Population genetics examines how genetic variation is distributed within and between groups of organisms and how this variation changes over time under the influence of evolutionary forces. Core ...

The Mexican tetra and other cave‐dwelling teleosts have emerged as models to investigate the genetic basis of adaptation to perpetual darkness and resource limitation. Comparative genomic and ...

A new review highlights how human evolution has shaped the presence of pathogenic variations in DNA damage repair (DDR) genes, offering a new perspective on why modern populations face increased ...

Understanding biological relationships is often critical when studying animal populations. Researchers have now developed a transformative approach that identifies stretches of DNA that two ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe. Using advanced analysis based ...

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution generated scientific debate and discussion not only in Darwin's own time, but for decades afterward. In the latter part of the nineteenth century and the until the ...

This research topic explores the integration of multiscale landscape genomics to uncover the intricacies of adaptive evolution, particularly in response to ...

A new study of British wrens has provided new insights into the inner workings of "island syndromes," according to research ...

Genes make us who we are—but are they shaped by chance, natural selection, or something else?

Most of us think of potatoes as a side dish, something humble and starchy that fills the plate around whatever else is ...

Malaria may have shaped early human life across Africa far earlier than once thought, steering where people could safely live ...