A groundbreaking study published in PNAS by scientists from Israel and Ghana shows that an evolutionarily significant mutation in the human APOL1 gene arises not randomly but more frequently where it ...

A coupled epidemiological and evolutionary model of influenza shows that vaccination can accelerate viral escape and even ...

For a long time, evolutionary biologists have thought that the genetic mutations that drive the evolution of genes and proteins are largely neutral: they're neither good nor bad, but just ordinary ...

Researchers have shown that RNA droplets trap their own DNA templates, and that even low rates of mutation produce stable ...

Molecular evolutionary biologist Masatoshi Nei says Darwin never proved natural selection is the driving force of evolution — because it isn't. In a cavernous concert hall, before an eager audience of ...

The mutation rates of many species are regulated in response to internal and external conditions. Studies in several model organisms have shown that mutation rates can be modulated by the organism’s ...

A new study published in PLOS Genetics has identified an extreme mutational hotspot within the genome of Pseudomonas fluorescens, providing unprecedented insight into the relationship between gene ...

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A groundbreaking study published in this week’s issue of PNAS by scientists from Israel and Ghana shows that an evolutionarily significant mutation in the human APOL1 gene arises not randomly but more ...