evolutionary biology
Weight loss at high altitudes—something universally experienced by climbers and people who move to higher terrain—may not be a detrimental effect, but rather is likely an evolutionarily-programmed adaptation, according to a new article in BioEssays.
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Walking stick insects illustrate new evidence of "parallel evolution"
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University of Exeter study identifies the crucial elements which support the evolution of social behaviour.
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Richard Wagner examines a classic experiment in evolutionary biology and points out pitfalls in the experimental design.
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Darwin referred to the origin of species as "that mystery of mysteries," and even today, more than150 years later, evolutionary biologists cannot fully explain how new animals and plants arise.
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Two Michigan State University evolutionary biologists offer new evidence that evolution doesn’t favor the selfish, disproving a theory popularized in 2012.
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