Researchers of the Hubei University of Medicine, China, have analyzed several mutations in different variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from mammal species that ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 58, No. 12 (2007), pp. 3091-3097 (7 pages) The adaptation of plants to natural environments depends on the adaptation of flowering-time control at the appropriate ...

Microorganisms are well-suited for experimental studies of evolution owing to their rapid generations and large populations, as well as the wealth of molecular and genomic data that are available for ...

We tend to assume that all characteristics of plants and animals are adaptations that have arisen through natural selection. Many are neither adaptations nor the result of selection at all. Why do so ...