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Evolutionary fitness

WEBEvo 101. Evolutionary fitness. Evolutionary biologists use the word fitness to describe how good a particular genotype is at leaving offspring in the next generation relative to other …

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Human evolution in response to an ancient pandemic

WEBThe plague of Florence in 1348, as described in Boccaccio’s Decameron. Courtesy of Wikimedia. Bubonic plague and ancient DNA are having a media moment. Evo in the …

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A field guide for the new Tree of Life

WEBClicking on the starburst tree leads users to this page of the Field Guide that explains the basic features of the starburst tree. Clicking on the starburst tree leads you to a simple …

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Evolution and health: What is a mismatch disease

WEBOverview. In this reading-, writing-, and discussion-based activity, students learn about how changes in the environment can influence the phenotype of organisms. More …

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Understanding evolution is important

WEBRelevance of Evolution. Understanding evolution is important. Understanding evolution helps us solve biological problems that impact our lives. There are excellent examples of …

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Natural selection hidden in modern medicine

WEBHowever, access to resources and modern medical interventions, such as C-sections, saves many of those lives. Doctors estimate that 10-20% of births require a C-section for …

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evolutionary medicine

WEBevolutionary medicine. An approach to human health and disease that recognizes that the human body, as well as the pathogens that attack it and symbionts that aid it, are the …

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Superbug, super-fast evolution

WEBTeach about the evolution of antibiotic resistance (select the Marc Lipsitch video): In this video for AP biology students, Professor Marc Lipsitch explains how bacteria evolve …

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The deep roots of diabetes

WEBEvo in the News. The deep roots of diabetes. The modern diabetes epidemic is caused, not by a virulent pathogen, but by the spread of an even stealthier invader: the Western …

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Evo in the news: Human evolutionary history impacts our COVID …

WEBOverview. This news brief from November 2020 explains how a gene from Neanderthals made its way into human populations and now affects COVID-19 risk. [Mechanisms of …

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The effects of mutations

WEBLittle mutations with big effects: Mutations to control genes. Some regions of DNA control other genes, determining when and where other genes are turned “on”. Mutations in …

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Human evolutionary history impacts our COVID-19 risk

WEBThe new research into COVID-19 risk and how it intersects with our Neanderthal ancestry is just one more example highlighting viewing humans as a product of a complex …

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The Escape of the Pathogens: an evolutionary arms race

WEBRelevance of Evolution. The Escape of the Pathogens: an evolutionary arms race. Human populations are constantly locked in evolutionary arms races with pathogens that invade …

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The recent roots of dental disease

WEBThe recent roots of dental disease. March 2013. Late Iron Age/Roman woman showing large dental calculus deposit, from Cambridge area, UK. Photo: Alan Cooper. Science …

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