A group of ocean bacteria long considered perfectly adapted to life in nutrient-poor waters may be more vulnerable to ...

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Mark C Urban receives funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation. The Douglas fir is a tall iconic pine tree in Western North America forming a forest that winds unbroken from the Western spine ...

Enzymes originally evolved in high-temperature environments and later adapted to lower temperatures as Earth cooled. Scientists discovered that a key shift in enzyme function occurred over ...

In this dense volume, biologists Ågren (The Gene’s-Eye View of Evolution) and Patten gather perspectives from scientists and philosophers on the conflicts that occur within organisms. Though generally ...

Scientists have developed a theoretical model that uncovers the dual role of polyploidy -- organisms carrying extra genome copies -- in evolution. Their findings reveal that polyploidy can stabilize ...

We've confused adaptation with submission. This post reclaims what we have lost—and why it matters for how you understand ...

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