Человеческий язык—уникальная система общения, которая есть только у Homo
sapiens. Почему и, главное, зачем мы научились разговаривать? Почему любой из нас …

Until recently, it was impracticable to identify the genes that are responsible for variation in
continuous traits, or to directly observe the effects of their different alleles. Now, the …

Now updated for its second edition, Population Genetics is the classic, accessible
introduction to the concepts of population genetics. Combining traditional conceptual …

Ever since the integration of Mendelian genetics into evolutionary biology in the early 20th
century, evolutionary geneticists have for the most part treated genes and mutations as …

The repeated adaptation of oceanic threespine sticklebacks to fresh water has made it a
premier organism to study parallel evolution. These small fish have multiple distinct …

A new field of genetic analysis of global gene expression has emerged in recent years,
driven by the realization that traditional techniques of linkage and association analysis can …

Dispersal is an important life-history trait involved in species persistence, evolution, and
diversification, yet is one of the least understood concepts in ecology and evolutionary …

Background In angiosperm evolution, autogamously selfing lineages have been derived
from outbreeding ancestors multiple times, and this transition is regarded as one of the most …

Understanding what aspects of evolution are predictable, and repeatable, is a central goal of
biology. Studying phenotypic convergence (the independent evolution of similar traits in …

Adaptation is characterized by the movement of a population toward a many‐character
optimum, movement that results in an increase in fitness. Here I calculate the rate at which …