the absence of informed experience, mythic explanations have arisen and even become entrenched culturally, often doing no favor to the turtles or to turtle biologists who must combat such nonsense on behalf of the animals. Into this informational void appears this volume prepared by the expert authors, with the assistance of many knowledgeable colleagues.
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This book review is from The Quarterly Review of Biology 86 (2011): 361. Posted with permission.