Rare genetic traits are features that are uncommon within the general population. They can lead to different observable features or to rare physical abilities. Rare genetic traits are typically ...

The molecular evolutionary rate measures the frequency with which DNA or protein sequence mutations are fixed (i.e., shared by most individuals) in a population. On the other hand, the mutation rate ...

Katherine M. Kirk, Simon P. Blomberg, David L. Duffy, Andrew C. Heath, Ian P. F. Owens and Nick G. Martin Whether contemporary human populations are still evolving as a result of natural selection has ...

1. Ecological stoichiometry, that is, the study of mass balance of multiple key chemical elements during ecological interactions, has recently been generalized to most ecosystems. Yet, effects of ...