The EICA-hypothesis predicts that invading plants adapt to their novel environment by evolving increased performance and reduced resistance in response to the release from natural enemies, and assumes ...

Evolutionary ecology encompasses the study of how evolutionary processes―such as natural selection, mutation, and genetic drift―interact with ecological dynamics to shape the diversity, distribution, ...

A significant study has mapped the genetic complexity of Populus cathayana, an ecologically and economically valuable poplar species. By creating a detailed genome assembly and analyzing genetic ...

Evolution isn’t the pursuit of some ultimate superpower; it tends towards the optimal. A cheetah lives in balance with the prey population in its environment. Any development that increased speed ...

The story of human evolution is as rich and diverse as the adaptations found across the world's populations, Tishkoff says. She notes that, among many adaptive traits, skin color stands out as one of ...

Yes, the evolution of any adapted trait in nature must reach a limit. In principle, this limit is defined by the laws of physics, but, in practice, it may also be defined by the constraints of biology ...