Viruses and other selfish genetic elements are dominant entities in the biosphere, with
respect to both physical abundance and genetic diversity. Various selfish elements …

In recent articles published in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Mark Springer and
John Gatesy (S&G) present numerous criticisms of recent implementations and testing of the …

An enduring mystery of evolutionary genomics concerns the mechanisms responsible for
lineage-specific expansions of genome size in eukaryotes, especially in multicellular …

The number of sequenced plant genomes and associated genomic resources is growing
rapidly with the advent of both an increased focus on plant genomics from funding agencies …

Most proteins assemble into multisubunit complexes. The persistence of these complexes
across evolutionary time is usually explained as the result of natural selection for functional …

The assembly of individual proteins into functional complexes is fundamental to nearly all
biological processes. In recent decades, many thousands of homomeric and heteromeric …

In evolutionary computation, the fitness function normally measures progress toward an
objective in the search space, effectively acting as an objective function. Through deception …

The ribosome is an ancient molecular fossil that provides a telescope to the origins of life.
Made from RNA and protein, the ribosome translates mRNA to coded protein in all living …

Living things are organized in a hierarchy of levels. Genes group together in cells, cells
group together in organisms, and organisms group together in societies. Even different …

It has long been recognized that hybridization and polyploidy are prominent processes in
plant evolution. Although classically recognized as significant in speciation and adaptation …