Concept: articles | Publication date |
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Depending on environmental conditions, inherited characteristics may be advantageous, neutral, or detrimental: | |
Another perspective on cancer | October 2007 |
Evolution from a virus’s view | December 2007 |
Ghosts of epidemics past | October 2008 |
Got lactase? | April 2007 |
Quick evolution leads to quiet crickets | December 2006 |
Sex, speciation, and fishy physics | Marcy 2009 |
Superbug, superfast evolution | April 2008 |
The amount of genetic variation within a population may affect the likelihood of survival of the population; the less the available diversity, the less likely the population will be able to survive environmental change: | |
Cheating cheetahs prosper | July 2007 |
Evolution down under | September 2008 |
Warming to evolution | July 2006 |
Evolution may occur as a result of genetic drift: | |
Evolution at the scene of the crime | March 2006 |
The similarity of DNA nucleotide sequences can be used to infer the degree of kinship between species: | |
Evolutionary evidence takes the stand | January 2007 |
The new shrew that is not | March 2008 |