Evolution is the central unifying theme of biology. Yet today, more than a century and a half after Charles Darwin proposed the idea of evolution through natural selection, the topic is often ...

Molecular evolution examines how DNA, RNA and protein sequences change over time under the influence of mutation, selection, drift and recombination. Variation arises through replication errors and ...

Phylogenomic analysis harnesses genome-scale data sets to reconstruct the deep branches of the animal tree of life, resolving longstanding debates about the relationships among major lineages such as ...

During the final breakout session, convocation participants met in four groups organized by areas of expertise—faculty, funders, education researchers and professional developers, and representatives ...