Sometimes, the most significant scientific discoveries happen by accident. Scientists have long known that whole-genome ...

The relative importance of punctuated and gradual patterns of evolution is a subject of debate ... developmental biology is revealing new mechanisms that regulate the expression of small genetic ...

In natural populations, the mechanisms of evolution do not act in isolation. This is crucially important to conservation geneticists, who grapple with the implications of these evolutionary ...

“Evolution ... over the 3.5-billion-year history of life on Earth––can be summarized in an enormous family tree. To help you explore this tree and understand the amazing mechanism behind ...