Half a century after its foundation, the neutral theory of molecular evolution continues to
attract controversy. The debate has been hampered by the coexistence of different …

Ascomycota, the largest and most well-studied phylum of fungi, contains three subphyla:
Saccharomycotina (budding yeasts), Pezizomycotina (filamentous fungi), and …

Due to their limited ranges and inherent isolation, island species have long been recognized
as crucial systems for tackling a range of evolutionary questions, including in the early study …

Complex patterns of genome evolution associated with the end-Cretaceous [Cretaceous-
Paleogene (K–Pg)] mass extinction limit our understanding of the early evolutionary history …

Satellite DNA (satDNA) is a fast‐evolving portion of eukaryotic genomes. The homogeneous
and repetitive nature of such satDNA causes problems during the assembly of genomes …

Most eukaryotic genes undergo alternative splicing (AS), but the overall functional
significance of this process remains a controversial issue. It has been noticed that the …

A major goal of comparative genomics research is modeling changes in DNA sequences
between species to understand the evolutionary forces acting on species differences …

Recent progress has been made in identifying genomic regions implicated in trait evolution
on a microevolutionary scale in many species, but whether these are relevant over …

Identifying the footprints of selection in coding sequences can inform about the importance
and function of individual sites. Analyses of the ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous …

The ratio of nonsynonymous over synonymous sequence divergence, d N/d S, is a widely
used estimate of the nonsynonymous over synonymous fixation rate ratio ω, which …