Tag: Evolution
Wenn Evolution nicht Schritt halten kann
Belugas, Narwale und Grönlandwale haben sich über Tausende von Jahren an das Leben in der Arktis angepasst. Meereis prägt nahezu jeden Aspekt ihres Lebens,...
A unifying framework for the evolution of metazoa and social insects, two major evolutionary transitions
The evolution of life is characterized by major transitions, i.e., the evolution of new targets of selection (e.g., prokaryotes, eukaryotes, multicellular organisms, social insect...
Competing models of hominin body size evolution
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 27, July 2026.
Despite its central role in hominin evolution, there is little consensus on...
Allopatric coevolution: Migratory predators may facilitate mimicry between geographically nonoverlapping species
When predators associate a signal with unprofitability and avoid attacking the species displaying it, it often becomes beneficial for other species to display the...
Correlated gene copy number changes in a seminal fluid protein network in Drosophila
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 25, June 2026.
The sequences of reproductive genes often diverge rapidly between species, yet selection...
Spatiotemporal transcriptome atlas reveals the dynamic cellular and molecular characteristics of ovule development in gymnosperms
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 25, June 2026.
The origin of ovules has long been debated due to a gap...
