The raison d'être of meiosis is shuffling of genetic information via Mendelian segregation
and, within individual chromosomes, by DNA crossing-over. These outcomes are enabled …

Owing to advances in genome sequencing, genome stability has become one of the most
scrutinized cellular traits across the Tree of Life. Despite its centrality to all things biological …

The germline mutation rate determines the pace of genome evolution and is an evolving
parameter itself. However, little is known about what determines its evolution, as most …

The rich diversity of morphology and behavior displayed across primate species provides an
informative context in which to study the impact of genomic diversity on fundamental …

In cases of severe wildlife population decline, a key question is whether recovery efforts will
be impeded by genetic factors, such as inbreeding depression. Decades of excess mortality …

In the past decade, several studies have estimated the human per-generation germline
mutation rate using large pedigrees. More recently, estimates for various nonhuman species …

Genetic admixture is central to primate evolution. We combined 50 years of field
observations of immigration and group demography with genomic data from~ 9 generations …

Mutation is the ultimate source of all genetic variation, and over the last 10 years the ready
availability of whole-genome sequencing has permitted direct estimation of mutation rate for …

Mutation is the source of genetic variation and the fundament of evolution. Temperature has
long been suggested to have a direct impact on realized spontaneous mutation rates. If …

Primates have adapted to numerous environments and lifestyles but very few species are
native to high elevations. Here we investigated high-altitude adaptations in the gelada …