The genomic era revolutionized evolutionary biology. The enigma of genotypic-phenotypic
diversity and biodiversity evolution of genes, genomes, phenomes, and biomes, reviewed …

Abstract The “Evolution Canyon” model reveals evolution in action across life at a
microscale involving biodiversity divergence, adaptation and incipient sympatric ecological …

Non-protein-coding RNA genes play an important role in various biological processes. How
new RNA genes originated and whether this process is controlled by similar evolutionary …

Ecological differentiation of natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster, Drosophila
simulans, and another drosophilid, Zaprionus tuberculatus, in “Evolution Canyon,” Mount …

Substantial genetic differentiation, as great as among species, exists between populations of
Drosophila melanogaster inhabiting opposite slopes of a small canyon. Previous work has …

The last few decades have seen a growing number of species invasions globally, including
many insect species. In drosophilids, there are several examples of successful invasions, ie …

Repeat sequences, especially mobile elements, make up large portions of most eukaryotic
genomes and provide enormous, albeit commonly underappreciated, evolutionary potential …

Does the paucity of empirical evidence of sympatric speciation in nature reflect reality,
despite theoretical support? Or is it due to inappropriate searches in nature with overly …

The genetic basis of population divergence leading to adaptive radiation and speciation is a
major unresolved problem of evolutionary biology. Molecular elucidation of “speciation …

The opposite slopes of “Evolution Canyon” in Israel have served as a natural model system
of adaptation to a microclimate contrast. Long-term studies of Drosophila melanogaster …