Without bumble bees, a flowering plant that can self-pollinate lost substantial genetic variation within only nine generations, an experimental study found. A group of 'selfing' monkeyflower plants ...

Structural variations (SVs), including insertions, deletions, inversions, and substitutions, can profoundly influence gene ...

A breakthrough method for analyzing the DNA of centuries-old plant samples has given scientists an edge in combating the spread of invasive plants. Researchers from Monash University and the ...

WHEN Mr. Darwin published his “ Origin of Species,” he stated it to be only the forerunner of a more complete work on the subject, in which he hoped to present the evidence on which his conclusions ...