This call for articles and short reports is to enhance our understanding of the function and evolution of short genomic regions, which are being overlooked in many comparative genomic analyses. The ...

Plant cells host a variety of organelles segregated into distinct functional groups. Among those organelles, the nucleus, ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. Stacey Falk is a high school biology teacher who revels in covering the theory of evolution in class. She is also a Roman Catholic who attends church every week. To ...

Molecular evolution investigates the processes that drive changes in genetic material over time. It encompasses the generation of mutations—whether through DNA replication errors, damage or other ...

Evolutionary ecology encompasses the study of how evolutionary processes―such as natural selection, mutation, and genetic drift―interact with ecological dynamics to shape the diversity, distribution, ...