Unknown Worlds, developers of Natural Selection 2, will take a break from sci-fi action and delve deep into fantastical underwater exploration with Subnautica. Taking the underwater slipstreams less ...

Natural selection is the process by which some organisms in a population survive and reproduce, while others do not, based on their bodies and behaviour. It is one of the processes by which species ...

The evolutionary trajectories of complex traits are constrained by levels of genetic variation as well as genetic correlations among traits. As the ultimate source of all genetic variation is mutation ...

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A strange tiny species of crustacean has challenged the way we think about natural selection and evolution. This microscopic animal, known as a water flea or Daphnia pulex, generates genetic variation ...

An intriguing study involving walking stick insects shows how natural selection, the engine of evolution, can also impede the formation of new species. An intriguing study involving walking stick ...