- Replicated hybrid zones reveal genomic patterns of local adaptation and introgression in spruce
2026/03/25 by Gabriele Nocchi, Janek Sendrowski, Andy Shi +4 · 2 voices
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Adaptation (eye) #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Directional selection #Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals #Genetic diversity and population structure #Hybrid zone #Introgression #Local adaptation #Natural selection #Reproductive isolation #Spatial ecology #Transect
- A formal theory of group-level adaptation for obligate eusociality
2025/11/17 by Kalyani Z Twyman, Andy Gardner · 3 voices
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Social Sciences · #Adaptation (eye) #Division of labour #Eusociality #Evolution and Genetic Dynamics #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #Identification (biology) #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Natural selection #Obligate #Range (aeronautics) #Rotation formalisms in three dimensions #Selection (genetic algorithm)
- Global selection on insect antipredator coloration
2025/09/25 by Iliana Medina, Alice Exnerová, Klára Daňková +53 · 1 voice · 6 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Psychology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Animal and Plant Science Education #Aposematism #Camouflage #Context (archaeology) #Crypsis #Natural selection #Plant and animal studies #Predation #Predator
- Shrinking to bird size with dinosaur-level cancer defences: Evolution of cancer suppression over macroevolutionary time
2025/09/09 by E. Yagmur Erten, Marc Tollis, Hanna Kokko · 1 voice · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Cancer #Cancer cell #Cancer prevention #Evolution and Genetic Dynamics #Genetic diversity and population structure #Mutation #Mutation Accumulation #Mutation rate #Natural selection #Population #Selection (genetic algorithm)
- How Did Evolution Halve Genome Size During an Oceanic Island Colonization?
2025/08/15 by Vadim A. Pisarenco, Adrià Boada-Figueras, Marta Olivé‐Muñiz +7 · 3 voices · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Biology #Effective population size #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetic diversity and population structure #Genetic variation #Genetics #Genome #Genome evolution #Genome size #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Natural selection #Population #Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies #Transposable element
- A Sitewise Model of Natural Selection on Individual Antibodies via a Transformer–Encoder
2025/07/30 by F. A. Matsen, Kevin Sung, Mackenzie M. Johnson +7 · 2 voices · 2 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Engineering · Medicine · #Artificial intelligence #Biology #Computational biology #Computer science #Engineering #Evolutionary biology #Gene Regulatory Network Analysis #Genetics #Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research #Natural selection #Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Transformer
- Predicting the contribution of single trait evolution to rescuing a plant population from demographic impacts of climate change
2025/07/08 by Diane R. Campbell, John M. Powers, Justin L. Kipness · 3 voices · 2 citations
Environmental Science · #Climate change #Evolutionary ecology #Natural selection #Phenotypic plasticity #Population #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Snowmelt #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Threatened species #Trait
- Within-host genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 across animal species
2024/12/29 by Sana Naderi, Selena M. Sagan, B. Jesse Shapiro · 1 voice · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Medicine · #Adaptation (eye) #Animal Virus Infections Studies #Biology #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetic diversity #Genetic variation #Genetics #Genome #Host (biology) #Host adaptation #Natural selection #Plant Virus Research Studies #Population #SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Transmission (telecommunications) #Viral evolution
- On the roles of function and selection in evolving systems
2023/10/16 by Michael L. Wong, Carol E. Cleland, Daniel Arend +6 · 4 voices · 42 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #Artificial intelligence #Computer science #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #Function (biology) #Natural selection #Origins and Evolution of Life #Physical law #Physics #Second law of thermodynamics #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life #Theoretical physics
- Are behaviour and stress‐related phenotypes in urban birds adaptive?
