sentence: Research usually involve a mixture of field and laboratory studies.
sentences_after: Samples of natural populations may be taken back to the laboratory for their genetic variation to be analysed. Changes in the populations at different times and places will be noted, and the pattern of mortality in these populations will be studied. Research is often done on insects and other organisms that have short generation times. Taking genetics into the countryside'.
concept_name: research
headings: Ecological genetics
categories: Classical genetics Ecology