The changes and variations in genetic code that occur over time are referred to as "molecular evolution." The molecular evolution of an organism can be very different from its morphological (body ...

developmental properties of the organism, phylogenetic and historical contingencies, or simply a lack of genetic variation (Stearns 1992, Houle 2001). Phenotypic Plasticity in Life History Traits ...

Enzymes can be used to remove glow in the dark genes from jellyfish DNA which can then be inserted into another organism’s DNA, namely a cat. The potential use of the technology is then ...

The first type assumes that the rate varies over time and among organisms, but that this variation occurs around an average value. The second type allows the evolutionary rate to "evolve" over ...

First, there is variation. For example, some lions are bigger or smaller, have longer manes or shorter ones, are more aggressive or cautious, and so on. Every population of organisms has variation ...

Clonal organisms with tolerance for a broad range ... Clones generally hit a dead end, going extinct when their limited variation collides with changing environmental conditions or with better ...

Curiously, this kind of genetic variation in a clonal animal is something ... “I would love to make a call for people to work ...