Morphological diversity is generated by a continually shifting balance between variation and constraint. As modern evolutionary biology takes advantage of an enormous wealth of genetic and genomic ...

The sequence of genes passed on to daughter cells or offspring isn't the only factor that determines the traits of cells and organisms. Chemical changes in the genetic material that do not alter the ...

Without bumble bees, a flowering plant that can self-pollinate lost substantial genetic variation within only nine generations, an experimental study found. A group of 'selfing' monkeyflower plants ...

Aim To assess whether vegetation composition and soil chemistry explain the same or different parts of the variation in the soil microbial community (SMC). Method The above and below-ground ...