Bird beaks are highly adaptable, with the potential to undergo rapid morphological shifts in response to environmental change such as climatic variation or food availability. Anna's Hummingbirds (Cal...

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Abstract. Haldane's Dilemma refers to the concern that the need for many “selective deaths” to complete a substitution (i.e. selective sweep) creates a spe

A new method for inferring genealogical histories from large-scale genetic data is used to characterize population structure using data from the 1000 Genomes Project, the UK Biobank and the Simons Gen...

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Fascination by nature and its preservation, Mantra creates monumental specimen cases on buildings around the world.

The Sex-linked orange mutation in domestic cats causes variegated patches of reddish/yellow hair and is a defining signature of random X-inactivation in female tortoiseshell and calico cats. Unlike th...

Abstract. Speciation is a complex process that can unfold in many different ways. Speciation researchers sometimes simplify core principles in their writin

Aye-ayes (Daubentonia madagascariensis) are one of the 25 most critically endangered primate species

Whole-genome sequence data is proving to be highly informative about the past demography of free-liv

America First Legal Foundation, a nonprofit run by former members of President-elect Donald Trump’s first administration, is suing the National Science Foundation for records related to the agency’s p...

Terrestriality, the adaptation to life on land, is one of the key evolutionary transitions, occurring numerous times across the tree of life. Within Arthropoda, there have been several independent tra...