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Fruit Flies Evolve in Time with the Seasons: Study
Researchers find that evolution can operate on extraordinarily fast timescales.
Fruit Flies Evolve in Time with the Seasons: Study
Fruit Flies Evolve in Time with the Seasons: Study

Researchers find that evolution can operate on extraordinarily fast timescales.

Researchers find that evolution can operate on extraordinarily fast timescales.

natural selection, genetics & genomics

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Deadly Facial Tumors Spur Tasmanian Devil Evolution: Study
Christie Wilcox, PhD | Jun 16, 2021 | 6 min read
The largest study to date of the animals’ genetics provides robust evidence that they are adapting to survive a highly lethal, contagious cancer scientists feared would cause their extinction.
Hybrid Animals Are Not Nature’s Misfits
Ashley Yeager | May 1, 2021 | 8 min read
In the 20th century, animals such as mules and ligers that had parents of different species were considered biological flukes, but genetic sequencing is beginning to unravel the critical role of hybridization in evolution.
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Opinion: Individuals Are Greater Than the Sum of Their Parts
Itzhak Mizrahi and Fotini Kokou | Mar 1, 2019 | 2 min read
The study of evolution requires consideration of organisms’ microbiomes.
Neanderthal Ancestry in Europeans Unchanged for Last 45,000 Years
Diana Kwon | Jan 23, 2019 | 4 min read
The findings of a new study contradict previous results from some of the same scientists that suggested Neanderthal DNA was gradually removed from modern human genomes.
Infographic: How Cities Influence Evolution
Catherine Offord | Jan 1, 2019 | 2 min read
Urban environments are driving genetic changes in resident species through multiple mechanisms, from establishing gene flow barriers to exerting novel selection pressures.
Global Patterns of Human Epigenetic Variation
Ashley Yeager | Aug 28, 2017 | 3 min read
A study of five far-flung human populations gives clues to adaptations to environmental pressures.
On Becoming Human
Mary Beth Aberlin | Aug 1, 2016 | 3 min read
Some thoughts on going to the Galápagos
Contributors
Karen Zusi | Jan 1, 2016 | 3 min read
Meet some of the people featured in the January 2016 issue of The Scientist.
Humans Adapt to Icy Life
Beth Marie Mole | Jan 30, 2013 | 1 min read
A genetic analysis of Siberians finds three genes that have evolved to help the populations weather the frigid winters.
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