What is the molecular clock? Levels of molecular variation could be used, in principle, to estimate divergence times, serving as evolutionary "clocks" that "tick" at different rates. Subsequent ...

Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes. However, the explosion ...

The mosaic nature of genomic divergence arises from of the combined actions of multiple, simultaneous evolutionary processes, including natural selection, gene flow, genetic drift, recombination, and ...

Evolution is traditionally associated with increasing complexity and gaining new genes, but gene loss and simplification also ...

The result of this analysis is a phylogenetic tree, which illustrates the branching patterns of evolution, showing common ancestors and the paths of divergence that led to the diversity of life we ...