The Frederickson Lab at the University of Toronto

The Frederickson Lab at the University of Toronto The Frederickson Lab studies the ecology and evolution of mutualisms, or cooperative interactions between species.

How does cooperation evolve and what are the consequences of cooperation for ecological communities? We are broadly interested in all forms of cooperation in biological systems, but research in the Frederickson Lab focuses on the ecology and evolution of mutualism, or cooperation between species. Mutualisms are extremely common in nature—so common, in fact, that every plant and animal on Earth may

be involved in at least one mutualism. Yet mutualisms are vulnerable to conflicts of interest between partners, often with profound consequences for evolutionary and ecological dynamics. We use a variety of approaches to study mutualisms involving insects (especially ants), plants, and microbes, with the goal of understanding how and why species cooperate.

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