2022/05/16 by Aude E. Caizergues, Arnaud Grégoire, Rémi Choquet +2 · 13 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Adaptation (eye) #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Avian ecology and behavior #Biology #Demography #Ecology #Habitat #Natural selection #Phenotype #Phenotypic trait #Population #Reproductive success #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Sexual selection #Urbanization #Wildlife #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- The genomic basis of high-elevation adaptation in wild house mice (Mus musculus domesticus) from South America
2021/12/13 by Elizabeth J. Beckman, Felipe M. Martins, Taichi A. Suzuki +7 · 1 voice · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Adaptation (eye) #Allele #Allele frequency #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Biology #Directional selection #Ecology #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetic variation #Genetics #Genetics and Physical Performance #High Altitude and Hypoxia #Natural selection #Phylogenetic tree #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Transect
- Dog colour patterns explained by modular promoters of ancient canid origin
2021/08/12 by Christopher B. Kaelin, Anna Letko, Robert Loechel +48 · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Nursing · #melanin and skin pigmentation #Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques #Connexins and lens biology #Domestication #Hair cycle #Biology #Evolutionary biology #Phylogenetic tree #Coat #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Natural selection #Zoology #Genetics #Gene #Ecology
- Unexplored dimensions of variability in vegetative desiccation tolerance
2021/01/09 by Rose A. Marks, Jill M. Farrant, D. Nicholas McLetchie +1 · 23 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Adaptation (eye) #Biology #Desiccation #Desiccation tolerance #Ecology #Evolutionary biology #Intraspecific competition #Natural selection #Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance #Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics #Plant responses to water stress #Population
- Using the Past to Understand the Present: Coping with Natural and Anthropogenic Noise
2020/12/09 by Dylan G E Gomes, Dylan Gomes, Clinton D Francis +3 · 10 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · Psychology · #Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior #Artificial intelligence #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Biology #Computer science #Coping (psychology) #Ecology #Marine animal studies overview #Natural (archaeology) #Natural selection #Noise (video) #Paleontology #Perspective (graphical) #Psychology #Selection (genetic algorithm)
- Human Genetics: Lactase Persistence in a Battlefield
2020/11/01 by Lehti Saag · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Ancient DNA #Battlefield #Biology #Demography #Digestive system and related health #Evolutionary biology #Genetics #Lactase #Natural selection #Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease #Persistence (discontinuity) #Population #Trait
- Genomic regions under selection in the feralization of the dingoes
2020/02/03 by Shaojie Zhang, Guodong Wang, Pengcheng Ma +10 · 2 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Neuroscience · #Human-Animal Interaction Studies #Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock #Neurological diseases and metabolism #Dingo #Biology #Phylogenetic tree #Evolutionary biology #Genome #Genetics #Gene #Population #Natural selection #Adaptation (eye) #Allele #Zoology #Phylogenetics #Predation #Ecology
- A mixed model of the evolution of polygyny and sexual size dimorphism in mammals
2019/10/30 by Marcelo H. Cassini · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Psychology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Plant and animal studies #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior #Polygyny #Sexual selection #Sexual dimorphism #Mating system #Biology #Mating #Sexual conflict #Zoology #Mate choice #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Ecology #Natural selection #Operational sex ratio #Evolutionary biology #Demography #Population
- The strategic reference gene: an organismal theory of inclusive fitness
2019/06/12 by Lutz Fromhage, Michael D. Jennions · 1 voice · 5 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Social Sciences · #Evolution and Genetic Dynamics #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #Genetic Fitness #Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms #Inclusive fitness #Kin selection #Natural selection #Offspring #Reproductive success #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Social evolution
- Recent Adaptive Acquisition by African Rainforest Hunter-Gatherers of the Late Pleistocene Sickle-Cell Mutation Suggests Past Differences in Malaria Exposure
2019/02/28 by Guillaume Laval, Stéphane Peyrégne, Nora Zidane +7 · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · #Allele #Balancing selection #Biology #Demography #Ecology #Evolutionary biology #Forensic and Genetic Research #Gene #Genetics #Geography #Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders #Immunology #Iron Metabolism and Disorders #Malaria #Mutation #Natural selection #Population #Rainforest
- Genomics, environment and balancing selection in behaviourally bimodal populations: The caribou case
2019/02/04 by Maria Cavedon, Chrysoula Gubili, Elizabeth Heppenheimer +9 · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock #Genetic diversity and population structure #Marine animal studies overview #Biology #Balancing selection #Evolutionary biology #Directional selection #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Local adaptation #Frequency-dependent selection #Population #Phenotypic trait #Ecology #Disruptive selection #Natural selection #Genetic drift #Allele #Genetic variation #Phenotype #Genetics #Gene
