Genome size exhibits extensive variation across the life of a tree. Previous studies have predominantly focused on ...
It is often assumed that modern humans are no longer evolving. But there is now considerable agreement among scientists that evolution is still affecting our species—and this process is taking place ...
Extensive genetic variation underpinning phenotypic traits exists in natural plant populations, and this is intimately connected to the process of evolutionary adaptation. Importantly, such genetic ...
Salicylic acid (SA) plays a pivotal role in plant defense, yet its genetic regulation in tea remains largely unexplored. By ...
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1. Animals breeding at northern latitudes experience drastic changes in daily light conditions during the breeding season with decreasing periods of darkness, whereas those living at lower latitudes ...
You’ve seen the memes—“everything will eventually evolve into a crab” or “crab is the ideal form”—while scrolling online. These are parodies of a real scientific concept, carcinization. In biology, ...