Phenotypic Plasticity in Life History Traits Genetic variation and constraints are not the only factors affecting the expression and evolution of life history traits. Another important issue is ...

Evolution is often thought of as the slow ... population after only a few generations due to a phenomenon known as ...

"We then analyzed the evolution of the genetic and phenotypic characteristics of this collection over time in order to identify markers indicative of domestication. By observing more than 100 ...

Our current research projects are specifically focused on the evolution of dispersal, habitat specialization, and phenotypic plasticity in plants that occupy variable environments. We use field ...

A recent study at Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Institute of Science Tokyo has developed a theoretical model that uncovers the dual role of polyploidy—organisms carrying extra genome ...

Desire to understand evolution and adaptation of trees at the molecular level ... our major goal is to understand what evolutionary mechanisms lead to genetic and phenotypic variation that we observe ...