- Genetic Landscape of Slovenians: Past Admixture and Natural Selection Pattern
2018/11/19 by Pierpaolo Maisano Delser, Metka Ravnik‐Glavač, Paolo Gasparini +2 · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Forensic and Genetic Research #Genetic diversity and population structure #Genetic Associations and Epidemiology #Haplogroup #Genetic diversity #Population #Evolutionary biology #Biology #Founder effect #Natural selection #Genetic variation #Runs of Homozygosity #Demographic history #Geography #Demography #Genetics #Haplotype #Allele #Gene #Genotype #Single-nucleotide polymorphism
- Natural Selection and Origin of a Melanistic Allele in North American Gray Wolves
2018/02/26 by Rena M. Schweizer, Arun Durvasula, Joel Smith +11 · 1 citation
Environmental Science · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology #Human-Animal Interaction Studies #Biology #Gray (unit) #Allele #Natural selection #Evolutionary biology #Melanism #Gray wolf #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Genetics #Ecology #Gene #Artificial intelligence #Canis
- Paleogenomics of Animal Domestication
2018/01/01 by Evan K. Irving-Pease, Hannah Ryan, Alexandra Jamieson +4 · 3 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Engineering · Environmental Science · #Ancient DNA #Archaeology #Artificial intelligence #Biology #Computer science #Domestication #Ecology #Engineering #Environmental ethics #Evolutionary biology #Forensic and Genetic Research #Geography #History #Human-Animal Interaction Studies #Natural selection #Philosophy #Population #Range (aeronautics) #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Sociology #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Fundamental Theorems of Evolution
2017/02/28 by David C. Queller · 29 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Mathematics · Social Sciences · #Applied mathematics #Artificial intelligence #Biology #Computer science #Econometrics #Epistemology #Evolution and Genetic Dynamics #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #Evolutionary biology #Fixed-point theorem #Focus (optics) #Fundamental theorem #Mathematical economics #Mathematics #Natural selection #Physics #Plant and animal studies #Price equation #Pure mathematics #Scope (computer science) #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Set (abstract data type) #Simplicity #Social evolution
- The landscape of sex-differential transcriptome and its consequent selection in human adults
2017/02/07 by Moran Gershoni, Shmuel Pietrokovski · 2 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · #Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities #Genetic Associations and Epidemiology #Sex and Gender in Healthcare #Biology #Transcriptome #Sexual dimorphism #Gene #Phenotype #Genetics #Evolutionary biology #Sex characteristics #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Disease #Sexual selection #Natural selection #Human genome #Genome #Gene expression #Zoology
- The ecology of a continental evolutionary radiation: Is the radiation of sigmodontine rodents adaptive?
2016/12/27 by Renan Maestri, Leandro R. Monteiro, Leandro Rabello Monteiro +5 · 22 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · Mathematics · #Adaptive radiation #Allopatric speciation #Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies #Biology #Competition (biology) #Demography #Ecology #Ecomorphology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Evolutionary biology #Interspecific competition #Lineage (genetic) #Macroevolution #Morphological variations and asymmetry #Natural selection #Phylogenetic tree #Population #Zoology
- Do Wasps Just Want to Have Fun? Darwin and the Question of Variation
2016/11/28 by Nancy Armstrong · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Plant and animal studies #Evolution and Science Education #Philosophy and History of Science #Darwin (ADL) #Variation (astronomy) #Natural selection #Coevolution #Charles darwin #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Epistemology #Sociology #Darwinism #Biology #Ecology #Philosophy #Computer science
- Genomic analysis of Andamanese provides insights into ancient human migration into Asia and adaptation
2016/07/25 by Mayukh Mondal, Ferran Casals, Ferrán Casals +12 · 3 citations
Arts and Humanities · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Adaptation (eye) #Biology #China #Demography #East Asia #Ecology #Ethnology #Evolutionary biology #Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies #Forensic and Genetic Research #Gene #Genetic diversity and population structure #Genetics #Genome #Geography #Human migration #Mainland #Natural selection #Out of africa #Population #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Southeast asia
- Sex Differences in Lifespan
2016/06/01 by Steven N. Austad, Kathleen E. Fischer · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · Psychology · #Biology #Demography #Endocrinology #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetics #Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms #Hormone #Inheritance (genetic algorithm) #Longevity #Natural selection #Population #Sex and Gender in Healthcare #Sex characteristics
- The Hologenome Concept: Helpful or Hollow?
2015/12/04 by Nancy A. Moran, Daniel B. Sloan · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences #Plant and animal studies #Nematode management and characterization studies #Biology #Host (biology) #Natural selection #Evolutionary biology #Microbiome #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Ecology #Symbiosis #Genetics #Bacteria
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