Biological control relies on the deliberate use of living organisms to manage pest populations, and the genetic constitution of these agents is a key determinant of success. When a control agent is ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...

Biological evolution is the heritable change in characteristics of biological populations over successive generations, driven by mechanisms such as mutation, recombination, genetic drift, gene flow, ...