We tested whether the location of mutations in our dataset was associated with epigenomic features, focusing on biochemical properties previously linked to mutation: gene expression, GC content, ...

Natural selection is the process by which some organisms in a population survive and reproduce, while others do not, based on their bodies and behaviour. It is one of the processes by which species ...

Consider a population experiencing a novel selection pressure on a trait with a polygenic basis after an environmental change. The population responds by a rapid shift of the trait mean towards a new ...

For years, the story of recent human evolution looked relatively quiet. Scientists studying ancient human DNA had found only a few dozen clear cases where natural selection appeared to strongly favor ...