There is an increasing interest in detecting genes, or genomic regions, that have been
targeted by natural selection. The interest stems from a basic desire to learn more about …

The unit of adaptation is usually thought to be a gene or set of interacting genes, rather than
the whole genome, and this may be true of species differentiation. Defining species on the …

Somewhere in Africa, more than a million years ago, a line of apes began to rear their young
differently than their Great Ape ancestors. From this new form of care came new ways of …

Here we report a high-quality draft genome sequence of the domestic dog (Canis familiaris),
together with a dense map of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across breeds. The …

One hundred years after Darwin considered how sexual selection shapes the behavioral
and morphological characteristics of males for acquiring mates, Parker realized that sexual …

The field of molecular evolution has experienced explosive growth in recent years due to the
rapid accumulation of genetic sequence data, continuous improvements to computer …

Many genes that mediate sexual reproduction, such as those involved in gamete
recognition, diverge rapidly, often as a result of adaptive evolution. This widespread …

Positive natural selection is the force that drives the increase in prevalence of advantageous
traits, and it has played a central role in our development as a species. Until recently, the …

Literature in evolutionary psychology suggests that mate choice has been the primary
mechanism of sexual selection in humans, but this conclusion conforms neither to …

Gorillas are humans' closest living relatives after chimpanzees, and are of comparable
importance for the study of human origins and evolution. Here we present the assembly and …