Browsing Faculty of Arts and Sciences by Keyword "Evolutionary Theory"
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An Anatomical Description of a Miniaturized Acorn Worm (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta) with Asexual Reproduction by Paratomy
(Public Library of Science, 2012)The interstitial environment of marine sandy bottoms is a nutrient-rich, sheltered habitat whilst at the same time also often a turbulent, space-limited, and ecologically challenging environment dominated by meiofauna. The ... -
Cooperation and the Fate of Microbial Societies
(Public Library of Science, 2013)Microorganisms have been cooperating with each other for billions of years: by sharing resources, communicating with each other, and joining together to form biofilms and other large structures. These cooperative behaviors ... -
Loss and Recovery of Genetic Diversity in Adapting Populations of HIV
(Public Library of Science, 2014)The evolution of drug resistance in HIV occurs by the fixation of specific, well-known, drug-resistance mutations, but the underlying population genetic processes are not well understood. By analyzing within-patient ... -
Mutation Induced Extinction in Finite Populations: Lethal Mutagenesis and Lethal Isolation
(Public Library of Science, 2012)Reproduction is inherently risky, in part because genomic replication can introduce new mutations that are usually deleterious toward fitness. This risk is especially severe for organisms whose genomes replicate ...