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bendickins wrote 1 month ago: Does it make sense to separate ecology and evolution? Conceptually yes, but practically no. This wee … more →

Tags: Ecology, evolutionary theory

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bendickins wrote 2 months ago: Biology Letters’ February Experimental Evolution Special … more →

stepping stones and evolutionary rescue

bendickins wrote 2 months ago: I promised to discuss “evolutionary rescue” – the ability of populations to adapt … more →

Tags: evolutionary theory

complex processes

bendickins wrote 2 months ago: Inferring evolutionary dynamics is difficult because there is not a one-to-one relationship between … more →

Tags: evolutionary theory, genotype and phenotype, high-throughput sequencing

Environmental change influences the pathway to the evolution of antibiotic resistance

devindrown wrote 2 months ago: Observed environmental changes. All differences are relative to corresponding averages for the perio … more →

Tags: environmental change, epistasis, Global change, microbial

Why I dropped out of psychology and became an evolutionary biologist, Part II: Evolution is happening, and it matters. 4 comments

Britt Koskella wrote 3 months ago: At about the same time that I was getting very frustrated by my psychology courses, I was taking an … more →

Tags: Evolution, Microbial coevolution, Antibiotic Resistance

Averting the Approaching Apocalypse5 comments

devindrown wrote 4 months ago: This post is a guest contribution by Dr. Levi Morran, NIH postdoctoral fellow at Indiana University. … more →

Tags: Antibiotic Resistance, bacteria, coevolution, open access, Red Queen

Top Research of 2012: Evolution

Marc wrote 4 months ago: Jump to: Arthropods; Botany; Developmental Biology; Ecology; Environmental; Geology; Historical Geol … more →

Tags: Evolution, research blogging, 2012 in Review, Adaptation, anisogamy, Batesian Mimicry, biodiversity, Convergent evolution, Epigenetics

Response to Horizontal gene transfer may explain variation in θs2 comments

Joe Pickrell wrote 6 months ago: Response to Horizontal gene transfer may explain variation in Inigo Martincorena, Nicholas M. Luscom … more →

Tags: population genetics analysis

Many genes, but two major roads to adaptation

Yoder wrote 7 months ago: Cross-posted at Denim and Tweed. In the course of adaptive evolution — evolutionary change via natur … more →

Tags: Adaptation, Genetics, Drosophila, pooled sequencing, SNP

Horizontal gene transfer may explain variation in θs15 comments

cooplab wrote 7 months ago: Horizontal gene transfer may explain variation in θs Rohan Maddamsetti, Philip J. Hatcher, Stéphane … more →

Tags: genome evolution, population genetics analysis

Towards the Recapitulation of Ancient History in the Laboratory: Combining Synthetic Biology with Experimental Evolution

Joe Pickrell wrote 8 months ago: Towards the Recapitulation of Ancient History in the Laboratory: Combining Synthetic Biology with Ex … more →

Diversity & productivity peak at intermediate dispersal rate in evolving metacommunities

oldcarolus wrote 9 months ago: Venail et al 2008 (Craig MacLean) “…Selection at intermediate rates of dispersal leads t … more →

Tags: Papers, Diversity, Evolution, community assembly, diversity, Microbes

Studying Evolution With an Eye on the Future - NYTimes.com

ceatran wrote 9 months ago: Studying Evolution With an Eye on the Future – NYTimes.com. Great intro to experimental evolut … more →

Tags: Science, Biology, environment, Environment, Science, biology 2, Evolution, Research, Algae

Evolving a tune

gasstationwithoutpumps wrote 10 months ago: The site DarwinTunes | Survival of the funkiest provides an example of crowd-sourced artificial evol … more →

Tags: Evolution, Music, Composition

Ecological complexity breeds evolutionary complication

Yoder wrote 1 year ago: It is a truth universally acknowledged in evolutionary biology, that one species interacting with an … more →

Tags: Biodiversity, coevolution, Ecology, Microbiology, natural selection, Competition, microbial ecology

A virus with half a wing

Naraoia wrote 1 year ago: Richard Lenski’s team is one of my favourite research groups in the whole world. If the long-t … more →

Tags: novelty and complexity, Papers, Hot Off The Press, Evolution, bacteria, natural selection, Viruses, Lenski group, Molecular Evolution

"Let's stay together." - Al Green3 comments

Hird wrote 1 year ago: Some of the biggest questions in evolutionary biology deal with the origin of life. For example, if … more →

Tags: Microbiology, multicellularity, yeast

Inbred females have more fun

Brooke wrote 1 year ago: Red flour beetles mating. Photo by Lukasz Michalczyk. Female red flour beetles (Tribolium castaneum) … more →

Tags: insect reproduction, sexual behavior, Scientific Literature, Tribiolium, inbreeding


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