Levels of molecular variation could be used, in principle, to estimate divergence times ... range that split the geographic range of a species in two, thus initiating a process of speciation).

differences in driving gene regulatory divergence between species. This work challenges current thinking that cis regulatory changes underlie most divergence in regulatory activity and argues a ...

Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North ...

Thus, the term ‘molecular clock' was initially coined to describe changes in amino acids occurring in proportional to time since species divergence. Since its first use, the term ‘molecular ...

The modern cultivated strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) originates from interspecific hybridization between two octoploid wild ...

Tamil short-tail congers live on the “sandy bottom of shallow waters” and are “carnivores, mostly (feeding) on small ...

A team of explorers rappelled into the shaft-like cave and found a “pinkish” animal living in a cold river of the “deep dark zone.” Take a look.

During their surveys, the team found several unfamiliar-looking snakes. Intrigued, they took a closer look at the animals, ...