G. Ledyard Stebbins (1906-2000)- an appreciation / Peter H. Raven -- Solution to Darwin's dilemma: discovery of the missing Precambrian record of life / J. William Schopf -- The chimeric eukaryote: ...
Today (May 22) is United Nations International Day for Biological Diversity, drawing attention to a critical resource for ...
Variation in gene expression underpins phenotypic diversity and fuels evolutionary change. Differences in transcript abundance among individuals, populations or species arise from mutations in ...
The sprawling-upright transition across mammal evolution, showing changes in posture and limb bone shape. The transition from sprawling (reptile-like) to more upright (parasagittal) posture and ...
The Origins Science Scholars Series will continue with a presentation by Cynthia Beall, Distinguished University Professor and the Sarah Idell Pyle Professor of Anthropology, titled “Tracing Evolution ...
A fish thought to be evolution’s time capsule just surprised scientists. A detailed dissection of the coelacanth — a 400-million-year-old species often called a “living fossil” — revealed that key ...
A cognitive adaptation in Heliconius butterflies, accompanied by strikingly divergent changes in two principal insect integration centres, reveals that neural circuits can differ strongly in their ...
Pt. 1. An overview of evolutionary biology. Essays in comparative evolution ; The need for evolutionary comparisons / G. Ledyard Stebbins -- Pt. 2. Molecular evolution and species phylogeny. Evolution ...
As a Ph.D. student, I wanted to understand the evolution of individual differences in fruit fly behavior – the building blocks of personality. My experiments involved measuring how my tiny subjects ...