The emergence of drug resistance in pathogenic microorganisms provides an excellent example of evolution that has had profound consequences for human health. As the evolution of drug resistance is ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Evidence is mounting that evolutionary change can occur rapidly and may be an important means by which species escape extinction in the face ...

M. T. Drott et al., Liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry data for “Microevolution in the pan-secondary metabolome of Aspergillus flavus and its potential macroevolutionary implications for ...

A link between evolution over short time frames (microevolution) and long time frames (macroevolution) that could open new approaches to understanding some of biology's deepest questions is proposed ...

Surprisingly, humanity is still evolving, even physically. Moreover, we are accelerating our evolution. According to researchers from Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, who published their ...

Humans are undergoing a “microevolution” resulting in babies being born without wisdom teeth and with an extra artery in their arm, according to Australian researchers. The scientists believe humans ...

In tropical climates, lizards are everywhere. It can be a bit wild to see, and they come in all shapes and sizes. They seem a tad superfluous in such large varieties leaving one to wonder, what ...

In a recent study posted to the Research Square* preprint server, researchers characterized infections caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV). Study: Multi-country outbreak of monkeypox virus: ...

Just five years after a wasting disease swept California starfish populations, killing many of the creatures, scientists have discovered a microevolution in one species of sea star that helped it ...

Damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) are molecules that are secreted, released or surface exposed by dying, stressed or injured cells. DAMPs can function as either adjuvant or danger signals ...

CSPG (Canadian Society Of Petroleum Geologists) presents an evening of nature’s most impressive adaptations. Featuring Brian Keating of the Calgary Zoo, back from his latest expedition through Island ...

Readers were busy this weekend, posting over fifty comments to my last post about HIV. Much of the discussion was sparked by the comments of a young-Earth creationist who claims that the evolutionary ...