The peppered moth is an iconic example of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. For centuries peppered moths (Biston betularia) were common in the forests around Manchester, ...
George F. R. Ellis is in the Mathematics Department of the University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, Cape Town, South Africa. Assembly theory fills this gap in an innovative way by quantifying the ...
A strange tiny species of crustacean has challenged the way we think about natural selection and evolution. This microscopic animal, known as a water flea or Daphnia pulex, generates genetic variation ...