Evolution, a new five-part series tells the extraordinary story of how life on Earth has changed over more than four billion ...

In flowering plants, the transition from cross-fertilization (outcrossing) to self-fertilization has evolved repeatedly across species. This shift is often accompanied by a well-known set of traits ...

The evolution of sexual reproduction in living beings is one of the biggest mysteries in biology. There are two known modes of reproduction: asexual, where the organism creates clones of itself, and ...

This news release is available in Portuguese. A European and US consortium coordinated by Jorg Becker, group leader at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC; Portugal), has now received funding of ...

Ohno, S. The development of sexual reproduction. -- Sharman, G.B. Evolution of viviparity in mammals. -- Jewell, P.A. Selection for reproductive success. -- Short, R ...

Stick insects that reproduce asexually cannot adapt as quickly in the course of evolution as sexually reproducing species, leading to a decrease in biological diversity, according to new research. An ...

Evolutionary process / Julian Huxley -- Evolution of Metazoa / G.R. De Beer -- Evolution of tropical forest / E.J.H. Corner -- Allesthetic selection and its evolutionary aspects / Hugh B. Cott -- ...