We share the planet with a huge diversity of plants and creatures. But we can see similarities between organisms that live continents apart or are very different in other aspects. One reason for this ...

A new study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology (MPI-EB) sheds fresh light on one of the most ...

Scientists found that evolution itself can evolve. Organisms exposed to changing environments develop a better ability to ...

“Once a population has achieved this evolvability, it seems like it didn’t get erased by future evolution,” Zaman said. This ...

A recent paper provides an updated perspective on the evolutionary history of chelicerates—a diverse and ecologically ...

Arachnid evolution involved multiple land transitions, not just one. Spiders and scorpions evolved key traits through gene ...

Scientists have discovered a nearly complete skull of a Hyaenodonta, a hypercarnivore that that lived during the Oligocene ...

These findings challenge the traditional view of brain evolution and demonstrate that, while ... Less, but More: A New Evolutionary Scenario Marked by Massive Gene Loss and Expansion Feb. 10 ...

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Molecular evolution is the area of evolutionary biology that studies evolutionary change at the level of the DNA sequence. It includes the study of rates of sequence change, relative importance of ...

It includes topics such as the evolution of genome structure, the genetic basis of speciation and adaptation, and genetic change in response to selection within populations. The neuron-specific ...