The unexpected discovery of a new type of genetic variation suggests that natural selection -- the force that drives evolution -- is both more powerful and more complex than scientists have thought.

A strange tiny species of crustacean has challenged the way we think about natural selection and evolution. This microscopic animal, known as a water flea or Daphnia pulex, generates genetic variation ...

As mutation affects essentially every aspect of biology, the development of a unifying theory for mutation-rate evolution is highly desirable. There is much to be explained. For although the ...

It is a common question — what's the most extraordinary scientific legacy of Charles Robert Darwin's vision of life? The ...

Speciation, adaptive radiation, and evolution -- Daphne finches : a question of size -- Heritable variation -- Natural selection and evolution -- Breeding ecology and fitness -- A potential competitor ...

In a recent study, scientists have demonstrated a link between individual variation in risk-taking behavior and survival of animals in changing environments. For more than a century, scientists have ...

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Julia Kindt receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC). Tanya Latty receives funding from The Branco Weiss fellowship, Agrifutures Australia, and the Australian Research Council.