When facing an emerging infectious disease of conservation concern, we often have little
information on the nature of the host‐parasite interaction to inform management decisions …

The neutral and nearly neutral theories, introduced more than 50 yr ago, have raised and
still raise passionate discussion regarding the forces governing molecular evolution and …

Genome size in mammals and birds shows remarkably little interspecific variation compared
with other taxa. However, genome sequencing has revealed that many mammal and bird …

A central question in evolutionary biology is why some species have more genetic diversity
than others and a no less important question is why selection efficacy varies among species …

Broad paradigms of vertebrate genomic repeat element evolution have been largely shaped
by analyses of mammalian and avian genomes. Here, based on analyses of genomes …

Due to their limited ranges and inherent isolation, island species have long been recognized
as crucial systems for tackling a range of evolutionary questions, including in the early study …

Survivorship following major mass extinctions may be associated with a decrease in body
size—a phenomenon called the Lilliput Effect. Body size is a strong predictor of many life …

Most eukaryotic genes undergo alternative splicing (AS), but the overall functional
significance of this process remains a controversial issue. It has been noticed that the …

The effective size of a population (N e), which determines its level of neutral variability, is a
key evolutionary parameter. N e can substantially depart from census sizes of present-day …

According to current assemblies, avian genomes differ from those of the other lineages of
amniotes in 1) containing a lower number of genes; 2) displaying a high stability of …