A new UC study has looked at the evolutionary significance of super genes and their potential role in species survival.

Evolution has been fine-tuning life at the molecular level for billions of years. Proteins, the fundamental building blocks ...

Our faculty, students and researchers travel the world to conduct research in ecology and evolution. Learn more about their experiences and stories in our In the Field articles. Ecology and ...

These findings challenge the traditional view of brain evolution and demonstrate that, while ... Less, but More: A New Evolutionary Scenario Marked by Massive Gene Loss and Expansion Feb.

Molecular evolution is the area of evolutionary biology that studies evolutionary change at the level of the DNA sequence. It includes the study of rates of sequence change, relative importance of ...